Techniques for good fireworks shots

[saint2137]

Hi All,

Beginner question: I am going to take my first fireworks shots in few days, but I have no idea the best shutter speed and apperture setting.

Using a 5D, please advise:
Which is the best setting: M, Av, Tv, Program or idiot button?

If using M, AV, TV, what is the apperture and speed best setting?

Which ISO?

Do I have compensate the exposure value? higher or lower?

For this shot, which one is the best between 70-200f2.8 IS, 24-70L and 16-35L II?

Thanks very very much.

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I believe there are a lot of postings on this. Here is a post by me along with the settings I used.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=343749

[saint2137]

Thanks a lot, V8, maybe I was too lazy to search it in the forums. More comments (5D owners...) are welcome though.