Produces Sharp and Clear Photos in Low Light Conditions

One of the major challenges for novice photographers is how to make high- quality photos in dark lighting conditions such as indoors or at night .

As we know , usually indoor photo / evening and do not tend to be bad because of the emergence of sharp noise / dots on the photo .

Noise caused by high ISO settings . In the DSLR or compact camera , if using higher ISO 800 , noise will begin to emerge and diminish image quality . If the ISO is set low , consequently dark photo blur due to shaky hands or our own .

For Objects Not Moving

The traditional way is the most powerful , especially for photographing inanimate objects , is with a tripod . With the camera sat on a tripod , we can use a low shutter speed and low ISO . As a result , image quality is much better .

Another way that is not as efficacious as the tripod , but pretty good is using a lens or a camera that has a stabilizer ( usually code IS , VR , VC , OS , OIS , SS , etc. ) .

With the stabilizer , we can use a rather slow shutter speed to collect more light without
cause blurry photos

Shaking hands when we creating an image stabilizer mechanism muted by. This mechanism such as a mini tripod. However, there are limitations of this stabilizer system, which could not keep the camera still for a tripod.

Each stabilizer varies between camera and lens, it's good to try for themselves the effectiveness of this system. For example, with a 16-35mm Nikkor lens f / 4 VR, I was able to make sharp images with shutter speed up to 1/8 sec, and if the Canon 100mm f/2.8 L IS Macro, I can use a shutter speed of 1/30 sec.

Try using a slow shutter speed, and find the minimum shutter speed which the photos that are sharp. Do not believe the pictures in the camera monitor, but check on the monitor screen computer / laptop and enlarged (zoom 100%).

Moving Objects

Tripod and stabilizer would indeed be very helpful in shooting in poor lighting conditions, but if we are photographing moving objects tripod helpless, because we rely on a slow shutter speed when using a tripod. Slow shutter speed can freeze the motion of the object is not moving.

To outsmart these conditions, we can use a large aperture lens. Large aperture collects more light than the lens with medium or small openings.

Examples of large berbukaan lens is f/1.8 Nikkor 35mm, Canon 50mm f/1.4, Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8, Tamron 24-70mm
f/2.8 VC, and others, the smaller the numbers that follow the 'f', the larger the opening

Another trick that can be used which uses a full frame DSLR camera bersensor surface is approximately 50 % larger . Larger surface can absorb more light environment so image quality is not too bad at high ISO .

In my experience , the quality of photos at ISO 4000 , ISO 1600 equivalent in ordinary DSLR cameras bersensor APS - C .

One tactic again that we can use is to use flash / flash . Flash can not reach areas that are too far or wide as the hills / mountains that far , but it is very effective for illuminating objects close to us like plants , humans , flora and fauna .

By getting an extra flash of light , the resulting images clearer and sharper . ISO does not have to be set high . In the room that has a ceiling white and not too high , flash (external / Speedlite ) may be directed to the ceiling to produce a soft glow to the object .

In essence :

1 . High ISO and shutter speed slow is the way the camera to make pictures in dark light conditions , as a result the picture is not sharp and clear .
2 . So that the result is sharp and crisp images , the object does not move us to use a tripod or stabilizer . For a moving object , a large aperture lens and flash we use .
3 . All are intended to allow us to use a low ISO .

ISO 100, f/16, 8 seconds. Using a tripod allows me to use 8 seconds setting for collecting the light at dusk, and still maintain ketajamanan and picture clarity.

In addition, the relatively slow shutter speed also record the movement of the water makes the water that flows seamlessly like a mist. Shaped light sources arising from the use of a small aperture (f/16).

Good luck!