I tend to go as low as possible.

woodsy wrote:

nzmatto wrote:

Bigfoot wrote:

nzmatto wrote:

Bigfoot wrote: Need cable release!

Easy solution.....2 second self timer. Means you can press the button and the camera will be still by the time the shutter opens. It is a great trick that works really well!

"no longer need cable release"

Only have 30 sec exposure time on a 40d - I want loooooong exposures

Really??? I was considering a 40d, that has just totally closed the door on that idea.....surely there must be some manual setting that allows a longer exposure than 30 secs. I had read on line that my fuji had the same limitation.....it doesn't. I have taken 2 minute exposures on it.
In any case I was talking about the need for a cable release....if it has a self timer, which most do, you can set up your frame and everything, then set a self timer, so you can push the normal button for the shot, without the camera wobbling.

even the canon 1 series only go out to 30seconds exposure

i went for the tc-80n3 timer good for time lapse

What the cameras do have is a bulb function which essentially lets you hold the shutter down for as long as you want So a cable release with a switch that lets you hold down the shutter is mighty handy

Out yesterday with the old point 'n' shoot:

Ohhh sillouette

Bigfoot wrote: Fun with moving water

Household tips

Can anyone help me here? I took this photo awhile ago, with my 10D, and this is what it came out like. I'm standing on the river bed at night, camera on tripod, 15 sec exposure ...

Anyone?

you need a much longer exposure

VERT wrote: you need a much longer exposure

Is that why it's so noisy?

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Lower ISO = less grainy
Longer exposure = less dark.

Bigfoot wrote: Lower ISO = less grainy
Longer exposure = less dark.

Its odd though, cos I can do other exposures, longer shorter, whatever, and they'll turn out as clear as day. But just that once, they were really noisy. Hmph.

Noisy = grainy

I blame society

The 10D has heaps of noise on anything ISO 800 and above, infact I wont even use and ISO above 200 if I can.

You can get rid of some noise at the post process stage but what you really need if you want to take night photos without a flash is a shutter release cable. I picked one up of trademe a while ago for $30 but there doesn't appear to be any on there at the moment.

You will then be able to set your ISO as low as you want, bump the aperture to F22 (or what ever) and use the bulb setting to take as long as you want exposures.