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| | | | | Posted by dashsquared I don't know if this is possible with a GoPro, but I would either do a longer exposure or raise the ISO at night. |
| | | Posted by Anderskyl The Gopro does have some ISO settings but I was mainly experimenting with exposure this trip. Most of the pictures are taken with a 15 second exposure. The ISO was set at 800 for all of them but I'll try some experimentation with that setting next time thanks. |
| | | Posted by General Zod You'd have to tell us exactly how low the ISO can go, and how long the exposure can be set to. Low ISO around 100 is far better for darkness, but with a trade-off, meaning you'll need a much longer exposure time, probably 30 seconds or more in comparison with what you did here... And the lens would also need to remain perfectly still. Also, is there an aperture setting on that thing? |
| | | Posted by Anderskyl The ISO settings go from 100 to 800, I think the setting I had it on was 800 with 15 second exposure, the camera can go up to 30 seconds. Also it does not have aperture settings since it's just a wide angle lens. |
| | This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information. | | | Posted by blackhawk You want the widest aperture lense you can get. Shoot wide open or stopped down maybe to f/2. A 50mm f/1.2 does nicely. Use a red laser to get your AF lock on where you want it. Moving trains make cool images. Be very careful working around tracks and trains. Do not run unless it's to get out of the way of a train! Falling on a track will crack ribs and skulls. Wash outs on the grading at ties can break ankles; wear high top lace boots and take your time. Give at least 10 feet side clearance to a moving train. Never underestimate the speed and closing distance of a moving train. UER has lost 2 members to trains. |
| | | Posted by blackhawk You want the widest aperture lense you can get. Shoot wide open or stopped down maybe to f/2. A 50mm f/1.2 does nicely. Use a red laser to get your AF lock on where you want it. Moving trains make cool images. Be very careful working around tracks and trains. Do not run unless it's to get out of the way of a train! Falling on a track will crack ribs and skulls. Wash outs on the grading at ties can break ankles; wear high top lace boots and take your time. Give at least 10 feet side clearance to a moving train. Never underestimate the speed and closing distance of a moving train. UER has lost 2 members to trains. |
| | This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information.| Posted by General Zod remember though, he's using a GoPro. |
| Posted by Anderskyl Thanks for the warning, these trains were stationary and I didn't see any trains come by either but I wasn't even thinking about that when I was there so I'll remember that next time. |
| | | Posted by Anderskyl The ISO settings go from 100 to 800, I think the setting I had it on was 800 with 15 second exposure, the camera can go up to 30 seconds. Also it does not have aperture settings since it's just a wide angle lens. |
| | | Posted by blackhawk Sorry, not familiar with that system. |
| | This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information.| Posted by General Zod GoPro is video capture, never still camera capture, so people's advice for still camera shots gets tossed right out the window.... That's basically the point I was trying to make. |
| | | Posted by blackhawk Yeah, that's a different animal. Some things still apply. From what I read the cam's native ISO seems to be 100. So as you said that plus longer exposure. If you can't do a long enough exposure, dial up the ISO setting. These cams seem to shoot RAW images, if so, try using it. It will give you more control over the image exposure allowing at least a couple f/stops of exposure to play with. Draw backs are more memory is used and much more post processing is needed. Here's a night shooting link from their site: https://gopro.com/...-photo-night-lapse |
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