aparture priority (Fire work?)

<p>Hello last week for the first time I took a roll of fire work photos with my nikon em, this is an aparture only camera with a M90 and bulb mode, sins I dont have much experience I shoot my entire roll at F8 on the M90 mode, is this ok?<br>

Thanks for anny help</p>

<p>ps. thrue the years i'v learn so much on this site, thank you for allowin me to improuve my english and photography. kind regards</p>

<p>SHould be ok. I tend to set my camera to manual mode, F11 and then change the shutter speed as needed, for example 2 seconds or 4 seconds maybe even 6 seconds, that sort of thing. Seems to work for me. Usually I shoot at 2 or 4 seconds.</p>

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<p><em>"I shoot my entire roll at F8 on the M90 mode"</em></p>

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<p>1/90 sec is going to be way too fast a shutter speed for fireworks if you want to capture nice long trails of color. I would suggest that you set your aperture to f/8 as before, but use the BULB mode and a cable release and hold the shutter open for 2 to 8 secs (just count down the time in your head, i.e. one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two ...).</p>

<p>Bob Atkins has some tips on his site, and offered this link in an earlier post on a similar topic:<br>

http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/tutorials/fireworks.html</p>

<p>Michael thats about what I was aiming for (1sec bulb), but it was dark and I realised later that my camera was on the M90 mode not the bulb witch is a clic later (now I know)<br>

however I wondered if I should get it developed anyway? or is it a wast of $.<br>

I remember reading some time ago, that a faster speed when you dont have a tripod cauld be used with fire works.<br>

Thanks for the link :)</p>

<p>I'm not sure what "M90" means, but if you're saying you used a shutter speed of 1/90s, then you won't get very much. You'll get something, but instead of being nice trails, you'll probably just get pinpoints of light.</p>

<p>At f8 you need shutter speeds of around 4 seconds (2-8 would be OK) assuming a film speed of ISO 100 or thereabouts.</p>

<p>With fireworks it's the aperture that counts most. You can leave the shutter open for a few seconds to record more bursts on the frame, but the fireworks themselves are usually bright enough that you can use higher shutter speeds. However 1/90 second may be too fast. If you shot negative film the high exposure latitude may help. Slide film has limited exposure latitude so it's more of a gamble. If you shot negative film and nothing comes out, they may not charge you. Even so it's probably worth a try especially if you used ISO 400 or 800.</p>

<p>what a surprise!<br>

most of my photos showed cleen fire works, in fact if it wasent for a little underexposure ripping off some colors, they would be prety good. however I will folow the advise giving next time.<br>

thanks for your help<br>

ps. i used asa200 negatives 50mm prime.</p>