jamesw
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Got a fujifilm s5000, tried taking pics at night but were bluring badly so orderd a tripod just waiting for it to come, any tips from anyone? my camera supports RAW aswell as JPG's whats the main advantage over this and also whats best ISO setting to use @ night in a not so well lit area?
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Rus
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don't have it zoomed in. dunno about the camera but there may be a focus option, hold the flash button down about half way, while it focus's then click. but i dunno otherwize 
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jamesw
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i fine it very hard to get night shots like for example this one taken by icy 
i dont know if the area was actually very well lit but my camera seems to meter the light from the street lights and darken most of the car 
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Scotty_B
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I have a Fuji F810 which is basically identical to the S5000 as far as features goes. IIRC the S500 has a 10x optical zoom but doesn't have a stabilizer which makes full zoom a no-no without a tripod.
Try messing aroung with the shutter speed, ISO setting until you get the pic you want. I'm learning slowly by trial and error but its all good.
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jamesw
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i dont understand all this jargin though lol, for night shots should i be altering the shutter speed or ISO? as far as i understood the ISO was how sensitive the camera is to light, but would the shutter speed make any difference?
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Ian
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ISO is sensitivity - the more sensitive, the faster the shutter can go so you can freeze action, or reduce shake. If you're using a tripod this is mostly irrelevent and a lower ISO will mean that you have less noise (grainyness) in the photo.
At night the camera will meter on the light bits and the car will appear to be very dark, especially if the front of the car is in the shadow of a light, as Karens is a bit there.
You really need full manual mode, aperture of about 8, this lets less light in that lower numbers but more of the car and photo will be in focus - wider depth of field if you want to have a search about on that phrase - and turn the shutter up to about 30 seconds or more.
Its all about experimentation, get street lights shining on the car and the cam on a tripod and you're half way there.
You will still need to mess about with white balance which if you're shooting raw you can do at the computer which gives you more opportunity to play with all the possible colour temperatures.
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jamesw
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cheers 
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vibrio
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don;t do it late at night. dusk is the best time.
use the timer function if you don;t have a remote release. you may have to focus manually. try to avoid having bright lights in frame as these will burn out. take a picture using the camera meter then switch to manual and adjust shutter speed to get the effect you want. taking the pic in raw will reduce noise and give you exposure adjusted for about 1 stop either side. longer exposures result in more noise.
you can be vreative with your white balance at night to produce some interesting shots.
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Icy
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RAW - more control over the pic, not compressed at all like lossy jpegs, can alter everything before u actually edit it in photoshop
smaller aperture is better in nightshots
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