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Old 03-18-04, 08:13 AM
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Default New camera! New Pics! All at nite!!!!

Well, I am trying to learn some of the functions of the new Nikon D70 I got and took some pics at night. As most of you probably know, it's very very hard to take good pictures at nite. Brendan Lim can attest to that!

Anyway, enjoy. I took mostly "a$$" pics because I really like the rear end of the Aristo better.....

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A token HID shot for all of you HID freaks out there. Foglamps are PIAA Platinum Whites. And I am **Still** too lazy to change the inner citylights to superwhite polarg M4s.....

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HID OFF!!!

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A parting shot. Man, this is my favorite pic!

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Since you are not using a flash, find a well lit area. Thanks for sharing.
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Looks Good,
Jtanoyo1,
keep up the good nice.. I like a clean GS.
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JT!! Nice quality pics, nice camera.. too reddish, jok.. play with the white balance, except if you want it this way
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Originally posted by gs400998
Since you are not using a flash, find a well lit area. Thanks for sharing.
Actually , that was the whole point. I wanted it to be dark and semi-mysterious. In fact, I was actually under a very bright yellow street light and backed away a few feet from the light zone because I wanted the pics to come out darker.

I could always change the exposure (levels) on photoshop, but I think that would take away the whole point of this collage.....

What do you think?
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Originally posted by Johnny0728
Looks Good,
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keep up the good nice.. I like a clean GS.
Johnny
But, that's not a GS, my brother....
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Originally posted by Blackened
JT!! Nice quality pics, nice camera.. too reddish, jok.. play with the white balance, except if you want it this way
Darn it! WB! I knew I was forgetting something!

Well, good thing the pics came out exactly how I wanted it. Hmmm, I wonder if I changed the WB setting to fluorescent would it make a difference.......
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Don't bother with anything less than 1/50 on the shutter without a tripod! Even the shutter click vibration is enough to make a very small difference in sharpness, use a good tripod with a remote shutter cable or self-timer.

Use f/5.6 for a balance with the darkness and the lights around you when shooting at night. Try a higher ISO to reduce your exposure time with the tradeoff of noise/grain.
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Originally posted by Lvangundy
Don't bother with anything less than 1/50 on the shutter without a tripod! Even the shutter click vibration is enough to make a very small difference in sharpness, use a good tripod with a remote shutter cable or self-timer.

Use f/5.6 for a balance with the darkness and the lights around you when shooting at night. Try a higher ISO to reduce your exposure time with the tradeoff of noise/grain.
My camera was set on ISO1600 (lots of noise!), white balance on auto (big mistake here!), no flash and f/5.6 as you recommended.

My next buy would be a tripod for sure. But I was feeling a little ashamed as it is standing in the middle of the street in the middle of the night taking pics of my own car. Are we vain yet??


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