Re: [photo-3d] Night Photography With a Realist

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to be clear, I don't actually know the shutter speed my twin Ricoh 
point-and-shoot rig is choosing.  I assume the aperture is wide open.  All 
I know is that I've taken hand-held shots at dusk or at night, with K64, 
and been *very* pleased with the results.  I wish I had a way to scan 
slides, so I could show you some of the results.  Offhand, I can think of

- a fountain with a sculpture, lit by spots, from about 30 feet away,

- the Disneyworld Main St. Electrical Parade, taking from about 15 to 20 
feet away,

- a carousel with its own lights, nearly filling the frame.


If I can think of a way to scan these and put them on my site, I 
will.  Maybe I just have very steady hands.  I don't know.  Whatever it is, 
though, I'd love to know the settings so I can take similar shots with my 
Realist.

I do use a tripod when possible, but often, it just isn't.  When I'm 
travelling on business, for example, I'm lucky to be able to bring a 
camera, let alone a tripod, etc.  I have a small table-top tripod but, 
folded-up, it looks like a gun, so I'm leery of bringing it through airport 
security.  Anyway, tripods are time-consuming to set up, and the shots I'm 
talking about were pretty spontaneous.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

-pd

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