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How is the Nikon D40 in low light? |
My family goes dirt bike riding and camping. I would like a camera that works in low light (campfire) conditions. The camera I have now is awful (it is old) and I miss a lot of these pictures because of a weak flash. I think you are combining too many issues here. Low light with flash and best flash for night time outdoor use. You can take perfectly good pictures in complete darkness of stationary objects by using a longer shutter speed and something to stabilize your camera (tripod or just placing it on something other than using your hands). You can get reasonably good shots of moving objects (like people) if you bump up the ISO on your camera. But the higher you push it the grainer it gets. Finally you can use the pop up flash on your camera to take pretty good pics of people that are like 10-15 ft away. You want more power and wider reach you need a hot-shoe flash. Since you want to use a Nikon Camera you should look into Nikon Speedlights SB series flash. The most powerful (and also the most expensive) is the SB-800. It will throw light as far as 125 feet with ISO 100 with a focal length of 35mm. You do need a good flash in night time (campfire) conditions. Even then you will find that sometimes the flash will overpower your shot and then it comes down to how well you know your camera and how well you control the light. Also with a flash the camera will get heavy to use. All this is assuming you want to reach 125 ft. If most of your people pics are within 15ft your pop up flash will do a pretty decent job. Source(s): http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat... Mungee has given you a detailed and excellent answer. One thing about the D40 and any other DSLR is that you can buy whatever lens suits your needs. The bigger the aperture (smaller number), the more light reaches the sensor. You can get something like an f/2.8 or "faster" lens (f/2.0, f/1.8, etc) and then you will rule the night. You can go to Flickr and search on "D40 Low Light" and get these results. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=d40%20lo... You can click on any picture you want to see if you can find the details of the exposure. Click on "More Properties" over to the right of the picture and then you will see what exposure was used, including the shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Check out the ISO 800 shots and see how well they hold up when you hit "All sizes" to view them larger. very good Here is a photo of subjects lit by a campfire with no flash http://www.flickr.com/photos/sboggan/514... One thing about the D40 and any other DSLR is that you can buy whatever lens suits your needs. The bigger the aperture (smaller number), the more light reaches the sensor. You can get something like an f/2.8 or "faster" lens (f/2.0, f/1.8, etc) and then you will rule the night. |
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