Nikon d40 for taking night shot

roslee7 · 9th March 2009

i had recently bought nikon d40 and loving it so much. I have a question? how do i take a picture in the night with a person and the background? and example inside the flyer, if i wanna use normal camera, the person will be clear but dark background. I wanna take her photo standing near the mirror and can see the background of marina bright and clear...just example. Do i need a tripod?

BUZ_BUZ · 9th March 2009

Try this :

For hand held shot,
Set D40 dial to M mode ( Manual exposure )
Set ISO to 800
Set Aperture to the largest ( e.g f/3.5 )
Set exposure to 1/30 sec.
Pop up the build in flash and shoot.

If you have tripod, better still
Set D40 dial to M mode ( Manual exposure )
Set ISO to 800
Set Aperture to the largest ( e.g f/3.5 )
Set exposure to 1/2 sec.
Pop up the build in flash.

Ask your model to keep as still as possible, then shoot.

puraime · 9th March 2009

in places like inside the flyer it might be trickier cos of the glass element..

duno if this works or not. you can try using the method BUZ BUZ proposed and make sure the that pop up flash get bounced onto whatever ceiling space it has. cos if it fill in right front, the glass may catch it and you get no background. maybe use a mirror or ipod to bounce off.

can give it a try..

cabbySHE · 11th March 2009

As a matter of fact, I always recommend my pax to take the flyer in the day, around mid-day the best for photography. ( Coz they are just tourist using Hphone or P n S cameras )

Still thinking how to get around shooting nite scenery from the flyer.Haven't got to see anyone post here yet. Got to do a series of test to find the correct shutter speed to neutalize the revolving movement. Perhaps the only right time will be 7.15 pm.
One complete turn is 29 min, so reaching the top takes about 15 min. So board the capsule at 7.00 sharp would be about right.

I don't know whether the f/3.5 aperture as recommended would give enough depth for the marina barrage to be bright and clear plus your human subject inside the capsule. Btw, what lenses, wasn't specified.

9th March 2009	#1
roslee7 New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 14	Nikon d40 for taking night shot i had recently bought nikon d40 and loving it so much. I have a question? how do i take a picture in the night with a person and the background? and example inside the flyer, if i wanna use normal camera, the person will be clear but dark background. I wanna take her photo standing near the mirror and can see the background of marina bright and clear...just example. Do i need a tripod?

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BUZ_BUZ Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 215	Re: Nikon d40 for taking night shot Try this : For hand held shot, Set D40 dial to M mode ( Manual exposure ) Set ISO to 800 Set Aperture to the largest ( e.g f/3.5 ) Set exposure to 1/30 sec. Pop up the build in flash and shoot. If you have tripod, better still Set D40 dial to M mode ( Manual exposure ) Set ISO to 800 Set Aperture to the largest ( e.g f/3.5 ) Set exposure to 1/2 sec. Pop up the build in flash. Ask your model to keep as still as possible, then shoot. __________________ My phto album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/7549485@N02/sets/

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puraime Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: thomson there Posts: 371	Re: Nikon d40 for taking night shot in places like inside the flyer it might be trickier cos of the glass element.. duno if this works or not. you can try using the method BUZ BUZ proposed and make sure the that pop up flash get bounced onto whatever ceiling space it has. cos if it fill in right front, the glass may catch it and you get no background. maybe use a mirror or ipod to bounce off. can give it a try.. __________________ pimp9 my louya images here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bleh/

11th March 2009	#4
cabbySHE Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,220	Re: Nikon d40 for taking night shot As a matter of fact, I always recommend my pax to take the flyer in the day, around mid-day the best for photography. ( Coz they are just tourist using Hphone or P n S cameras ) Still thinking how to get around shooting nite scenery from the flyer.Haven't got to see anyone post here yet. Got to do a series of test to find the correct shutter speed to neutalize the revolving movement. Perhaps the only right time will be 7.15 pm. One complete turn is 29 min, so reaching the top takes about 15 min. So board the capsule at 7.00 sharp would be about right. I don't know whether the f/3.5 aperture as recommended would give enough depth for the marina barrage to be bright and clear plus your human subject inside the capsule. Btw, what lenses, wasn't specified.