Digitom
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This was taken with a D100 at ISO200 30 sec exposure 28-80 3.5-5.6D @28mm. I was experimenting and got lots of noise. What suggestions do you guys have?
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John F Gerhardt
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Uh. . . this is probably obvious, but did you use the D100 noise reduction feature?
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Digitom
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No, I didn't even think about it, The storms came up pretty quick and I set the camera up and started taking pictures. I will try to remember next time.
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Gavin Cato
Senior Member
I always have it on unless I need a larger buffer for continious shooting (it takes 1 shot out of the buffer space).
Paul Marchant
Member
I have it switched on too all the time and works well however I do find it takes time to perform the Noise Reduction and can't seem to shoot again until after the NR is complete... am I missing something here?
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Paul Marchant
Ragnar Danneskjold
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I would suggest at least using a camera that can take long exposures. As much as I like Nikon, they suck big time if the exposure is over 6 seconds or so.
This was taken with a D100 at ISO200 30 sec exposure 28-80 3.5-5.6D
@28mm. I was experimenting and got lots of noise. What suggestions
do you guys have?
Thanks
Shutzman
Senior Member
If you use the NR setting to ON all the time, it does not reduce the buffer and does not take longer to process a photo by the D100, unless it really needs to engage, which means if your exposure is longer than 1/2 a second, you would most likely want it to engage at the expense of time/space.
With lightning it is the luck of the draw, you may be able to expose for 3 seconds in bulb and get it, or not get it with 120 seconds. My personal opinion is that if you catch the lightning, even the noise does not distract from the awsome sight, the noise may even add some mystique to the shot (sort of like a great shot even if blurry)
With lightning it is the luck of the draw, you may be able to expose for 3 seconds in bulb and get it, or not get it with 120 seconds. My personal opinion is that if you catch the lightning, even the noise does not distract from the awsome sight, the noise may even add some mystique to the shot (sort of like a great shot even if blurry)
This was taken with a D100 at ISO200 30 sec exposure 28-80 3.5-5.6D
@28mm. I was experimenting and got lots of noise. What suggestions
do you guys have?
Thanks
Shutzman
Senior Member
Which camera exactly does not introduce any noise with exposure over 6 seconds?
It reminds me of the bride who asks her friends if she should wear fancy underwear or simple on her wedding night, so the friends say: "Makes no difference, they'll be off before you know it.
Maybe you should add the 6 seconds to your ultimatum...
It reminds me of the bride who asks her friends if she should wear fancy underwear or simple on her wedding night, so the friends say: "Makes no difference, they'll be off before you know it.
Maybe you should add the 6 seconds to your ultimatum...
This was taken with a D100 at ISO200 30 sec exposure 28-80 3.5-5.6D
@28mm. I was experimenting and got lots of noise. What suggestions
do you guys have?
Thanks
alex from holland
Senior Member
--Here is mine i took last week.This was taken with a D100 at ISO200 30 sec exposure 28-80 3.5-5.6D
@28mm. I was experimenting and got lots of noise. What suggestions
do you guys have?
Thanks
You don't need a long shutter release, just a littlebit luck
i took about 100 pics and had several good one's
see info below the pic.s
http://www.pbase.com/image/16191170
alex from holland
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Gavin Cato
Senior Member
geeze you talk a lot of junk doug.
I've taken many long exposures with the d100 - up to 2.5mins. Anything over that gets noisy, but below that the results are excellent.
If you want samples I'll post them - just because the d1x isn't good at long exposures doesn't mean anything with nikon in the name isn't.
I've taken many long exposures with the d100 - up to 2.5mins. Anything over that gets noisy, but below that the results are excellent.
If you want samples I'll post them - just because the d1x isn't good at long exposures doesn't mean anything with nikon in the name isn't.
This was taken with a D100 at ISO200 30 sec exposure 28-80 3.5-5.6D
@28mm. I was experimenting and got lots of noise. What suggestions
do you guys have?
Thanks
Digitom
Member
Since this is a totally useless post, you can help me out next time. You can take one of my golf clubs and stand out in the field behind my house. That way I can use a faster shutter speed and be assured of getting a good shot.
This was taken with a D100 at ISO200 30 sec exposure 28-80 3.5-5.6D
@28mm. I was experimenting and got lots of noise. What suggestions
do you guys have?
Thanks
Digitom
Member
I'm sure we will have more storms soon. I'm going to buy a shutter release cable and shoot in bulb mode. This was part of the problem, the picture I posted happened within 5 seconds of opening the shutter and I had it set on 30sec. I will also use noise reduction from now on.
Thanks Again,
Thomas
Thanks Again,
Thomas
Clean your CCD. Normally, you have to stop down to f22 or so to see the dirt, maybe the lightning (bright, almost point source) highlighted it ....
BTW, the NR takes so much time because the camera is getting a reading off the CCD with the shutter closed. It works pretty well, too.
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Roger
... the dogs bark, but the caravan passes ...
Spalding12
Senior Member
the 28-80
NOT one of nikon's best
and usually included as a freebie on some of its film cameras
the best buy catalog in front of me shows it FREE with the N65
..........
might NOT be the best choice for this photography as well
maybe it's dirty inside...
NOT just the CCD imager
but dust in that lens as well
i,too, can appreciate the large amount of money for better glass.
but it MIGHT be an issue here
there have been an incredible amount of images posted here of long exposures from the D100 that were incredible
the D100 takes AMAZING long-exposure photos
When will Doug go away for good?
greg
NOT one of nikon's best
and usually included as a freebie on some of its film cameras
the best buy catalog in front of me shows it FREE with the N65
..........
might NOT be the best choice for this photography as well
maybe it's dirty inside...
NOT just the CCD imager
but dust in that lens as well
i,too, can appreciate the large amount of money for better glass.
but it MIGHT be an issue here
there have been an incredible amount of images posted here of long exposures from the D100 that were incredible
the D100 takes AMAZING long-exposure photos
When will Doug go away for good?
greg
James Riley
Senior Member
You know, there is actually a device you can buy, that detects the lightning and trigger your camera. I don't have the info on hand, but seriously looked at it maybe a year or two ago. I think it cost a few hundred bucks.
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JR
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