Advice on Landscape night shots

[john185k]

Going to take my Finepix S6500 out to do some night shots tomorrow night for the first time.

Really looking for advice on what settings i should use, examples would be nice..

Thanks

[CarMac]

Nikon D50
F4
13 second exposure

[aspender]

This is how I normally do it. Go manual and start with F16 ISO100 at 2 seconds which will most likely be too underexposed. Adjust shutter speed as appropriate to increase/decrease exposure.

Goes without saying, have a tripod!

Edited by aspender on Wednesday 7th February 12:50

[gregorio!]

aspender said:

This is how I normally go it. Go manual and start with F16 ISO100 at 2 seconds which will most likely be too underexposed. Adjust shutter speed as appropriate to increase/decrease exposure.

Goes without saying, have a tripod!

I'd also suggest firing the shot either remotely, with cable release or good old self timer.

[CarMac]

I use a remote!

[bramley]

Use a remote or your self timer.
Fiddle with White Balance as I did some recently and was getting an orange glow that I didn't like. Changing the WB setting made it much nicer, made the light whiter.

[wyvern971]

gregorio! said:

aspender said:

This is how I normally go it. Go manual and start with F16 ISO100 at 2 seconds which will most likely be too underexposed. Adjust shutter speed as appropriate to increase/decrease exposure.

Goes without saying, have a tripod!

I'd also suggest firing the shot either remotely, with cable release or good old self timer.

Not only this, but if the option is available enable shutter lock up (I think that's what it's called) to eliminate vibrations from the shutter moving

[matthew_h]

It's mirror lockup you're talking about.

[wyvern971]

matthew_h said:

It's mirror lockup you're talking about.

that's the one, just don't have my camera to hand