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PostPosted: Mon 08th Jan, 2007 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone who takes photos a lot have any tips for glo? Cos you're right, they don't go bright enough on film, and it's a bit of a waste if you use an SLR where film is £1000000 per square.
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Vipes



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PostPosted: Mon 08th Jan, 2007 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For glow photos, use a darkened area and expose for a short as time as possible. But dont expose for too short of a time. Oh and dont use flash. I always try to use a near pitch black room.

Also, film for SLRs doesnt cost more! Smile
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PostPosted: Tue 09th Jan, 2007 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On my own cam I usually use a weak flash and a pretty low shutter speed, however my camera aint too happy about taking pictures in that low ISO and it all goes grainy :(
Guess it'll be a new camera on the wish list for myself, from myself.... but that'll have to wait Smile
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Vipes



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PostPosted: Tue 09th Jan, 2007 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smiley wrote:
however my camera aint too happy about taking pictures in that low ISO and it all goes grainy :(


Thats because its not exposed enough. Try exposing for longer, and turn the flash off! Smile
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PostPosted: Wed 10th Jan, 2007 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Turning down the ISO and then raising the expotion does make the trails better and so but then I get the problem of Foo long trails instead :P
I'm never satisfied must rob bank and get either a super camera or Laser Poi (Would be cool if there where such thing) :P
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Vipes



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PostPosted: Wed 10th Jan, 2007 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smiley wrote:
Turning down the ISO and then raising the expotion does make the trails better and so but then I get the problem of Foo long trails instead :P
I'm never satisfied must rob bank and get either a super camera or Laser Poi (Would be cool if there where such thing) :P


What camera have you got?
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Smiley



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PostPosted: Thu 11th Jan, 2007 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only my Canon Powershoot S3is
But nice enough for little me Smile
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Vipes



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PostPosted: Thu 11th Jan, 2007 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If its got a manual mode, change the shutter speed to about 1 seoond - 1.5 seconds and the apature to F.8.
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Smiley



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PostPosted: Mon 15th Jan, 2007 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I usually have the shutter speed on 1-1.5 seconds on glo photos and 0.8 sec on fire.
However what is aparture, cant remember seeing this as an option, can it be called something else?
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PostPosted: Thu 18th Jan, 2007 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The apature is the size of the hole in the lens. f.2.8 is the biggest and f22 is usually the smallest depending on your cam. If you have a full manual mode, it should work.
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Smiley



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PostPosted: Fri 19th Jan, 2007 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah cool will definitly look into thatone later today Smile
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