settings for nature shots

[Raider1]

Can anyone advice me on what settings to use on a G5 for some outdoor shots?



thanks!

[kreego]

Could you give some examples?

Landscapes? Flowers? Panoramas?

K

[Raider1]

Could you give some examples?

Landscapes? Flowers? Panoramas?

K


mainly a mix of Panorama and landscape shots

[283CID]

I may be dancing in where I don't belong here, but my wife takes a lot of those kinds of pictures. Invariably she winds up fooling around with the PRINTER things...like 'people', 'nature', etc.... in her Epson Printer Properties.

Maybe something like that is what you need ? [just trying to help]

[Biko]

If its Landscape then it is usual to set camera (Av) on highest fstop in your case F8 to give max amount of DOF.

Your speed is a matter of what the camera dictates at this setting, if cloudy then you might need to up the ISO to 100 to get a decent speed 1/60 ideally being the minimum if hand held.

Also worth taking shots RAW.

[kreego]

...you might need to up the ISO to 100 to get a decent speed 1/60 ideally being the minimum if hand held.

Also worth taking shots RAW.

I agree on the Av and F8. However, 1/30 should be feasible by hand (no mirror slap) especially if you use the self timer to fire the shutter. However, if you see the "wobbly hand" symbol, you'd do well to use a tripod, or at least a monopod. In my totally biased opinion, when you drag around a tripod, you pay more attention to composition. Some if the travel tripods extend to at least eye level, and are very light - worth your while.

Cheers

K

[Ballen Photo]

I agree on the Av and F8. However, 1/30 should be feasible by hand (no mirror slap) especially if you use the self timer to fire the shutter. However, if you see the "wobbly hand" symbol, you'd do well to use a tripod, or at least a monopod. In my totally biased opinion, when you drag around a tripod, you pay more attention to composition. Some if the travel tripods extend to at least eye level, and are very light - worth your while.

Cheers

K

The G-5 seems to have been fairly well thought out, as it has this nifty little feature of having a remote sensor also facing straight out to your right while looking at the camera back, enabling you to use the remote like a corded shutter release. This feature should work quite well in conjunction with a tripod. :D
......Bruce

[kreego]

...you might need to up the ISO to 100 ...

One last totally biased opinion about 100 ISO - my eye starts seeing noise at that sensitivity, I make it a habit to stay at 50 ISO (hence my tripod fixation!!). A good landscape shot invites detailed inspection, so you want the image to be as clean as possible. I don't mind some noise for portrait work, if I want to use available light - reminds me of my darkroom days.

Having said that, there are some really good programs for cleaning up noise, eg NeatImage. If interested, the subject's been covered thoroughly in this forum - do a quick search.

Signing off for the night (GMT+1),

K