I have a 10.1 megapixel Casio Exilim digital camera with all of the bells and whistles anyone needs in a camera. However, every picture I take at night comes out TOO DARK, even with the night scene mode, full flash, you name it. Any suggestions? Oh and what do the ISO settings help with? Thanks!
2007-11-09 06:55:28 · 4 answers · asked by Maria G 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
The model of the camera is the EX-Z1050
2007-11-09 07:08:45 · update #1
This is a picture I took with an old Sony Cybershot in downtown Houston. I took this just by turning the flash off and leaning against a street lamp to steady myself.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/GregGrunge/random/DSC01425.jpg
Same camera, same night, but while driving:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/GregGrunge/random/nightlights.jpg
And this image was made by upping my ISO to 1,000 and using both elbows to steady myself against a railing on a pier.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/GregGrunge/07-03-12-14%20-%20Hot%20Springs%20AR/DSC_0060.jpg
With a point and shoot you probably don't want to go too high on your ISO or you will probably see a lot of grain in your images. I would suggest turning your flash off first. I know on all of my point-and-shoots there's been a flash setting button to just turn it on, turn it on with red-eye, turn it off, and there's one other setting that always escapes me what it's called. Try playing around with your flash settings first as all of mine when on auto have adjusted shutter speeds and all that jazz for me automatically. Will take some experimenting.
Good luck!!
2007-11-09 07:18:21 · answer #1 · answered by greggrunge311 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably understand the night scene mode but just in case- there will be two exposures- the first is with the flash and the intent is to expose the foreground- presumably people posing against a background of city lights, etc. The second exposure is for the background and it could take many seconds or more to get this exposure, so the shutter is open all that time. This is why a tripod is necessary and your main subjects need to be relatively still during this time. Increasing the ISO would only make the exposure time faster, but at a cost of a noisy image.
2007-11-09 07:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn off your flash, increase your ISO setting and very importantly be as still as you can and and keep your subject still. It takes playing around and experimenting with camera + re-reading owner's manual.
2007-11-09 07:46:22 · answer #3 · answered by Vintage Music 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try turning your flash off.
2007-11-09 07:16:04 · answer #4 · answered by Den B7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋