It's very frustrating not being able to capture things at night because there's "not enough lighting." Even with the camera flash on, it won't work. It just beeps and refuses to shoot. How could I work with the camera to achieve really sharp night photos with minimal to no light?
Have you tried changing the ISO setting? I'm not sure how to access with Nikon cameras, but on my Canon there's a button on the top that says ISO. Alternatively you can turn the dial to manual and change it in there.
Forget about the night setting. The easiest way is to put it in the manual setting, put the aperture down to a really low setting such as in the f/20s, and the shutter speed really high, like 30 seconds. Oh, and use a tripod!
I've tried the ISO setting and it didn't really help much. I wanted to get clear pictures, but the higher my ISO is, the more grainy the picture becomes. It also blurs every time there's any movement at night. I'll definately try to work with my manual setting though! Thank you!
your camera is refusing to fire because it is unable to focus (f2.8 or faster lenses are better in low light conditions). You have a couple of alternatives, namely:
- use manual focus
- use a torch to put some light on your focus point to allow AF to do it's thing
- use a faster lens
- make sure you're not obstructing the AF assist lamp
Motion blur is inevitable when using slow shutter speeds. One way to overcome this is to use a flash with rear curtain synch. The short burst of light will illuminate the moving subject and freeze the motion while the slow shutter will capture the available light from the background.
i'm not sure how nikon's automatic settings work, but if they're as unreliable as canon's i would just leave it on manual. if you're trying to take a picture at night definitely use a tripod so you can take a longer exposure. if you can't increase the exposure anymore then you can crank up the iso at the cost of having some noise in the image.
I am playing with low light as well and have a nikon, what nikon model do you have?
Definitely get a tripod. You cannot take low-light pictures if hand-holding because the shutter needs to stay open longer with low light and any movement will blur your entire image. If you can set your shutter on timer so you can hit the button but it takes the shot 5 seconds after that way you aren't moving the camera at all when you hit the button. SKip using "night time mode". its for people that don't want to be creative.
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Forget about the night setting. The easiest way is to put it in the manual setting, put the aperture down to a really low setting such as in the f/20s, and the shutter speed really high, like 30 seconds. Oh, and use a tripod!
- use manual focus
- use a torch to put some light on your focus point to allow AF to do it's thing
- use a faster lens
- make sure you're not obstructing the AF assist lamp
Motion blur is inevitable when using slow shutter speeds. One way to overcome this is to use a flash with rear curtain synch. The short burst of light will illuminate the moving subject and freeze the motion while the slow shutter will capture the available light from the background.
Definitely get a tripod. You cannot take low-light pictures if hand-holding because the shutter needs to stay open longer with low light and any movement will blur your entire image. If you can set your shutter on timer so you can hit the button but it takes the shot 5 seconds after that way you aren't moving the camera at all when you hit the button. SKip using "night time mode". its for people that don't want to be creative.