KenRockwell seems to be a famous blog isn't it?

well...he's a Nikon fans...
but sometimes his article can only be taken with a pince of salt...dun read too much into it...

but it's definitely good for a beginner like me. I'm actually going to attend a concert in the next 2 weeks. Going to be taking night shots again i guess. So i really need to learn how to take good pictures especially night time.

iso 800 / 1600...
biggest aperture u can go...
shutter bwtween 1/60-1/250...
shoot away!

^ that's for nightshots is it?

yup...=)
it's better not to use flash...it ruins the ambience of the concert....=)

yeah i was thinking the same. Ok i'll do some practicing before shooting the real thing.

good luck on ur concert shoot! =)

thanks xandman. i think i really need it. LOL

do you have VR lens ? it will be great help if u do.

if no, try bring a monopod, if u dun have,
bring an umbrella, u can use it like a monopod. It helps stabilize ur hands.

This post has been edited by mindkiller6610: Mar 23 2008, 07:46 PM

concert photography?
here some tips on it...
http://www.trustedreviews.com/digital-came...-Photography/p1
the last 2 pages advise on the exposure n flash setting, which is quite helpful...
so...good luck and happy shooting...
dun forget to post ur photo here...

This post has been edited by szyap: Mar 23 2008, 07:57 PM

i hope i can post some pictures of the concert as i will be sitting rather far away. Anyways, i was reading the manual and found out that exposure actually brightens a photograph. So i set it to the highest. Is that a good practice?

wa...xandman going up to 1600 iso not too high kah? dun forget we using d40 you using d3 oh...

The D40 can still go to 1600, but need to go through noise manipulation program during PP

u mean the exposure compensation ?

that is useful when u are depending the camera to meter the environment , like u were in aperture or shutter priority mode.

Usually, in low light / light challenge areas, i switch manual mode and tried to get best exposure time (balancing between shutter speed and aperture, and of coz ISO).
take a few shots, if the picture is blur, ask yourself, why is it blur ? becoz of hand-shake ? subject's motions? or OOF ?
depends on that, u adjust ur next exposure slightly.. after few shots, i bet u can get a good exposure setting.

This post has been edited by mindkiller6610: Mar 24 2008, 02:14 AM

depend on scenario...if u put it on high...meaning it is easy to overexpose ur pic...

sorry missed yr post in the lasst 3rd page...i stay in kuching

Setting it to high will also set your shutter speed to low - not good.

mayb he got too many camera...tat he forgot which one is which..haha

thanks for the great tips man... now really wanna go to an event now.... huahahah