Shooting Skills of Canon 5D Mark II Night Scene

Lead: For night shooting, different SLR models and different parameter settings will have different effects. Here are the night shooting techniques of Canon 5D Mark II. Let's have a look!

Canon 5D Mark II Night Shooting Technique sets the sensitivity to ISO 100 to suppress noise during shooting. In addition, the aperture value is F8 with high resolution of ordinary lens. Fix the camera firmly on the tripod and use the real-time display function? Silent shooting? what's up Mode 1? Restrain camera shake and shooting.

Shooting data

Camera: EOS 5D Mark II

Lens: ef 24-105 mm f/4 lisum/aperture priority automatic exposure (F8, 3.2 seconds) /ISO 100/ white balance: sunlight/exposure compensation:-1EV.

Shooting steps

1, for high-quality recording, use? RAW+JPEG？ shoot

In order to get high-quality photos, we usually add RAW in the case of JPEG recording, so that we can use RAW imaging after shooting. Although? Is JPEG big/excellent? You can also get high quality, but the advantage of RAW shooting is that you can change the settings such as white balance, photo style and clarity on your computer after shooting. In order to get a more rigorous imaging effect, it is best to record RAW and JPEG at the same time.

2. Set the shooting mode to automatic exposure with aperture priority (Av).

Set the shooting mode to automatic exposure with aperture priority, and determine the aperture value in advance. Different lenses can get different aperture values with high resolution. But when the aperture value is about F5.6 ~ F 12, most lenses have the highest resolution. You can use your favorite lens to set various aperture values for shooting, and understand and grasp the aperture values that can best play the role of the lens. What is important here is to maximize the resolution of the lens by setting the aperture value, which is not suitable for the shooting mode where the aperture value will change automatically. Therefore, the aperture priority automatic exposure mode with fixed aperture value and camera automatically setting shutter speed is very suitable for shooting night scenes.

3. In order to suppress noise as much as possible, we should set a lower ISO sensitivity.

Compared with daytime photography, night photography has less light and is more likely to produce noise. In order to suppress noise, ISO sensitivity should be set low. But the lower the ISO sensitivity, the lower the shutter speed. Therefore, we should choose a firm tripod to fix the camera according to its size and weight. However, in order to prevent jitter, ISO sensitivity can be slightly improved in windy shooting places such as mountain tops with wide vision. The shooting conditions should be considered to determine the final ISO sensitivity.

4. Manual focusing in real-time display mode

Switch to real-time display shooting, and use zoom-in display to focus on any position of the picture. Switch the focus mode of the lens to manual focus, manual focus. In addition, in this case, some models can also press the depth of field preview button to confirm the depth of field. Finally, release the shutter gently with the cable or remote control.

Advanced photography skills

Noise difference caused by different ISO sensitivities

The following picture was taken with EOS 5D Mark II, partially enlarged. The noise situation varies according to the camera used.

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ISO 100

ISO 200

ISO 400

ISO 800

ISO 1600

ISO 3200

ISO 6400

ISO 12800

With the improvement of ISO sensitivity, the images taken by digital SLR cameras will be degraded by noise. But at the beginning, it is impossible to generalize how much impact it will have on the image, because the final print size and personal opinion are different. In addition, the obvious degree of noise is different for different subjects or scenes. Generally speaking, the dark part is more prone to noise, and the bright part is not as affected by noise as the dark part. I hope everyone can understand this feature, just in case, play back the image and enlarge it locally to confirm the quality.

If possible, it is best to actually print out your own night photos, and grasp how much noise will be more conspicuous, so that you will not suffer from the choice of ISO sensitivity when shooting, and you can also use ISO sensitivity effectively and skillfully. In addition, EOS digital SLR camera series have? Long exposure noise reduction? And then what? High ISO sensitivity noise reduction? And other functions that can greatly reduce noise. If it can be used well together, it can expand the practical range of ISO sensitivity with inconspicuous noise.