Handheld night shots . Fz1000

[Labe]

not had much time with the fz1000 yet but I'm liking it. I thought I'd try the handheld night mode to see just how far you can go without much effort.

























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new to technology,always learning

 

[Jack Brandt217]

You did well with those Labe. Handheld?

Jack

 

[Brad Bohland]

The first one is quite lovely. The two companion shots in your gallery, the one closer to the subject and the other further away, confirm my impression that this one is just right. Thank you.

 

[Jerry045]

Well done Labe. I discovered the hand held night shot mode when I tried it in a very dim museum. Works like a champ in low light.

 

[Brad Bohland]

"I discovered the hand held night shot mode when I tried it in a very dim museum. Works like a champ in low light."

First I've heard of it. What is it?

 

[Labe]

"I discovered the hand held night shot mode when I tried it in a very dim museum. Works like a champ in low light."

First I've heard of it. What is it?

Its in the scene mode menu. works great for night time snaps. Cheers Paul UK

 

[Rudi Maes]

"I discovered the hand held night shot mode when I tried it in a very dim museum. Works like a champ in low light."

First I've heard of it. What is it?

The "Hand Held Night" is a scene mode, where the camera takes different pics (like burst) and combines them to one good photo. This only works with non moving subjects.

Rudi

 

[kkardster]

"I discovered the hand held night shot mode when I tried it in a very dim museum. Works like a champ in low light."

First I've heard of it. What is it?

It's a Scene Mode that takes a burst of image frames and stacks them to reduce noise and camera shake. The algorithm seems to depend on the slight jitter presented by hand-holding the camera as it doesn't appear to work on a tripod. As such, the final image will be "zoomed in" slightly as the jittery edges are trimmed.

Hand-Held Night Shot is intended for just that, but it's not limited to night time use and can be used for in-camera image stacking in any light. I've even done tests to see if it might work to smooth waterfalls (as a poor-man's ND filter when caught without), but instead it tries its best to freeze the action instead.

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Bruce
You learn something new every time you press the shutter

 

[Brad Bohland]

Thanks, Bruce.

Can you use manual exposure with it?

 

[Labe]

"I discovered the hand held night shot mode when I tried it in a very dim museum. Works like a champ in low light."

First I've heard of it. What is it?

The "Hand Held Night" is a scene mode, where the camera takes different pics (like burst) and combines them to one good photo. This only works with non moving subjects.

Rudi

I`ve actually tried it with movement in the frame without issue . The person walking just near the crossing.





also the cars in this shot are traveling at around 30mph.





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new to technology,always learning

 

[kkardster]

Thanks, Bruce.

Can you use manual exposure with it?

Not for my FZ200 and not likely for other models. Here are some earlier posts on HHNS:

FZ150 Handheld Night Shot Mode

It appears that Panasonic has automated the multiple-exposure stacking operations which our friend digby dart utilizes with success to reduce FZ100 image-sensor image-noise by an amount roughly equal to the square-root of the number of individual (identical) exposures captured. One user has...

www.dpreview.com

Comparison of multi-shot modes with flowing water - FZ200

Here's a simple comparison of stacking multiple shots in an attempt to capture flowing water in cases when a long shutter speed is not possible. It appears that stacking of burst shots can possibly be used in a pinch. Comparison of using stacking with flowing water Top left: single shot...

www.dpreview.com

Intelligent Auto vs Handheld Night Shot (FZ200)

Recently, I had the good fortune to be in Iceland and visited their Concert Hall in Reykjavik. While touring the building, we visited the main concert auditorium. Except for the stage, it was quite dark in there despite the high lighting in the roof. I decided to try photographing the audience...

www.dpreview.com

Night Shots of D.C. Monuments?

Should I just depend on the "Hand Held night shot" mode or use some custom settings. Recommendations please. Can I layer burst to increase exposure? FZ70 has only 8 sec max exposure time. Should I just go with high ISO? Depend on RAW (I won't have my RAW editing software with me so PP will have...

www.dpreview.com

FZ1000 and "superresolution"

As you know I like to play and experiment with my FZ1000. Now I want to show you some interesting technique to gain extra resolution to your photos. I bet most of you know this method, but for those who is interested in it, here is the good and working tutorial with lots of explaining. Banned...

www.dpreview.com

 

[XVOYAGERX]

I really like the 2 railway shots with the fog, i am a railway fan and take quite a few shots of trains and railway scenes, and find the fz1000 a superb camera for this purpose. i blew the sky in this one because i had to turn towards the Sun, however, its the train i like!




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