Night time shots Cannon G5

[John Henry]

I have been trying to photograph nite shots of the exterior of my house with the landscape lighting on. I am trying to use slower shutter speeds with a tripod and timer but they still keep coming out dark. Any assistance on settings (shutter speed, aperature or other) would be greatly appreciated.

[wrxsavvy]

I've tried some night shots, and I would either adj the exposer compensation level, or you can lower the ap value witch would increase the diaphragm opening.
try this out and tell what you get.
I believe you can adjust your iso settings, too much you might get some digital noise.

what shutter speed and ap settings are your running?

[BytePhoto]

Originally posted by John Henry
I have been trying to photograph nite shots of the exterior of my house with the landscape lighting on. I am trying to use slower shutter speeds with a tripod and timer but they still keep coming out dark. Any assistance on settings (shutter speed, aperature or other) would be greatly appreciated.

I suggest to try setting your camera to manual exposure mode then choose an aperture around f.8 then set your shutter speed at something like 2 seconds. Shoot and see if it's too dark. Still too dark, then add more seconds to the shutter speed.

Hope this helps.
PS don't forget your white balance settings.

[leo11877]

Hi
For best results

1) Shoot in RAW mode (use the Menu settings)
2) Use the Timer for taking Snapshots. This will allow the tripod and camera to stop moving once u pressed the shutter button. OR Use the Remote control
3) F8 is a good aperture. I think the ideal Shutter speed would be around 6 seconds. Depends on the Artificial Lighting u have on your house.


I hope this helps.

Thanks
Leo.