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EOS1000D nighttime photos

Idris
Apprentice

I have been trying to take some nighttime photos using the Manual settings in the usual way - increasing the aperture and decreasing the shutter speed until the little arrow tells me the exposure is correct. The camera appears to take an image but nothing results - any ideas?

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" If camera can't focus it will not actuate the shutter."

 

Plus nighttime shots using the camera's metering system can confuse it.  It could just be a really incorrect exposure.

Does the camera work in the normal daylight?  If it does you need to learn more about proper exposure settings.

EB
EOS 1DX and 1D Mk IV and less lenses then before!

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Waddizzle
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What are your settings? Does it work during daylight?
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Waddizzle
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What lens are using?
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jrhoffman75
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"until the little arrow tells me the exposure is correct."

 

"The camera appears to take an image but nothing results"

 

What do you mean by this - what is happening? 

 

If you are in AF on the lens then camera may not be focusing because its too dark. If camera can't focus it will not actuate the shutter.

John Hoffman
Conway, NH

1D X Mark III, Many lenses, Pixma PRO-100, Pixma TR8620a, LR Classic

" If camera can't focus it will not actuate the shutter."

 

Plus nighttime shots using the camera's metering system can confuse it.  It could just be a really incorrect exposure.

Does the camera work in the normal daylight?  If it does you need to learn more about proper exposure settings.

EB
EOS 1DX and 1D Mk IV and less lenses then before!

Idris
Apprentice
The problem was related to metering. I changed the settings and got a result. Thanks to ebiggs1

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EB
EOS 1DX and 1D Mk IV and less lenses then before!
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