Suggestions Roadcone-KB???

[Badass1993]

What would be some good settings for a motion shot in low light conditions? example-shoting drag cars @ night with little light.....I know its somethign I will have to play with,just need somewhere good to start from.Thanks

[RoadconeTuning]

what kinda camera? usually the point and shoot cameras use suuppper long shutter speeds that will cause a LOT of blur if your not very careful, its because the sensor in them isnt very sensative, most are iso64-iso200... where as my NikonD50 STARTS at IDO200 and goes to 1600.. the higher the ISO rating the more sensative the sensor BUT you get more noise/grain, so its a tradeoff... thats why those point and shoots take AWESOME pictures in rediculous sunlight but suck at night.

GENERALLY if you can learn to pan you can get decent shots but honestly, a tripod is your best bet and set the camera on some sort of night or birthday mode... i used to use the b-day candel mode on my Cybershot for automotive stuff and i loved how they came out when i used a tripod... but honestly at night, if you dont have a "fast" setup then its REALLY hard... i usually give up trying to take pictures at greer when the sky goes orange... after that its just too dark and the shutter speed is so slow that my shaky self destroys the pictures...

your other option is to use flashes... you could get a Vivtar HV285 and some peanut slaves and have those setup that when your oncamera flash goes off that it triggers the slaves... you could probably get two of those and peanut slaves for 200-250...

[Badass1993]

what kinda camera? usually the point and shoot cameras use suuppper long shutter speeds that will cause a LOT of blur if your not very careful, its because the sensor in them isnt very sensative, most are iso64-iso200... where as my NikonD50 STARTS at IDO200 and goes to 1600.. the higher the ISO rating the more sensative the sensor BUT you get more noise/grain, so its a tradeoff... thats why those point and shoots take AWESOME pictures in rediculous sunlight but suck at night.

GENERALLY if you can learn to pan you can get decent shots but honestly, a tripod is your best bet and set the camera on some sort of night or birthday mode... i used to use the b-day candel mode on my Cybershot for automotive stuff and i loved how they came out when i used a tripod... but honestly at night, if you dont have a "fast" setup then its REALLY hard... i usually give up trying to take pictures at greer when the sky goes orange... after that its just too dark and the shutter speed is so slow that my shaky self destroys the pictures...

your other option is to use flashes... you could get a Vivtar HV285 and some peanut slaves and have those setup that when your oncamera flash goes off that it triggers the slaves... you could probably get two of those and peanut slaves for 200-250...

Oh sorry dude,working with a Cannon Rebel SXI.....I can slow the ISO down enough to get a decent background shot,but the cars are 100% blur......especially when there is little light.....as far as my point and shoot @ night I have no problems there.....just trying to learn the ropes of the new camera:thumbsup1: Thanks

[RoadconeTuning]

XSi you mean? crank the ISO up to 1600 or 3200 if you have it and turn on noise reduction... im going to take a wild guess and say you have a kit lens thats like a 18-50 f/3.5-5.6 or something like that...

i was told that to do shots in parkinglots at night, hand held... use 1600, as wide of an aperature i can get away with and a 1/30 or 1/40 shutter speed... thats usually a good starting point. use the light meter and your own judgement to set it like you want.

i think what your having a problem with is panning, thats just going to take practice.

[Badass1993]

XSi you mean? crank the ISO up to 1600 or 3200 if you have it and turn on noise reduction... im going to take a wild guess and say you have a kit lens thats like a 18-50 f/3.5-5.6 or something like that...

i was told that to do shots in parkinglots at night, hand held... use 1600, as wide of an aperature i can get away with and a 1/30 or 1/40 shutter speed... thats usually a good starting point. use the light meter and your own judgement to set it like you want.

i think what your having a problem with is panning, thats just going to take practice.

yeah that sorry XSI..yeah working with a 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6..thanks for the info:thumbsup1:

[93fakesnake]

Well Kyle beat me to it. But like he said at night you need a tripod and crank up the ISO. You got a good camera !!!