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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.

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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?

Last edited by wrxsavvy on Mar 28th, 2005 at 05:09 PM

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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.

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Kind regards
Stephen

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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.

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