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Position:Home>Visual Arts> Whats the best camera setting for the grand canyon?Question: Whats the best camera setting for the grand canyon!? I have a Nikon N60 equipped with a Nikkor 200mm F/4 !.!.!.!.AI-S I believe!.
I am using ISO 200 kodak film!. Notice that I do not have a tripod, the lens disabled metering, and auto focus, therefore disabling the option to use Automatic mode!. What is the best aperture and shutter speed to use in a situation like this!? Remember, ISO 200, no automatic, and no tripod!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I just posted an answer on the other question!. Use the "Sunny 16 Rule" as a guide for manual exposure!. On a clear, sunny day, you will set your shutter speed to the same as the ISO rating of your film (or the closest available number)!. Then adjust your aperture for the lighting conditions!. On a bright, sunny day, set your aperture to f/16 or maybe even f/22!. If it's a little hazy, or if you're in light shade, you might open the aperture to f/11!. Under darker shade or if it's kind of overcast, open the aperture to f/8!. You will have to judge the light!. But I would say that on an average sunny day, with 200 ISO film, you should set the shutter speed to 1/200 and the aperture to f/16!. That should get a pretty decent exposure, or at least close enough!. Kodak Gold 200 film is pretty forgiving about the exposure!. Remember too that your aperture setting will also affect the depth of field!. With a wider aperture, you will have a more shallow depth of field, so at f/8 or f/5!.6, your background will start to look blurry!. With landscape photos, you usually want the longest depth of field possible, to have a sharp background!. So if you can, try to keep the aperture at f/16 or f/11!. That's not always possible, but it's just something to keep in mind!. also, if you don't have a tripod, you have to be careful about not setting your shutter speed too low!. Anything less than 1/60 or so and your pictures will start to look blurry because it's too hard to hold the camera steady!. With a very low shutter speed, the camera will start to pick up even the slightest shake or vibrations!. I haven't taken pictures at the Grand Canyon with manual exposure!.!.!.but I have taken many pictures in the mountains, along ridges and looking over a valley, with completely manual exposure!. The conditions are about the same!. If I was up there, that would be how I would set my camera!. If it's sunny and clear, set your shutter speed to 1/200 (or maybe 1/100 to be on the safe side) and the aperture to f/16!.Www@QuestionHome@Com It depends on the weather!. I was there on a sunny day last March and I had my aperture shut down to F22 and shutter speeds at 1/200 to 1/100!. Although my ISO was set to 400 (I kicked myself later), I'm sure another sunny day would yield good results with similar settings- just maybe open up your aperture a few stops to account for the low film speed!. Obviously what you want is that wide depth of field!. And I had no tripod with me either!. So try bracketing your exposures and hopefully you'll get the kind of image you're after!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com It will depend heavily on the lighting, if theres clouds, water everything, we'd have to be there to see!.Www@QuestionHome@Com With no tripod then I would go with 1/60 and up!. See my answer to your other question for the aperture!. Www@QuestionHome@Com |