Time lapse w/G3

[joebunda]

I am a happy new owner of a G3 - a huge upgrade to my canon A50 which I bought about 4 or 5 years ago at almost the same price!!!

I am posting to see if any other G3 users out there have any hints or tips for using the G3 for time lapse/night photos...

I am an experienced 35mm slr user and have taken some great shots using the "bulb" setting with my nikon fg20 but I now want to make the same type of photos w/my G3.

One of the reasons I bought the G3 was for thie ability to keep the shutter open up to 15 seconds.

Any input appreciated!

[drisley]

Joebunda,

Most find that using an fstop that is too low will often produce blue or purple fringing around bright lights. Using an fstop that is large will result in a starry effect around bright lights (may be a desirable effect).

I personally like to use fstop around 4.0. Also, I often set the focus manually to infinity. This way I dont have to worry about the autofocus not working in the low light.

I also always use a tripod, or place the camera on somthing stable. I also use the 2 sec delay so that the camera isn't affected by movement when I press the button.

That's about all I can think of for now.

[joebunda]

Thanks drisley!

Here is a photo I took about 2 or three years ago using my old Canon A50... I did it without a tripod but it came out prety darn good considering...Once I snap some using my G3 AND my tripod I'll post them as well!

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/ce0ed887/bc/display/IM000245.jpg?bc2BMq.AP6mEfrPx

[drisley]

Np.

The image doesn't show up here...
Do you have a link?

[joebunda]

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/joeindovina/vwp2?.tok=bc7uodRBul4ffrPx&.dir=/display&.dnm=IM000245.jpg&.src=ph

[DigPic]

You might give a shot at renaming the post to Time exposure and maybe a few more people will respond because this is more used than Time lapse which is the intervalometer function as opposed to the night/long time exposure. Just a thought.

[Jane]

drisley wrote:
I also always use a tripod, or place the camera on somthing stable. I also use the 2 sec delay so that the camera isn't affected by movement when I press the button.


I use the remote control which has the same affect