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Originally Posted by NickTurnon
Hey everyone!
Took some photos on saturday. Not impressed by the photos at all.
Using kit 55mm lens. Iso settings were around 6400 or more and I had a tripod..
How can I take great night pictures. Is it the lens? Is it me?
When I switched to manual, sometimes it wouldn't even let me take the picture.
Here are some shots... please critique.
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First thing is your ISO. The pictures are rather noisy because you had the ISO so high. What mode were you shooting with?
The idea with a tripod is you set the ISO to 100, and stop the aperture down somewhat (depending on your subject), and then you can shoot long exposures without getting camera shake. So there is no reason to have ISO 6400 in general if you have a tripod. You just increase the exposure time until it is appropriate. The easiest thing would be to use aperture priority mode, set ISO manually, and go from there.
What do you mean it wouldn't let you take the picture? What camera are you using?