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Film Night Shots Anonymous
Can anyone give me pointers on shooting night shots with 35mm? Using a Nikon FN10 - exposure times and f-stops would be nice. This is one I did recently.
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>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
Use a tripod, for sure, then play with your f-stop. I went out last weekend for a night shoot (with a tripod) and did three exposures of each shot- one at f27, one at f11 and one at f6.

In terms of what you're shooting, look for light, color, pattern and architecture. Motion too- I (hopefully) have some good train motion shots that i get back today .
>> elf_man !fBgo7jDjms
Since film doesn't collect noise at long exposures, it can be good to use a slow film and longer exposure times, but you'll definitely need the tripod for that.
>> Anonymous
Use a meter to approximate, though there is much more room for error in long exposures than at fast shutter speeds. Read the tech pamphlet for whatever film you're using and know when and how to compensate for reciprocity failure. It varies widely from film to film.

Try tungsten balanced film, it will produce more natural colors.
>> Anonymous
1. Recognize the types of lighting. low pressure sodium is (usually) the most common. It's the one with the orangey color (like in your photo). Clean white light is mercury vapor. The brightest lights are high pressure sodium. They a slight amber hue but have great color rendition. Use low pressure sodium as your basic exposure guide. Add one stop exposure for mercury vapor, one stop less for high pressure sodium.

2) Use ISO 400. It's a good balance between grain and speed for nighttime photography. ISO 3200 film is great for spooky, grainy stuff. ISO 100 is very clean, but exposure times quickly stretch out to an hour. I have a preference for black and white, since you don't have to worry about unpredictable color shifts from mercury vapor.

3) This is purely an aesthetic choice, but be wary of actually incorporating your light source into your photo. It can lead to all sorts of unpredictable weirdness, like lens flare, highlighted smudginess on your lens, etc. Plus it can be overpowering if you expose for longer than 4 seconds.
>> Anonymous
4) You're gonna need: a tripod, of course. a jacket, a notepad, a stopwatch, a flashlight, a cable release, a camera with mirror lock up, something to during a 4 minute exposure, some photos to show passersby who're made nervous by your presence, and something warm to drink. Oh, and if you're downtown, something to protect yourself.

5) An older MF camera is best for nighttime photography. The FM and FE series (i use an FE2) are fucking superb for this; nikon designers were smart enough to incorporate mirror lock-up into the self-timer, which is genius. If you go digital, make sure your camera has dark frame subtraction.

6) You don't need a meter. Best part about nighttime lighting is that it's the exact same, night after night. Meters don't account for reciprocity anyway.
>> Anonymous
combo breaker!11!

just kidding.

7) so what the fuck if no meter? i'll be a nice guy and give /p/ a page out of my photo notebook.

This is for ISO 400. Reciprocity kicks in after a second, so if you use a faster speed, just scale back as usual. (e.g. f2 @ iso 3200 is 1/8", not 1")

f2 - 1"
f2.8 - 2.45"
f4 - 6"
f5.6 - 14.7"
f8 - 36"
f11 - 1'28"
f16 - 3'36"
f22 - 8'49"
f32 - 21'40"
f45 - 52'50"

Good luck.
>> Anonymous
>>77512This is for ISO 400. Reciprocity kicks in

Reciprocity failure depends on the specific kind of film, i.e. Fuji Provia or Kodak E100G, not the ISO. Check the technical data for the film you are using.
>> Anonymous
RECIPROCITY KICKED IN YO
>> Anonymous
>>77517

k, fair enough. but if you check the specs on ilford's film, they all have the exact same reciprocity curve. Pan F has the same as delta 3200. i've heard that kodak's different, so who knows. i've used those exposure times that i've posted every time, and they work perfectly.
>> Anonymous
reciprocity law failure is for bitches that dont know bout my gas hypersesnitizing chamber
>> SongTroll
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And while she looked so sad in photographs,
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When she smiles!...
How many days in a year?
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And i can be so insincere,
Making her promises never for real!
As long as she stands there waiting,
Wearing the holes in the soles of her shoes!
How many days disapeer?
When you look in the mirror so how do you choose?
Your clothes never wear as well the next day!
And your hair never falls in quite the same way!
But you never seem to run out of things to say!...
This is the story of a girl,
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while she looked so sad in photographs,
I absolutely love her,
When she smiles!...
How many lovers stay?
Just to put of with this shit day after day!
(the last line was changed to to put up with every day and all day! for the music video)
How did we wind up this way?
Watching our mouths for the words that we say.
As long as we stand here waiting,
Wearing the clothes of the souls that we choose!
How do we get there today?
When we're walking to far for the price of our shoes!
Your clothes never wear as well the next day!
And your hair never falls in quite the same way!
But you never seem to run out of things to say!...
This is the story of a girl,
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while she looked so sad in photographs,
I absolutely love her,
When she smiles!...
This is the story of a - girl!
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while she looks so sad and lonely there,
I absolutely love her,
When she smiles!...
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Her pretty face she hid from the world!
And while she looks so sad and lonely there,
I absolutely love her,
When she smiles!
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>> Anonymous
>>77607

not everyone is all that into astrophotography. i am, so i know all about gas hypering, and how prohibitive it is for the type of photography that the op is talking about.

and i'm pretty sure you're the technical pan guy from the other thread, since gas hypering and technical pan go together like bread and butter.
>> Anonymous
>>77629
hypered film is not some kind of secret, its fairly common for people who dont shoot in the 1/1000 to 1 second range.
B&H sells it in their catalog.
lurk more
>> Anonymous
>>77641

pretty common for the 1% of camera owners who actually shoot in that range, yeah.

seriously, you're talking about a very, very narrow subset.
>> Anonymous
1% of several hundred million camera owners = a lot
>> Anonymous
>>77652
more than 1% of that was a meaningless number you pulled out of your ass.
please delete worthless post
>> Anonymous
sheesh. i can't believe i got trolled so bad. embarassing.