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    First time taking Fire Works photo

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    Just want to share my first try taking fire works photo . Photo taken from my HDB windows facing Mt Faber.

    My 400D is not that cooperative, take so long to save the data for every shot, probably because I tool raw. I miss lots of beautifull fire work. Next time I shouldn't take raw.







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    its not your 400D slow, it is probably doing a long exposure noise reduction which you can disable via a custom function.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Are you sure it took very long to save the file or because you set exposure time to 15secs (so during exposure times, you can't do anything)? It can burst several shots even if it is still saving the last ones, isn't it? If you think yours is slow, wait till you try 300D .

    Not bad for first try.

    ck

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    Should be long exposure, that's why, try pressing a few times which recording in your camera, or you mean while transferring to computer??

    Try heavier tripod.

    Anyway, good take for 1st timer.

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    it probably as hwchoy said. It is after the 15 second exposure, I can already see from the view finder but can't press the button and the CF LED turn on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fotoudavid View Post
    Try heavier tripod.
    How does that will help?
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    What CF card?
    If your lens is hunting, it can't release the shutter too...

    ck

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    CK, the camera is doing anothr 15s exposure with the shutter closed in order to compensate for the noise.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    BTW it should not be a 15s exposure. for fireworks it would be tripod mounted with a remote release, and usually 1-2.5s exposure time in order to catch the shape of the fireworks. find the fastest lens you possibly can, shoot RAW and don't do noise reduction (do that in RAW processing afterwards).

    also open up your aperture to catch the light. for focusing try to figure out the hyperfocal distance of your lens and manual focus so that all the distant objects will be in focus.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CK Yeo View Post
    What CF card?
    If your lens is hunting, it can't release the shutter too...

    ck
    CF = Compact Flash. There was LED which is blinking/light-up when the camera written a data to the memory card.

    I set to manual focus because it was dark.

    It is not because of RAW. I just try a minutes ago with JPEG and it took the same time as RAW.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy View Post
    BTW it should not be a 15s exposure. for fireworks it would be tripod mounted with a remote release, and usually 1-2.5s exposure time in order to catch the shape of the fireworks. find the fastest lens you possibly can, shoot RAW and don't do noise reduction (do that in RAW processing afterwards).

    also open up your aperture to catch the light. for focusing try to figure out the hyperfocal distance of your lens and manual focus so that all the distant objects will be in focus.
    Thanks for the tip.

    You are right about the noise reduction. I just try it out and it fast
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    I like your second photo, nice composition. I feel 15sec is too way, the last I did, I randomly time the exposure. Technically, no fixed timing, depending on what you want to achieve, the longer you exposure, the more light and smoke trails

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    CF = Compact Flash. There was LED which is blinking/light-up when the camera written a data to the memory card.

    I set to manual focus because it was dark.

    It is not because of RAW. I just try a minutes ago with JPEG and it took the same time as RAW.
    I know what is CF la. I mean what speed. e.g. Sandisk Ultra III.
    I have never used the noise reduction function before.

    Try black card too. Manual exposure set to "B".

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    if you are shooting long exposure for example stationary night scene, for to achieve the star-ray effect using very small aperture, then you should turn on the long-exposure NR.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CK Yeo View Post
    I know what is CF la. I mean what speed. e.g. Sandisk Ultra III.
    I have never used the noise reduction function before.

    Try black card too. Manual exposure set to "B".

    ck
    Sandisk Ultra II

    by the way how to use the black card? read at club snap about it but can't figure it out how to use.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwchoy View Post
    if you are shooting long exposure for example stationary night scene, for to achieve the star-ray effect using very small aperture, then you should turn on the long-exposure NR.
    lesson learn thanks again
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    to use a black card you need to read your manual about bulb mode, which basically means you overwrite the metering in the camera and the shutter simply opens and shuts on your command.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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