Chingay '07 : My First Try

rEv09 · 26th February 2007

Blessed with the half-road tickets, i decided to bring my F717 for a try-out.

I'm here with a heart to improve, so pls do point ALL my mistakes out. Thanks!

rEv09 · 26th February 2007

Another 2.

Clockunder · 26th February 2007

Your shutter speed is too slow.

So you not only have motion blur (i.e. moving subjects are blur) but also handshake blur (i.e. even stationary subjects have blurry outline).

Your shutter speeds were well slower than 1/20 and all your pictures were shot at ISO 100.

To avoid motion blur, you need at least as fast as 1/60-1/500, depending on how fast the subjects move, their directions and how large they appear in your frame (i.e. related to your shooting distance relative and focal length), etc.

To avoid handshake blur (which I presume your old Sony F717 doesn't have any image stabiliser), try to have a shutter speed faster than 1/actual focal length.

This means that you need to use a much higher ISO...... at least ISO 400 and mostly higher (I guess this old F717 doesn't have ISO 800 and higher?).

The floats are over-exposed as the highlights are all blown out white. Usually, for floats and those night decorations, you need to use -ve exposure compensation to avoid blown highlights if you're using matrix kind of metering mode because most areas in the frame are much darker than the bright lights in the float or night decorations and the camera is tricked into a higher exposure which would blow the highlights out.

rEv09 · 27th February 2007

Points noted. My camera has ISO 400,600,800. I'll take notes and put into use during my next outing. Will learn and understand my camera more. Thank you Clockunder for your valuable advices!

26th February 2007	#1
rEv09 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 166	Chingay '07 : My First Try Blessed with the half-road tickets, i decided to bring my F717 for a try-out. I'm here with a heart to improve, so pls do point ALL my mistakes out. Thanks!

26th February 2007	#2
rEv09 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 166	Re: Chingay '07 : My First Try Another 2.

26th February 2007	#3
Clockunder Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,767	Re: Chingay '07 : My First Try Your shutter speed is too slow. So you not only have motion blur (i.e. moving subjects are blur) but also handshake blur (i.e. even stationary subjects have blurry outline). Your shutter speeds were well slower than 1/20 and all your pictures were shot at ISO 100. To avoid motion blur, you need at least as fast as 1/60-1/500, depending on how fast the subjects move, their directions and how large they appear in your frame (i.e. related to your shooting distance relative and focal length), etc. To avoid handshake blur (which I presume your old Sony F717 doesn't have any image stabiliser), try to have a shutter speed faster than 1/actual focal length. This means that you need to use a much higher ISO...... at least ISO 400 and mostly higher (I guess this old F717 doesn't have ISO 800 and higher?). The floats are over-exposed as the highlights are all blown out white. Usually, for floats and those night decorations, you need to use -ve exposure compensation to avoid blown highlights if you're using matrix kind of metering mode because most areas in the frame are much darker than the bright lights in the float or night decorations and the camera is tricked into a higher exposure which would blow the highlights out. Last edited by Clockunder; 26th February 2007 at 11:16 PM.

27th February 2007	#4
rEv09 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 166	Re: Chingay '07 : My First Try Points noted. My camera has ISO 400,600,800. I'll take notes and put into use during my next outing. Will learn and understand my camera more. Thank you Clockunder for your valuable advices!