Beginner First time out in the dark - questions on camera mode and wonky bridges

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First proper post. Total noob. Nervous.

I've been taking photos with the camera's built in modes or on auto and then looking at the settings it used to try to learn what it's up to so that I might fiddle and see what I can do by myself.

Last week was the first time I ever went out after dark so I hit "nighttime mode" and took some pictures. It's a 18-55 kit lens. Some of the results are quite pleasing, well at least I liked them but can see plenty wrong.

Here are some initial examples and questions (I have millions more):

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Questions:

There's no exif data on these. Is the camera doing some post processing of its own? I noticed it did open the shutter more than once and the pictures took a while to save. It's added "LLS" to the filenames too. I don't know how to emulate this on manual

And.. what should I do to get more of the verticals vertical and more of the horizontals horizontal (if that makes sense).[/url][/url]
 
Mossy said:
Questions:

There's no exif data on these. Is the camera doing some post processing of its own? I noticed it did open the shutter more than once and the pictures took a while to save. It's added "LLS" to the filenames too. I don't know how to emulate this on manual
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Probably. Referring to the camera manual pages relating to the mode you used will probably answer this question. Most camera manufacturers provide the manual to download from their Support pages if you don't have the paper copy.

Mossy said:
And.. what should I do to get more of the verticals vertical and more of the horizontals horizontal (if that makes sense).
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Making sure the camera is dead level in the pitch as well as roll axis will minimise convergence of verticals. The latest version of Lightroom has some easy to use tools for correcting any residual convergence or bowing due to lens properties, or any introduced by deliberately deviating from a level pitch for composition purposes.
 
Mossy said:
There's no exif data on these. Is the camera doing some post processing of its own? I noticed it did open the shutter more than once and the pictures took a while to save. It's added "LLS" to the filenames too. I don't know how to emulate this on manual
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Yes it is doing some processing of its own. According to the user manual, page 51, Night mode takes three pictures and merges them together. That sounds like some sort of HDR processing. So the EXIF data wouldn't be particularly meaningful, given that the three images would have been taken with different settings.

LLS means 'Low Light Shooting'. No idea whether it means anything as far as the file structure is concerned,though.
 
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StewartR said:
Yes it is doing some processing of its own. According to the user manual, page 51, Night mode takes three pictures and merges them together. That sounds like some sort of HDR processing. So the EXIF data wouldn't be particularly meaningful, given that the three images would have been taken with different settings.

LLS means 'Low Light Shooting'. No idea whether it means anything as far as the file structure is concerned,though.
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Thanks - I was just about to reply because I found the manual online and found the same thing this afternoon while "working" :whistle:
 
I'm a noob also but I am finding it more beneficial to shoot in manual. The reason being, with it being digital I can fire off as many shots as I want, trying to find a happy medium and just delete, making notes of settings as I go, and once I find a 'decent' shot those settings are logged and then work from those to refine.
 
Getting your verticals straight is simply a case of not tilting the camera upward or down. If you are a few degrees out vertically or horizontally, Photoshop or Lightroom can correct that with one click. I use it all the time with my real-estate photography, but getting it a close in camera is always the goal.

Once tip to get even better night shots in camera is to set the white balance yourself. Using Auto white balance at night will nearly always results in yellow hue images. You'll probably find these were shot at about 6500k, when 4500k would look a lot better.
 
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