Experimenting with full manual.

[mac124]

After some helpful comments on a photography forum i frequent, Talk Photography, i have been playing with full manual settings, its not quite as scarey as i thought, ok it takes a few seconds to set the camera if changing conditions but for the most part they came out ok i think, yay or nay?

This rat with wings, err . . . . Starling was obliging enough to pose long enough for me to twiddle the settings. Sharpened a touch and cropped in Gimp.



These were just messing about down the garden. Again just sharpend very slightly.





Just to highlight the difference between ISO 100 (darker pic) and ISO200 with everything else being equal.

[coiler]

iso 200 certainly looks better in that example!

[mac124]

Focusing issues aside, ones focused at the front of the daisy and one towards the rear, it depends what you are looking for, if you want a darker background the lower iso works quite well.

[Avatar]

ISO 200 focus is on the back petals (100 on the front ones).

I like the ISO 200 better in your photos, also this would allow faster shutter speeds = less shake (I cannot see much more graininess with my naked eye).

NIce photo of the starling.

EDIT: you posted while I was typing, I said the same as you about the focusing.LOL

[M4T VW]

Some good shots there mate!

Ive also been playing with a bit of manual, Mostly Long and short shutter speeds.

My camera goes from 4" upto 4000.
Now im guessing that the 4" is 4 seconds? And the 4000 is 1/4000, So 4000th of 1 Second.
Does this sound right?

Ive taken a few pics of a tap runing in my bathroom and with the quicker shutter speeds i guess you need more light? And with longer shutter speeds you need less?

A couple of examples...

These were all taken at ISO100 with the camera set on Auto 9To set the "f" for me)
First one is 1/4000


Looks ok i think, The flash went off for this one...

But this one, Taken at 4 second exposure, What happened to the light!?
It says the flash went off but its gone strange.


Any pointers? Also any way to get it longer then 4 seconds? I want to do a motorway lights shoot and 4 seconds wont be enough.

[jonwoad]

This one was 30 seconds

http://jon390.fotopic.net/p41831525.html

[InvaderGIR]

Only Auto I use is Full Auto and Auto no Flash when using as a point and shoot, otherwise it's full manual for me and I get images like this...

200MM - ISO200 - 1/125 - No tripod - Dirty Lens


200MM - ISO200 - 1/800 - No tripod


18MM - ISO800 1/10 - No tripod


55MM - ISO200 - 1/60


55MM - ISO200 - 1/60


55MM - ISO100 - 1/60


18MM - ISO200 - 1/80



I don't tend to use ISO100 unless it's super bright outside as there is no real need for it I find. Also, doing this post has reminded me that I've forgotten to upload loads of pics to my site.

[Umar]

This one was 30 seconds

http://jon390.fotopic.net/p41831525.html

Jon that's brilliant! I've always wanted to do something like that, but never had the correct equipment to do it! Is that the bridge near to Brinnington?

Umar

[jonwoad]

It is indeedy

[InvaderGIR]

Proper long exposures I still haven't really bothered to do, I really should though as I love pics done with them.

[M4T VW]

Seems i need to take mine off auto to get longer shutter speeds.
Need to read up more on this "f" then, What does it do?

[InvaderGIR]

f is Aperture. Lets in varying degree of light.

Adjust it with respect to the shutter speed. High shutter speed, open up aperture (lower the number), low shutter speed, close the aperture (higher number). If you do it the other way round you'll get very dark images or very light overexposed ones.

[M4T VW]

Ok, So ive just taken a picture i my room. I have shutter set at 10 Seconds, ISO 200 & aperture set at both F4 & F11.
Both these pictures come out really overexposed, Infact its just a white picture.
What am i doing wrong

[jonwoad]

Thats because the shutter was open too long, too much light hit the sensor and now it's all white. Try it when the room is darker- around about 9-10pm

[InvaderGIR]

Use a higher shutter speed, like 1 second or something.