What is the best mode/setting to take amazing pictures of nature, pictures in th

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Heyy, i just got a camera yesterday and i was wondering what is the best mode/setting to take a picture of nature, an item in the dark, and nature at night!. I want to know a mode on the spinning disk on the top of the camera like: auto, "p", "m" etc!. I also want to no the shutter speeds like f2!.8, 1/30, 1s, 2s, 5s and so on!. If you could do that for each nature,items in dark,and night photos that would be great!.!.!.!. i found for the dark items photos f2!.8 and "P" mode with the flash on works the best!.!. but i don't no!. If you could answer this question ASAP as i leave tomoorrow for a trip that would be fantastic!!!.!.

thanks soo much in advance!!
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also what is the higer shutter speed is it the 5s,15s,10s etc!.!.!. or is it the "/" like 1/30,1/5,1/15!.!.!. i don't no what one is higer and or lower!? if you could answer that!.!.that would be great!.!.
and what are shutter speeds!.!. like what do they mean!.!.!.
my camera also has modes!.!. but i don't really get them!.!. and what does iso mean!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

If it's okay to use flash, then go ahead and leave it on"P, AUTO-ISO, " and use the flash!. You won't be able to shoot anything more than 5 meters away at a wide angle setting or 3 meters away if you zoom out to the tele end of your lens, though!.

When you speak of "nature" and "pictures in the dark," it makes me think that you don't want to use flash!. Given the limited range of the flash, you won't get too far trying to use the flash on "nature at night!."

Try this!. Select "A" for aperture priority!. Set the ISO to 400 or maybe 800!. It sounds like you should forget about 1600 or higher, if the S1060 has that, as it was lousy in the S1050!. Choose the widest aperture available at the focal length you are using!. It looks like this will be something from f/2!.8 to f/4!.4, depending on whether you are zoomed out or not!. See what the camera chooses for the shutter speed!. Plan to use a tripod or some other means or REALLY stabilizing your camera, because you are likely to find it requires something like 5 or 10 seconds to get an exposure in the dark, even at ISO 800!. In fact, your camera might not select such a long exposure in one of the semi-automatic modes, like "A," and you will have to go to the "M" mode!. I can't give you a photography lesson in this forum, but you are getting the idea!. Choose f/2!.8, if possible, and then increase the shutter time to 4 seconds, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15 or whatever, until you are able to get an image!. Of course, you will want to turn the flash OFF for this type of exposure!.

Practice this NOW and don't wait until you are out in the field on your trip!. It's going to take a few trial and error exposures to figure this out!.

I know that you won't have time, but if you do, try to pick up a tripod!. Just get a $25-30 job, as your camera is light!. You can kind of lean on the tripod to hold it steady, if required, or you can hang about a 5 pound weight from the center of the tripod to stabilize it!. Learn how to use the delayed shutter release (slef-timer) and seet it for something like a 2-second delay so that your pushing the shutter release won't shake the camera!.

All this is rather limiting in trying to capture animals, as they will probably get scared away or more while you are takign their picture, but you should be able to take some trees after dark or something!.

Go look at these photos and study the ISO and other settings I used!. Ignore anything above ISO 800, as you should not expect the same results as I am getting with my "high line" DSLR's!. Try to duplicate these results in your back yard right now!.

http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.

Here's a 25 second exposure at ISO 100: http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.

Here's the same scene using 8 seconds at ISO 800: http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.

This is more on the order of the results you should expect, so check out the ISO and other settings and give it a try: http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.

Just get out there and do it!. The only thing you will end up being able to vary is the shutter time, so try 4 seconds and look at the LCD monitor!. If it works, then great!. If it's too dark, try 8 seconds, and keep trying until it comesout okay!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

read your manual! it will answer every single one of your questions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com