Shooting handheld in moonlight wit D3s!

[knut_sverre_horn]

<p>Honestly, I didn't think it was possible until last Thursday, when I gave it a try with my Nikon D3s. 28 mm at f/2 and 1/15 second - check it out:<br>

http://knutsverrehorn.blogspot.com/2011/02/maneskinn-og-bilder-pa-frihand.html</p>

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[ArthurRichardson]

Incredible

[lornesunley]

<p>Obviously this is THE camera to use when going out to take pictures of were-wolves :-)</p>

[joseph_wisniewski]

<p>Lorne, seriously...</p>

<p>Everyone knows you need to use a film camera for werewolves. You have to shoot silver at them.</p>

[rodeo_joe1]

<p>The full-moon on snow actually gives quite a lot of light. I just looked out some full-moon shots I took in my back-garden in the snow a few weeks ago with my D700. Exif data says 10 secs @ f/8 with the ISO set at 1600. I used a tripod then, but handheld would have been easily do-able @ f/2 if I'd wound the ISO up to its 25,600 max. In fact I calculate that the shutter speed needed would have been about 1/25th second.</p>

<p>BTW, one of the pictures I took was among the Nikon Wednesday pix about 6 or 7 weeks ago.</p>

[lornesunley]

<p>@Joseph - so the phasing out of film cameras is actually a vast conspiracy backed by the were-wolf crime families - aha! :-) On a more serious note, that is one impressive sensor in that camera.</p>