Night shooting HELP!! LOLOLOL

ONEBADMK8 · Jun 1, 2010

myfotoguy said:
As has been said, there is no magic lineup to try because the setting will depend on the available light. Typically for night action in low light you need lenses with a large fixed aperture (2.8 or better) or High ISO. Actually, both would be nice!

Rent a 200 f/2, or 70-200 2.8. Your current lens is probably maximum 5.6 or smaller aperture depending on focal length. A 2.8 lens will let in TWICE as much light or more. So I think if you could rent a lens, you will get your shutter speed up and have a better chance of keeping your ISO at 800 or lower. I am not familiar with the D50 though and what ISO you can go up to and still have acceptable noise.

To start, I would go with:
- Aperture of 2 or 2.8 depending on lens
- Aperture priority
- ISO 800, just be sure to expose properly using exposure compensation dial then use noise reduction in post processing.

GREAT reply and thanks a million too. I will rent something for this weekend and do ALOT of experimenting.

atraff · Jun 1, 2010

Ok, These photos are not as bad as you first made out. It is dark and the artificially light will never look as good a a blue sky day. I think a little Photoshop will go a long way in fixing the color and by adding a sharpness filter. You could add your own lights off camera or even some on camera will help.