I ended up getting an Olympus SP-500UZ. It seems to do several different things. Well i was playing with it tonight and figured id share some of the shot. I was doing alot of playing with the shutter speeds. I just need to pratice my night shots and figure out how to clear them up more.
Nice pics man, nice to see we have another photo enthusiast in the bunch. If you have any questions, I'll help if i can. I've done a lot of reading and have a few friends that are photographers so i know a little . Congrats on the camera!
Ill probaly end up have a ton of questions as for i dont know anything when it comes to all this picture stuff, but here are 2 of my favorite from tonight and not even of me or my car.....
if you're using a tripod in those low light pictures, try turning the ISO down to avoid the noise (little specs in dark areas). If you're not using a tripod and want to take pics in a low light situation with no flas, use a high ISO to avoid much bluring but you will get the noise as a sacrifice... Hope this helps! Nice integra
Ok so no flash and slow shutter speed what should the ISO be Cause i really want the night shots to be much clearer but could seem to get it no matter what i adjusted. i have to always use a tripod unless the cmaera is in the auto mod then i can snap away and be good.
Depending on how dark it is and what your camera will do you could try to use 200, 400, or 800 (the smaller the number the less noisie, but the longer it takes) for dark with tripod and no flash. Keep it as high as you can without getting the noise. Play with 400-800 first... The ISO is the film speed (in digital we don't use film but it has the same effect as film) so the lower the number the slower the film. Slower film pulls in more light... Give me a few minutes and i'll try to find out exactly why noise happens...
http://www.diynet.com/diy/hp_digital_photography/article/0,2033,DIY_13956_4320970,00.html Theres some good info on low light digital photography for ya...
One more thing Your camera does have noise reduction so you may want to play with that when using an exposure time of more than .5 seconds... It processes the image for those bright randomly spaced pixels before writing the image to your memory card... The processing time is usually nearly doubled but its worth it if you're shooting in low light situations.
You can also download a free program called noiseware. It does a great job at automating noise reduction, though sometimes, the pictures will come out a bit "soft." I wish the 5000 uz had been out when I bought my camera. I will post up a link with a full photography manual later today, if I get the chance...
Decided to pla with the settings a little but last night. 2 RHD and a nice claen hatch with the 06 and so on.
Just wanted to show you how much digital noise noiseware gets rid of. Its free if you go for the "community edition."