canon S45 night shots

[ddho]

Does anyone here know the quality of the night shots of canon S45? i cant find any sample gallery to see the quality of night shots. I intend to get that camera if night shots are good.
Pls advise. Thank you

[BillChmura]

This will be marginally helpful. I've tried a few night shots (low light no flash) without a tripod. The color and effect were really nice, but without a tripod it was a bit shaky. This was also on the nightshot setting without any manual tweeking. Even in with my arms braced it was still a long exposure and resulting in some shakage... If you dont mind a tripod then it seems like it would be excellent.

Otherwise fantastic camera

[butterspot]

S45 is definitely a wonderful camera!! I just got mine, for about a month and since day one, it still surprise me with all the wonderful photo qualities.

For nite shot, you might need a tripod stand. I have tried all manners of taking it without the tripod, it never really exhibit all best potential of this camera. Unless you can leave it somewhere that does not move, eg, table top, car etc.. Nevertheless, have fun with it!!

[tonkes]

Take a look at :
http://www.pbase.com/tonkes/city__buildings

[tranzndance]

ddho wrote:
Does anyone here know the quality of the night shots of canon S45? i cant find any sample gallery to see the quality of night shots. I intend to get that camera if night shots are good.
Pls advise. Thank you

I have the S45, and after using it, have discovered that I love night photography. I did try night photography without a tripod when I first got my camera and was unsure if I wanted to spend money on superfluous accessories. A tripod is NOT one of those; any serious photographer should have one.

example 1:
http://www.stanford.edu/~tu2/TakeThu2/2003-02/Stanford_-_night_02-27-03.html
I took these pictures without a tripod. They are a little blurry. And these were the good ones. I tossed out so many more that turned out excessively blurry. Do you want to forego the tripod, but take a lovely shot that turns out too blurry? It's a waste of time and effort.

example 2:
http://www.stanford.edu/~tu2/TakeThu2/2003-03/Stanford_-_night_2003-03.html
After wasting good shots due to blurriness, I bought a tripod. It was so worth it. I was able to do the maximum exposure time of 15 seconds. I was able to take shots I could not take without a tripod. Once I saw the results, my dilemma this time was that I had so many nice shots that I had a hard time deciding which one to delete since I don't like to keep too many duplicates.

After some experience, I've learned that some of the best night shots have more than 5 seconds exposure time. I don't know if it's possible for anyone to stay absolutely still for that long; I can't. You can increase ISO, as someone suggested, but you get graininess. One of the neat things about night shots is the little points of light it captures--graininess would ruin that. You can try to find a steady place to put your camera, but don't depend on it if you go on a hill in the middle of nowhere.

Hope that helped.

Thu

[Benny Tong]

Just wondering if you take pictures using a tripod, is it necessary to increase the ISO to 100 or 200? And does the aperture still have much effects on the exposure if shutter is open for more than 2 or 5 seconds.

Any thoughts or experiences?

Benny

[PeterS45]

Just trust the camera. My experience untill now is that setting ISO to Auto and push the exposure-button gives great results. The only advice I gan give is to save the pictures in RAW-format, to make use that when it's needed to edit the pictures on your PC you have an original in the best quality possible.