Newbie first shots....

[dbchoong]

I believe you're on max 10X zoom when taking those night shots, right? It'll quite difficult to get good clear shots.

Not sure, but can try this:

1. Lowest aperture (2.8)
2. Medium exposure (6 - 8 secs)
3. Focus set to infinity
4. Exposure compensation max (+2)
5. Highest ISO - bound to be noisy... use PS to remove the noise
6. MUST use tripod or camera sitting on something that is stable.

I think the problem not so bad if not zoomed to max.

U stay Telok Blangah? That's Bukom refinery, right?

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by dbchoong
I believe you're on max 10X zoom when taking those night shots, right? It'll quite difficult to get good clear shots.

Not sure, but can try this:

1. Lowest aperture (2.8)
2. Medium exposure (6 - 8 secs)
3. Focus set to infinity
4. Exposure compensation max (+2)
5. Highest ISO - bound to be noisy... use PS to remove the noise
6. MUST use tripod or camera sitting on something that is stable.

I think the problem not so bad if not zoomed to max.

U stay Telok Blangah? That's Bukom refinery, right?

Regarding your last question, yes.

As for the steps you advised.. i'll try it out soon and post the result here. One question, how does on set the focus to infinity?

My highest ISO is 800. Would that be ok?

 

[dbchoong]

To set to infinity, there should be a picture of a mountain on some button. Press that to activate.

ISO800 is very high.... will get a lot of noise. Picture also won't be sharp. If possible, start with lowest ISO and move up. That's the good thing about digicams, lets you experiment without paying through your nose for developing photos.

Originally posted by Wolfgang


Regarding your last question, yes.

As for the steps you advised.. i'll try it out soon and post the result here. One question, how does on set the focus to infinity?

My highest ISO is 800. Would that be ok?

 

[Tweek]

I'm a c700uz user, here are some sure-fire useful tips for nightshots:

1) use a tripod (you already have done that)
2) let the nightshot be the first few shots in let's say 5mins, so that the CCD will be cool enough not to produce too much noise.
3) use F2.8 (or 3.5 if you zoom) if all your subjects are all very far away
4) keep shutter speed to 4-8 seconds. Expose accordingly to the exposure meter on the top right hand corner.
5) use tungsten white balance or one-touch white balance to get a correct colour cast.
6) Set focus to infinity, by holding the OK button which will bring up manual focus. Push the marker of the manual focus to the infinity mark.
7) use self-timer
8) keep to ISO100, don't use anything higher. The shorter exposure (with possibly less hotpixels) is not worth the noisier pic if you use higher ISO.

Your nightshots shld be quite decent with the above tips. However, hotpixels are unavoidable for shutter speed more than 2 or 3s. You can use blackframe subtraction or the mediachance hotpixel program to reduce them, or better still, go to Olympus Singapore and get a firmware upgrade. That will give you hotpixel-less exposure up to about 4-6s.

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Tweek
I'm a c700uz user, here are some sure-fire useful tips for nightshots:

1) use a tripod (you already have done that)
2) let the nightshot be the first few shots in let's say 5mins, so that the CCD will be cool enough not to produce too much noise.
3) use F2.8 (or 3.5 if you zoom) if all your subjects are all very far away
4) keep shutter speed to 4-8 seconds. Expose accordingly to the exposure meter on the top right hand corner.
5) use tungsten white balance or one-touch white balance to get a correct colour cast.
6) Set focus to infinity, by holding the OK button which will bring up manual focus. Push the marker of the manual focus to the infinity mark.
7) use self-timer
8) keep to ISO100, don't use anything higher. The shorter exposure (with possibly less hotpixels) is not worth the noisier pic if you use higher ISO.

Your nightshots shld be quite decent with the above tips. However, hotpixels are unavoidable for shutter speed more than 2 or 3s. You can use blackframe subtraction or the mediachance hotpixel program to reduce them, or better still, go to Olympus Singapore and get a firmware upgrade. That will give you hotpixel-less exposure up to about 4-6s.

Thank you for the tips given. Very very much appreciated.

As for the firm ware upgrade.. how much would it cost?

Kindly advise.

 

[Tweek]

Originally posted by Wolfgang


Thank you for the tips given. Very very much appreciated.

As for the firm ware upgrade.. how much would it cost?

Kindly advise.

it's free if your camera is still under warranty, however they may deny that such a firmware upgrade exists. If that happens, specify that you want to reduce hotpixels, and if worse come to worse, ask for Mr. Goh, think he will most definitely do it for you.

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Tweek


it's free if your camera is still under warranty, however they may deny that such a firmware upgrade exists. If that happens, specify that you want to reduce hotpixels, and if worse come to worse, ask for Mr. Goh, think he will most definitely do it for you.

Thanks alot.

Erm, may i inquiry as in to where is this place you're talking about?

 

[Wolfgang]

Kindly comment please. Newbie's Sunrise shots....

Thank you.

 

[Tweek]

Originally posted by Wolfgang


Thanks alot.

Erm, may i inquiry as in to where is this place you're talking about?

Olympus Singapore!

Their service support center at River Valley Rd.

Wah your sunrise shots fresh from the oven one right? Sniff sniff..

 

[Wolfgang]

Why is it whenever i resize the picture and shrink it.. it always turn out blurrer?

I usually shrink it from 1600 x 1200 to 600 x 480 or there abouts...

Kindly advise...

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Tweek


Olympus Singapore!

Their service support center at River Valley Rd.

Wah your sunrise shots fresh from the oven one right? Sniff sniff..

River Valley.. alright then. I'll make a trip down today. Is it ok if i had no sent in my warrenty? I just bought yesterday....

And yes, it's right from the oven...

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Tweek


Olympus Singapore!

Their service support center at River Valley Rd.

Wah your sunrise shots fresh from the oven one right? Sniff sniff..

As for the firmware upgrade.. how long does it take for them to do it?

 

[Flare]

Hmmm Sunrise... The first one quite nice if you are trying to catch the surroundings, but the sun is over exposed....

The second one... still looks a little over exposed hee hee...

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Flare
Hmmm Sunrise... The first one quite nice if you are trying to catch the surroundings, but the sun is over exposed....

The second one... still looks a little over exposed hee hee...

Indeed. I agree it to be so. Just a question. How does one compensate for a rising sun and a darker foreground?

In the 2nd picture.. the foreground looks underexposed while in the first picture, the buildings look ok but the sun looks over exposed. Any tips? Anyone?

Kindly advise.

 

[Wolfgang]

A view from my room.....

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Wolfgang


Indeed. I agree it to be so. Just a question. How does one compensate for a rising sun and a darker foreground?

In the 2nd picture.. the foreground looks underexposed while in the first picture, the buildings look ok but the sun looks over exposed. Any tips? Anyone?

Kindly advise.

Any one can advise pls?

Thank you.

 

[Tweek]

Originally posted by Wolfgang


Any one can advise pls?

Thank you.

you can't lor, because the dynamic range is limited. So when you have a bright sun in the picture, either the sun is properly exposed or the buildings are properly exposed, not both. You can use photoshop to combine them together though, you will need 2 shots: one of the sun properly exposed and one of the buildings properly exposed, and the two shots must be geometrically the same.

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Tweek


you can't lor, because the dynamic range is limited. So when you have a bright sun in the picture, either the sun is properly exposed or the buildings are properly exposed, not both. You can use photoshop to combine them together though, you will need 2 shots: one of the sun properly exposed and one of the buildings properly exposed, and the two shots must be geometrically the same.

I see, i see. So i can't have the cake and eat it eh?

Oh well, then i shall try to exp either the sun properly or the building properly.

Thank you.

 

[Klause]

Most of your pic is out of focus

 

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Klause
Most of your pic is out of focus

Hmm.. could it be something wrong with my C700?

Or is it my technique?

Or is there an actual way to manual focus the C700? (I believe it's totally auto focus right? (or am i wrong?)

Kindly advice.