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Snow Photography Ferongr
It was snowing in Greece for some time, and i decided to take some shots with the snowflakes frozen. I own a Benq DC C640, a compact one with fully manual settings. I tried pushing shutter speed priority the highest i could, but the image displayed is the best i could. Could it be the camera does not capture a lot of light to have normally exposed high-speed shots? I am waiting /p/'s tips
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Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeBenQCamera ModelC640Camera Software00.01.0568Maximum Lens Aperturef/2.8Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaImage-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution96 dpiVertical Resolution96 dpiImage Created2008:02:17 17:05:19Exposure Time1/60 secF-Numberf/2.8Exposure ProgramCreativeISO Speed Rating50Lens Aperturef/2.8Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModeMulti SpotLight SourceFlashFlashFlash, AutoFocal Length6.20 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width2816Image Height2112Exposure ModeAutoWhite BalanceAutoSharpnessNormal
>> Anonymous
For ISO50, yes.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
The two main things that affect your exposure are shutter speed and aperture (well, and ISO, but let's ignore that for now). You've already figured out shutter speed, but apparently not aperture.

Aperture is how wide the opening in your lens is. Wider opening, more light, you can use a higher shutter speed. Narrower opening, less light, longer shutter speed required. Aperture has a much, much smaller range of available settings than shutter speed does, and it's lens-dependent. For reasons I'm too lazy to explain right now, lower f/numbers are wider apertures.

f/2.8 is probably the maximum your camera can do, so your shutter speed is limited by that.
>> Ferongr
Damn, that ISO seting slipped from me, i should had pumped it to 200 (max i can push it without noise). And yeah, I understand the principle behind aperture sizes (F/2,8 is larger than lets say F/5.6 since its a division)