Marsha_Ohio
06-13-2004, 10:30 PM
I thought I'd share some things I have learned since taking my camera off the auto mode and into manual mode :) F/stops are all about light. The smaller the number say like f/4.5 then that means your camera is letting in more light. Say an f/22 means it's letting in less light. The bigger the f/stop the smaller the hole. If you change your f/stop your making the hole where the light comes in bigger or smaller. Say you are taking night pictures then you want your f/stop to be a smaller number to let in the most light. Right now I'm really into taking night pictures. I like to go down to the local amusement park and take pictures of their rides at night when they are all lit up. If you set your camer to about f/8 to f/16 and slow your shutter speed down to about 1 second you can take awesome pictures of rides like these: http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4096&password=&sort=2&cat=504&page=2
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4098&password=&sort=2&cat=504&page=2
You can leave your shutter open longer and see what happens. You can even make light trails from traffic. Just set your f/stop really high say f/18 to f/25 and leave your shutter open for 30 seconds to a minute or more and see what happens! It's so much fun! So, this is a good way to practice using your f/stops and shutter speeds and having a blast while doing so :) My camera has a bulb setting, and this can be fun too. This means that you can leave your shutter open as long as you'd like! But, if you are using long shutter speeds, please use a tripod and a remote. This cuts WAY down on camera shake.
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4098&password=&sort=2&cat=504&page=2
You can leave your shutter open longer and see what happens. You can even make light trails from traffic. Just set your f/stop really high say f/18 to f/25 and leave your shutter open for 30 seconds to a minute or more and see what happens! It's so much fun! So, this is a good way to practice using your f/stops and shutter speeds and having a blast while doing so :) My camera has a bulb setting, and this can be fun too. This means that you can leave your shutter open as long as you'd like! But, if you are using long shutter speeds, please use a tripod and a remote. This cuts WAY down on camera shake.