What camera settings to take pics of fireworks?

[PhillyKev 0]

So, any experts out there.

What shutter speed, aperture, film speed would be best for fireworks pics?

My options are:
aperture f/2.8 – f/4.0
film 50/ 100/ 200/ 400
shutter 15 – 1/1500

[jdhill 0]

Not an expert at it, but here are a few resources...

http://www.nyip.com/tips/topic_firewk600.html

http://www.nyip.com/tips/firewks2003.php

http://www.nyip.com/tips/digfirewks0603.php

http://www.nyip.com/tips/backyardfw2003.php

J

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[Yoshi 0]

For fun get a tri-pod and put it on bulb. get a film that is about 400-800 iso. aim and jsut hold it down for a good 1-3 seconds depending on the brightness... you will get some funky pics like that.. you need no flas (hopefully obvious) I would use a fairly large aperature and a mid range to long sutter speed. 1/60th will be good, but the longer the shutter is open, the longer the "tails" will be on the fireworks.. I would jsut experiment with a bung of different settings and write down what you did so next time you can get the effect you are looking for..

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[PhillyKev 0]

Well....I have a digital camera, so limited to the settings it has. It's a Canon S230. Looks like from those articles and my limitations, first I'll try

1 sec. exposure
ISO 50
F/4.0

[Yoshi 0]

remember the lower the iso the more light its gonna take to expose it.. (speaking in film terms..but also kinda relates to digital) so the lower the iso the longer the sutter has to be open to get the same effect...(given the f-stop/ aperature) is constant. I think 200iso, f4, @ 1/30th would be a good start..

jsut make sure you have a tripod, or something stable to put the camera on or it will look really zig-zaggy... its kinda cool though

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[murrays 0]

Using film or a digital camera capable of it...tripod, cable release and use the bulb setting. Which means the shutter stays open as long as you keep the shutter release depressed. Open it, wait for a few bursts and then close it and advance the film. Vary your exposures and f-stops....lots of fun getting a lot of bursts on one frame. I've used about f8 or 5.6 even with slow film as the bursts are very bright. As the ambient light is very low, you can do fairly long exposures. I wish I had some of my old fireworks slides scanned to post but I don't. Play around and have some fun...experiment...you'll be pleased with the results.

have a good one,

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Murray

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