gordonbennett Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 As some of you may have read, I've begun shooting my way through my camera collection. I've never done any long-exposure photography, and I'd like to give it a try. The Nikon FE seems particularly well-suited to this, and I'd like to try some with the Olympus OM10. I want to set up at an intersection and get light streaks from passing cars. From what I've read, you just set the FE to the desired aperture, and the camera does the rest. I think I read it will make exposures up to an hour, which is way more than enough. I don't know about the OM10. It seems that the manual adapter allows 1 to 1/1000 second. What if I set f/16 on the lens? Will the OM10 automatically time the shutter? Or is there a limit? If I wanted to set the exposure manually, using Bulb, how do I calculate the time? (I understand that intersections are different and have different lighting, different amounts of traffic, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRB Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 I've only done long exposures on digital. I cranked up the ISO very high set a wide aperture and shot test shots with relatively short shutter speeds to discover an EV. From there I calculated the exposure time based on the difference with the aperture and ISO I wanted to use for the real shot. -K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler4 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 I do what KRB describes for very long exposures, e.g., night photography in parks. For an approximation that avoids having to do calculations on the fly: the shutter speed in seconds at ISO 6400 approximates the shutter speed in minutes at ISO 100. However, I rarely find that necessary in urban night photography; I can usually meter at the ISO I will use. My cameras will do exposures up to 30 seconds, which is enough for most urban night photography. For the most part, I shoot at base ISO (100 in my case) and expose to the right. Then I darken the image in post. That produces very smooth, noiseless images. If you want light trails, you won't want a high ISO anyway because it will give you too fast a shutter speed. Urban night photography isn't always easy to meter correctly because of the big differences in lighting. For that reason, I never allow the camera to select the exposure. I shoot in manual and I rely on test shots as well as meter readings to pick an exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonbennett Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 I should have specified I'm using 35mm film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) Discovered this late. here is a Nikkormat EL, Nikkor-S 55mm f/1.2 photo on High Speed Ektachrome , on tripod, but no longer remember the other details Note "walk" and "don't walk" both lit, street lights... 1977 Canon 50D, 35mm f/2.0 - ISO 6400, 2014 Edited September 16, 2019 by JDMvW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_t_butler Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I'm also a big fan of night and long exposure photography. This was shot with a Canon 5D2 and a 70-200 /f4 Canon zoom. NYC Traffic Flow 30 sec. F11 @ 122mm ISO 100 1 Matt B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Nice photo. Love the colors along with the sense of calm of the night and the energy in the road itself and its lines. You captured a very familiar feeling here. "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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