Night shot of skyline.
Attempting to take night shots with your Nikon D50 camera without the right settings can be frustrating and result in blurry photos. You can adjust this particular camera for low-light conditions, such as nighttime. Knowing change the settings on your Nikon D50 for a night shot will allow you to create beautiful photographs that are not possible with your camera simply set to "Auto Exposure".
Instructions
1. Mount your camera on a tripod. Great night shots are the result of longer exposures. The steadiest hands in the world will still result in blurry photos when using slower shutter speeds. Putting your camera on a tripod helps keep your images nice and crisp.
2. Set the ISO on your camera to 400. This is a good starting point for a night shot and can be adjusted as needed.
3. Turn the exposure mode dial to "A". This puts your Nikon D50 into aperture priority mode allowing you to take control of the settings for your night shot.
4. Look through the viewfinder and turn the command dial until you have an f/stop of "16". You can adjust up and down from here as you shoot, but "16" is a good starting point. Your camera will automatically adjust shutter speed for a good exposure.
5. Press and release the shutter release button to take the photo. The camera shutter may stay open from 1/2-second to ten seconds or longer, so listen and wait for the shutter to close before touching the camera. The slightest movement can cause a blurry photo. A good indication that the shutter has closed is that the image will appear on the LCD.
6. Review the photo and make adjustments. If the photo is either too dark or light, make an exposure compensation adjustment. Hold down the button next to the shutter release that has the "+/-" on it, and turn the command dial right or left. You will see on the LCD a "+" or "--" followed by a number. A "+" number makes your image brighter, and a "-" number makes your image darker.
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