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Sore Feet
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Anyone played around with shooting in the moonlight? I took these two last Sunday from Sunrise Point @ Rainier. I have to wonder how much better they might be if I had a GND filter...
 Rainier in Moonlight  Looking towards Goat Rocks
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LittleHikerMom
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Wow... those are amazing pics... especially the Rainer one... ooooo.... No i've never gotten moonlight pics to turn out....
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Steve
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 Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:28 am |
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About the closest I've gotten is a couple of twenty minute long exposures I took at Arches NP but there was no moon.
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Newt
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Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:40 am |
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Rainier is pretty dang good from here. It would be kinda neat if Goat Rocks had a bit of light on the foreground hills.
I guess you could always expose for the fore & background and then layer together. Just a thought.
Newt
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Sore Feet
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I can't be too picky about night shots right now, the G3 maxes at 15 seconds, and doesn't have a Bulb mode, so it's pretty much enough light, or not enough light. I am definitely gonna go back up there when I get a beefier camera.
I wasn't really trying to take good pictures when I shot these, but they turned out pretty well, so I'm happy.
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LittleHikerMom
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Yeah mine doesn't have a bulb mode either. Usually you find that on the older cameras...
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Andrew
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Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:29 pm |
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That Rainier shot is quite pleasing, love the stars that showed up in the deep blue sky and the apparent wind blowing the snow at the crater. I plan to experiment with night photography over the weekend, hopefully under a cloudless sky.
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Sore Feet
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GG - Bulb mode is standard on most entry level SLR's, but isn't usually seen on digicams, it's not really a matter of age.
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Newt
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Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:57 pm |
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That G3 shutter speed kinda sucks. I took some aurora photos one morning and they were black. I lightened them up a bit and there it was. Not the proper way to do it tho.
Newt
It's pretty safe to say that if we take all of man kinds accumulated knowledge, we still don't know everything. So, I hope you understand why I don't believe you know everything. But then again, maybe you do.
It's pretty safe to say that if we take all of man kinds accumulated knowledge, we still don't know everything. So, I hope you understand why I don't believe you know everything. But then again, maybe you do.
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Backpacker Joe
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| Sore Feet wrote: | | GG - Bulb mode is standard on most entry level SLR's, but isn't usually seen on digicams, it's not really a matter of age. |
SF, do you think the new digital SLR's have the bulb function?
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Andrew
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Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:51 pm |
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Joe, they most definitely do. For both Nikon and Canon, all of their respective digital SLRs offer bulb mode.
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Andrew
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Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:54 pm |
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| Sore Feet wrote: | | GG - Bulb mode is standard on most entry level SLR's, but isn't usually seen on digicams, it's not really a matter of age. |
But obviously, a camera with a mechanical shutter would be preferable since you don't have to deal with batteries.
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Sore Feet
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Sure, but I doubt I'll be shooting moonlight enough in the immediate future to warrant buying a full manual camera (doesn't mean I won't though  ).
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mike
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mike
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Thu Sep 02, 2004 8:17 am |
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Bulb mode isn't always necessary. I can easily take moonlit shots on AUTO with my OM4. An OM2 will even go much longer. Just put the camera on a tripod, hit the shutter and sit back and let the camera do the thinking. I believe the equivalent Canon and Nikon will do the same thing to varying degrees. The only limit is the reciprocity factor of the film. This is one area of photography where digital hasn't quite got there yet. At least at my price point. Prices on manual gear are getting so cheap now that I think it is a very practical backpacking option.
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Andrew
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Thu Sep 02, 2004 12:37 pm |
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Yeah, at KEH.com, you can buy a mechanical Canon or Nikon body with a fast lens for ~$200, cheaper if you choose the "bargain" condition items.
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