T4i question: Long exposure

So I just bought my first DSLR today. The T4i, I've gone through much of the manual but but I'm having a problem with doing long exposure...

I set the iso to 100, F11, 1/100. I held the shutter button down for 1 minute and the end result was just a dark picture (shooting at dusk). Anybody lend some tips?

Set to manual and set the shutter to 30 seconds. See what you get.

If it's too bright try 15 seconds.

In order to utilize exposures longer than 30 sseconds, you must engage "bulb" mode.

To do this, set the mode dial to "M" and turn the main dial to the left past 30 second exposure time...The word "BULB" will be displayed in the viewfinder and on the LCD screen...Then set aperture and ISO to desired settings...Now the shutter will stay open as long as you hold down the shutter button.

Thanks, it worked!

mrtuckertown wrote in post #14924528
Thanks, it worked!

Happy shooting!

You can hold the shutter button down until the cows come home but in your case the shutter was only open for 1/100 second. You can set shutter speeds to much longer, not just going to "bulb". I would also suggest that you not be afraid of going to higher ISO. These latest Canon DSLR do quite well with image quality at ISO 800, evn 1600. The T4i might even work well at higher numbers.