anyone have any shooting at night tips for a 7100 because right now

[bribrius]

im thinking this thing is a p.o.s. it isn't doing much better than a p and s . first night I had it out, last night. I felt like throwing the damn thing into the lake (course its frozen so it would have just bounced)

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I dunno if its me, or the camera. But this sad thing is the BEST image I came out with last night.
Taken at 18mm 6400iso 3.5 1/60 s (slowest I dared to go with no tripod).
in post, I try to bring up the light in this thing using shadow recovery, dlighting, general brightness, exposure and all I get is blotches and NOISE. im looking for ANYTHING to bring the light up. I had noise reduction on when I took it. I cant bring the light up I get NOISE. which is why I avoided the hi settings I didn't want noise figured 6400 was already high.

 

[bribrius]

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see all the dots around the moon? and I didn't even bring up the light much in this one. noise, noise, noise.
I cant tell if its me, or this thing just flat out sucks in the dark.

 

[bribrius]

bring up the light hahahahahahaha.
it looks like this...

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like seriously, am I missing something here or is this thing going to need like a ten minute exposure to take a photo of some ****n ice?

 

[TreeofLifeStairs]

What kind of image were you hoping for? It's very common to need a tripod for shooting at night.

 

[IronMaskDuval]

Buy a 1.8 prime lens, and it'll serve you better.

 

[bribrius]

one with less noise. hoping to get a little dark purple out of the sky. I could see its potential looking at it. apparently the camera couldn't. I didn't expect it or want it to look like daylight but geez. come on.

 

[memento]

here's a tip... buy a tripod.

and here's another... read up on long exposures.

 

[bribrius]

here's a tip... buy a tripod.

and here's another... read up on long exposures.

I have a tripod. But is this really that hard of a shot I should need a long exposure on a tripod? REALLY? surrounded by streetlamps, lights on the other side of the lake. full moon. stars out. I could see everything clear as day with my eyes. Not like it was pitch black. I didn't think I was expecting too much here.

 

[Mach0]

I have a tripod. But is this really that hard of a shot I should need a long exposure on a tripod? REALLY? surrounded by streetlamps, lights on the other side of the lake. full moon. stars out. I could see everything clear as day with my eyes. Not like it was pitch black. I didn't think I was expecting too much here.

Yes.

 

[runnah]

You're wasting your time not using a tripod. Not even the highest end cameras can do a good job in the middle of the night.

Night shot tips:
Use a long shutter speed. Upwards of 30 seconds.
Shoot as high an aperture as possible.
Use low ISO
If possible don't shoot right at night time, dusk makes for a better photo.

 

[D-B-J]

TRIPOD. Wider aperture prime. TRIPOD.

But really, there's only so much you can do without a tripod.

Best,
Jake

 

[Judobreaker]

here's a tip... buy a tripod.

and here's another... read up on long exposures.

I have a tripod. But is this really that hard of a shot I should need a long exposure on a tripod? REALLY? surrounded by streetlamps, lights on the other side of the lake. full moon. stars out. I could see everything clear as day with my eyes. Not like it was pitch black. I didn't think I was expecting too much here.

Don't trust your eyes.
They adjust to the amount of light in your surroundings... I can see just as well on a clouded day as on a sunny day, still there's way more light on a sunny day.

It's dark so you need more light. Either you get your sensor sensitivity (ISO) high up like you did in these shots or you use a long shutter speed.
The high ISO will introduce problems such as extreme noise where-as a long shutter speed can introduce motion blurs.
Seeing as there's not really anything moving in this scene the only possible motion blur would be camera shake. Solution? Tripod.

 

[bribrius]

You're wasting your time not using a tripod. Not even the highest end cameras can do a good job in the middle of the night.

Night shot tips:
Use a long shutter speed. Upwards of 30 seconds.
Shoot as high an aperture as possible.
Use low ISO
If possible don't shoot right at night time, dusk makes for a better photo.

im hearing ya. not liking it. I really thought this would be a easy shot. I feel like im getting screwed. rifle scope can see at night. why cant a damn camera? Especially when it isn't really that dark? I can see, why cant the camera? I was hoping if I stopped carrying around the other bridge camera and got this my night situation (I shoot a lot at night its when I have time) would improve. not so much apparently. technology my azz it is only works for 16 hours out of a 24 hour period.

 

[Braineack]

It's only as good as you let it be.


remember your thread: i will never be a great photographer? your refusal to even TRY to understand and get better is exactly why this situation is pissing you off. Photography is a technical skill and there's a solution to solve you problem and it's easy if you take the 5min to learn.

 

[TheLost]

here's a tip... buy a tripod.

and here's another... read up on long exposures.

I have a tripod. But is this really that hard of a shot I should need a long exposure on a tripod? REALLY? surrounded by streetlamps, lights on the other side of the lake. full moon. stars out. I could see everything clear as day with my eyes. Not like it was pitch black. I didn't think I was expecting too much here.

I know... Right!!!

I have the same problems shooting high school football games under stadium lights. I can see fine!! I don't understand why my camera cant see what i see. Everybody says i need to learn better technique but i know there is something wrong with my camera!