Comments on: Low Light Digital Photography

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:54:34 +0000

Frank Düpmann: Low light, wrong gear – never give up!
http://manfrottoschoolofxcellence.com/2011/11/10/frank-dupmann-low-light-wrong-gear-never-give-up/

By: Karen Clemente

Karen Clemente — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:52:44 +0000

Thanks for your tips on low lighting. I am shooting in a very dark, haunted house. My challenges are occasional flashing lights and movement from people walking by. I’m going to set up and capture their horror faces as they walk by. I will be using a tripod and a cable release, but I’m not sure how else to capture this moment. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:49:05 +0000

Thanks for this article. After many years of having nothing more than a point and shoot, I am now getting back into “proper” photography with entry-level DSLR Nikon D5000. Can I ask, in low light situations, why would you set your ISO to 100? Are we talking specifically about landscape or scenery shots because if you’re shooting say an indoor event with people, wouldn’t you want a high ISO to allow for fast shutter speeds?

Also, you mentioned RAW being so much more superior to JPEG but there seem to be a lot of articles out there where some “professionals” claim that they never use RAW and the difference in quality between RAW and fine JPEG is hardly noticable.

Thanks again

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:44:05 +0000

What is the best camera under $500 for concerts indoor?

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:20:44 +0000

Thanks,
The thing I have not tried stepping down to f22 because I thought I would get clearer results at f8-11. Next time I go out I am going to try smaller aperture. This picture was 12min and what ever I shoot at night the exposure always works. I just guess and something cool comes out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15783784@N06/4483003647/

By: ayen

ayen — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:33:30 +0000

finally, your article taught me how aperture affects my shooting in low light conditions..have always used the iso and the flash but not satisfied with the results..finally got the shot i want when i tried to increase the f value at 10 or so

By: Lofts Conversions

Lofts Conversions — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:32:00 +0000

Great article! I used an old Olympus digital camera for night photos c5000. I would attach the camera to a cheap telescope from Lidl and take great pictures of the moon. If anyone interested I have put some on http://photobucket.com/elfinlink night moon

Small aperture long exposure!
Regards!
Loft Conversions London

By: MattGranz

MattGranz — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:22:35 +0000

The one thing I didn’t see in the article or in the comments, is that a flashlight (especially a high intensity one) is invaluable for getting your focus right on the subject matter. Infinity can always work for a basic landscape but objects will not autofocus and a manual focus can be a real pain if you have no real ability to see what you are focusing on. Otherwise a great article. By the way, I find that ISO 200
F3.8
2-1/2 minute exposure
25 mm.
is a great recipe for doing light painting at night.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:57:52 +0000

I had a question low light photography. What do you recommend metering off for these types of photos, like say, the example sea photo, what did you meter off of originally?

Thanks,
Matt

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:34:43 +0000

it’s a great articles, iam a newbies wait for more new articles from you.