

It can be if you're shooting full auto. One thing is to make sure the flash is disabled; the camera is dumb and thinks flash will solve any lighting problem; auto flash usually sets the shutter to 1/60 s. If you set the flash to slow sync, it still fires the flash but lets the shutter stay open longer than usual to let in more ambient light. If you have access to exposure compensation settings(EV +/-) you can coax the shutter to stay open longer that way. For night scenes you usually want to put the camera on a tripod or a stable surface and set the shutter to 10 or 15 seconds if you can depending on your camera; 30 seconds would be ideal. It also helps to change the shutter release setting to a 2 second or 10 second delay so have time to get clear of the camera. The initial shutter press might cause some shake/blur to the camera/image. If your camera is mostly automatic with a few presets, you might have a night scene mode which might allow the shutter to be open for 5 seconds or more. Some cameras also have "bulb" shutter setting where the shutter stay open as long as you hold down the shutter release button.Ljas 说:I think it's too dark outside for photos.
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Artificial light to the rescue
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It's pretty hard to take a good photo in those conditions.![]()
These I took just to demonstrate the light levels around here.
My phone doesn't quite have the capabilities to do such things.Xlacier 说:It can be if you're shooting full auto. One thing is to make sure the flash is disabled; the camera is dumb and thinks flash will solve any lighting problem; auto flash usually sets the shutt - - - scene mode which might allow the shutter to be open for 5 seconds or more. Some cameras also have "bulb" shutter setting where the shutter stay open as long as you hold down the shutter release button.
