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Hi Everybody,

Let me start by saying that I am very much new to photography & have some questions if anybody could please help me. I recently purchased a Canon 70d with 55-200mm f/4.5 - 5.6 IS II lens & if anybody could help me with the setting for Landscape & Night photography, specially to capture the Northern Lights, it would be great. as I mentioned earlier, I'm new to photography & know nothing about the settings for a DSLR. any help will be aprreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
You should go on Amazon and search for Canon 70D under books and buy one of those. It will cover everything to get you going.
 
That lens won't give you a very wide angle of the sky.

Put the camera on a tripod and see if you can focus on a distant light source. Set the camera to M mode, set the ISO to 3200, open up the aperture to 4.5, and set the shutter speed to a couple of seconds, and set the camera to self timer.

If your picture turns out too dark, set the shutter to a slower speed.
 
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First read the user manual, then goto YouTube and search for:
Canon 70D Users Guide
There are a lot of other informational videos on YouTube too.


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Shiltonx3d said:
Hi Everybody,

Let me start by saying that I am very much new to photography & have some questions if anybody could please help me. I recently purchased a Canon 70d with 55-200mm f/4.5 - 5.6 IS II lens & if anybody could help me with the setting for Landscape & Night photography, specially to capture the Northern Lights, it would be great. ...
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Is the one one lens, 55-200mm f/4.5 for aurora (Nothern Lights / 北極光??) suitable ?? I doubt it..

For aurora photo or dimming light's photo, kindly please concern about larger aperture and wider focal of lenses.

Cheers.
 
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Shiltonx3d said:
Hi Everybody,

Let me start by saying that I am very much new to photography & have some questions if anybody could please help me. I recently purchased a Canon 70d with 55-200mm f/4.5 - 5.6 IS II lens & if anybody could help me with the setting for Landscape & Night photography, specially to capture the Northern Lights, it would be great. as I mentioned earlier, I'm new to photography & know nothing about the settings for a DSLR. any help will be aprreciated. Thanks in advance.
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I agree with others that the lens may not be appropriate for the situation; on a crop camera it will give you a field of view of 88-400mm. Also, the aperture is not very large, which is something you'll want for night photography. Pick up a copy of Bryan Peterson's 'Understanding Exposure'. It's not specific for Landsacpe & low light, but better than that you'll gain an overall understanding of aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, ISO, and lighting which you can apply to other situations as well.

Mark
 
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This chart will help you a lot.

For inspiration look at the photos of other photographers on flicker, and check out what setting they have used by looking at the Exif data.

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www.flickr.com

https://flic.kr/p/pervcd

For night you will need either slow/long shutter speed or High ISO.

Read these articles.

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watch these videos

Canon 70D User Guide - Button Walk Through

70D Overview Training Tutorial
 
Find a wider angle lens (wide zoom) and preferably one which a large, consistent aperture (think f/2.8 or f/4). Don't get a wide angle zoom which the aperture closes as the focal length increases. Tamron, Tokina and Sigma offer lenses which should fit the bill.

I am using a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 XR Di II VC Lens. At night turn off AF (autofocus) and VC (vibration control) and focus manually. Using the fixed aperture permits me to keep the settings the same as I change my focal distance to crop the shot.

That is probably a good start. You will quickly discover wide angle zooms with large apertures are very expensive. That is where the other brands may give you features you like at a better price point. But do ask around for what others carry in their bag.

Enjoy!
 
Jingjok said:
Find a wider angle lens (wide zoom) and preferably one which a large, consistent aperture (think f/2.8 or f/4). Don't get a wide angle zoom which the aperture closes as the focal length increases. Tamron, Tokina and Sigma offer lenses which should fit the bill.

I am using a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 XR Di II VC Lens. At night turn off AF (autofocus) and VC (vibration control) and focus manually. Using the fixed aperture permits me to keep the settings the same as I change my focal distance to crop the shot.

That is probably a good start. You will quickly discover wide angle zooms with large apertures are very expensive. That is where the other brands may give you features you like at a better price point. But do ask around for what others carry in their bag.

Enjoy!
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Of the 3 lens I own, the lowest mm I can achieve is 24mm from my Canon EF 24-70mm f/4 L lens. Do you have any Lens recommendation (even prime) in the teens? (Canon/Sigma/Tamron/etc...budget no higher $600) Any older/used lens that would be a good option for landscape/wide angle photography?

I'm considering my options (in the OP case they need a lens similar to this), since this is a specialty lens for me that won't see much lens mount time, willing to try a brand outside of Canon.

OP - since both of us have a crop sensor, we will need a lens that can reach down into the teens (15-19mm) in order to achieve proper wide-angle shots; on a full-frame sensor we could get away with a 24-28mm lens but that same 24-28mm lens on a crop sensor cuts the field of view too narrow as others have described earlier. Cliff notes version: a 15-19mm lens mounted on a crop sensor is about equal to a 24-28mm mounted on a full-frame sensor.
 
ikolbyi said:
Jingjok said:
Find a wider angle lens (wide zoom) and preferably one which a large, consistent aperture (think f/2.8 or f/4). Don't get a wide angle zoom which the aperture closes as the focal length increases. Tamron, Tokina and Sigma offer lenses which should fit the bill.

I am using a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 XR Di II VC Lens. At night turn off AF (autofocus) and VC (vibration control) and focus manually. Using the fixed aperture permits me to keep the settings the same as I change my focal distance to crop the shot.

That is probably a good start. You will quickly discover wide angle zooms with large apertures are very expensive. That is where the other brands may give you features you like at a better price point. But do ask around for what others carry in their bag.

Enjoy!
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Of the 3 lens I own, the lowest mm I can achieve is 24mm from my Canon EF 24-70mm f/4 L lens. Do you have any Lens recommendation (even prime) in the teens? (Canon/Sigma/Tamron/etc...budget no higher $600) Any older/used lens that would be a good option for landscape/wide angle photography?

I'm considering my options (in the OP case they need a lens similar to this), since this is a specialty lens for me that won't see much lens mount time, willing to try a brand outside of Canon.

OP - since both of us have a crop sensor, we will need a lens that can reach down into the teens (15-19mm) in order to achieve proper wide-angle shots; on a full-frame sensor we could get away with a 24-28mm lens but that same 24-28mm lens on a crop sensor cuts the field of view too narrow as others have described earlier. Cliff notes version: a 15-19mm lens mounted on a crop sensor is about equal to a 24-28mm mounted on a full-frame sensor.
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Consider the Canon EF-S 10-18 f/4.5-5.6 @$279. This has a more medium aperture range but is highly rated. Check out the many reviews on line and even with this.

There is also an older vintage EF-S 10-22 f/3.5-4.5, about 2/3 stop wider aperture, to consider. But this lens is twice as expensive and lacks IS. Some users claim its performance is better at 10 mm focal distance than the EF-S 10-18; however, there are many good articles suggesting the 10-18 is optically better overall.

To get anything professional class will move your budget 3x to 5x higher. Check Tamron, Tokina and Sigma reviews on their wide angle options. Tokina has nice wide zoom 11-16 f/2.8 which has a nice write up. Price: about $600. I have been considering this one for squeezing a little more perspective on night shots.

Good luck!
 
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