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How do I take better photos at night? (Nikon D50)?

Wednesday Sep 1, 2010

I have a Nikon D50 and for some reason when I take photos in low light enviornment its like the camera tries to compensate and the shutter speed is extremely slow. Also when it takes the photo it looks nothing like what I intended. How do I capture a shot at night just like how it looks?

First, you need a tripod.

Second, your camera must be in Manual Mode so you can set shutter speed and f-stop.

Third, you’ll need a cable release for exposures longer than 30 seconds. For long exposures your shutter setting will be on "B" which allows you to keep the shutter open as long as you want.

Suppose you want to photograph a city skyline in the distance after dark. Using my trusty FotoSharp (fotosharp.com) Day & Night Exposure Guide, Scene # 14, we find:

ISO 100

f5.6 @ 15 seconds
f8 @ 30 seconds
f11 @ 60 seconds

ISO 200

f5.6 @ 8 seconds
f8 @ 15 seconds
f11 @ 30 seconds

ISO 400

f5.6 @ 4 seconds
f8 @ 8 seconds
f11 @ 15 seconds

Your best quality will be at ISO 100 @ f8 or f11 since lenses are optimized at between f5.6 and f11.

Experiment with the settings listed BUT change only ONE variable at a time. That avoids confusion.


Soudiaification ~ Nikon D50 Photography

Wednesday Sep 1, 2010

I’m a keen photographer, aspire it to be my career when I’m older. I’m 15 years old and these are some examples of my photography ~ Hope you enjoy, Feel free to comment/subscribe!

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Nikon 70-300mm review

Sunday Aug 29, 2010

more review on http://www.nikonlense.net

Duration : 7 min 48 sec

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Do you need the depth of field preview button on the Nikon d50?

Monday Aug 23, 2010

I really want to purchase a Nikon d50 but it doesn’t have a DOF preview button. Is this a necessary part of a dslr or can you live without it? Should I pay extra $$$ for something like the nikon d70 instead? I think the Nikon d50 would be perfect but without the button I’m not positive.

I had a D70 and I’m still mourning its loss. I think it has DOF preview but I never used it. Honestly to me that feature is just not necessary. It only takes a few photos for you to get accustomed with what kind of DOF you get at different appertures and under different lighting conditions. Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see how that feature would make much difference since the viewing screen is relativelly small.


Stop Motion Skating (Skateboarding)

Monday Aug 23, 2010

Stop motion using a Nikon D50 on and off a tripod.

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Day 90

Friday Aug 20, 2010

For every day there is another moment lost. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Duration : 1 min 21 sec

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What is BKT Set, what does the EV Stepping do, and how can I access my aperture on my Nikon D50??

Friday Aug 13, 2010

I have a Nikon D50 that I just bought in May, and I finally have time to mess around with it. Can anyone give me the rounds on my first dSLR?

All that information is in your manual.

BKT is your backlight button. It slightly over exposes the metered setting and thus opens up the shadow area in back lit parts of the image.

EV settings make adjustments in exposure on every shot you take. When shooting on the beach in bright sun or snow this is the time to use the EV adjustments to correct for the slight under exposure caused by the highly reflective nature of sand and snow.

Since film is cheap and you can experiment all you want. Just start shooting and use all the various controls on your cameras …take notes on what you do and what the results are so you can duplicate the skills you have learned.


NIKON D50 LENTE SIGMA 20-40

Friday Aug 13, 2010

NIKON D50 AUTOFOCUS Video que prueba funcionabilidad de una camara nikon d50 con un lente sigma

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Cullmann D4500 N Blitzgerät [412]

Tuesday Aug 10, 2010

In der heutigen Sendung stelle ich Euch das D4500 Blitzgerät von Cullmann vor.

Weitere Informationen auf http://www.cullmann-foto.de/detail/id/d-4500-n.html oder http://www.mimmatec.tv

Duration : 5 min 3 sec

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What cord would I need to connect a Nikon D50 to my laptop to capture directly to it?

Thursday Jul 29, 2010

I’ve seen this done with a Hasselblad camera but I don’t know what the cord is called that I need and if they make it for the Nikon D50.

Use the same USB cable that you use to connect your D50 to your laptop for downloading your photos. Then all you need is software, like Nikon Capture 4 and you can use the laptop to control the camera and capture directly into the software.


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