Copenhagenliving Posted October 10, 2009 Share #1 Posted October 10, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I travel to Berlin next week with my new M8 (Summarit 35mm and Voigtlander 15mm.) to "The Festival of Light" (Festival of Lights: Festival which settings should use on my Leica M8 for night shoot. I am totally new in manuel settings. So…Yes all advice a velcome. I travel without Tripod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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carstenw Posted October 10, 2009 Share #2 Posted October 10, 2009 A night shoot with slow lenses and an M8 is a tough task. I don't suppose it is possible to get an f/1.4 lens? ISO 640 is the fastest I go, and I even try to avoid this, yet shooting outside at night at that ISO is hard. If you just want to shoot the lit buildings, I would bring a sturdy tripod and shoot at ISO 160. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndReini Posted October 11, 2009 Share #3 Posted October 11, 2009 Do not use a UV/IR filter or you will get terrible reflections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted October 12, 2009 Share #4 Posted October 12, 2009 i dislike carrying a tripod when traveling and often sit the camera firmly and squarely on something and apply my body weight before releasing the shutter which generally gives a steady, long exposure. i have an m8.2 and if i set the shutter speed dial to "B" and use the self-timer to set it off, the camera will count off the number of seconds during exposure in the viewfinder and touching the shutter button lightly again will stop the exposure which i find very handy. a small cable release may be useful. don't forget your lens shades to improve contrast and experiment with different light balance modes, speeds and apertures. it's fun. always carry a spare battery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Bébèrt Posted October 12, 2009 Share #5 Posted October 12, 2009 Take a small pakage of dry beans or rice with you. This gives the cam good support on uneven surfaces. A table tripod is of course more elegant and some of them can be used as shoulder rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla Posted October 14, 2009 Share #6 Posted October 14, 2009 i frequently use my m8 for night shots. a couple of observations - - i usually use at least a small tripod or some other device for stabilizing the camera and shoot in iso 160. high dynamic range is particulary important for night shots with strong spot lights and (typically) large underexposed areas. the alternative - shoot hand-held in iso 640 or even higher and do extensive noise-reduction in pp. - all 35mm leica m-lenses have a likelihood to produce reflection artifacts, with or without filters (there was an extensive thread on this some weeks ago). i personally shoot with filter for color accuracy and remove it when i discover a particularly bad reflection when viewing the image on the camera display - i have no experience with the cv15, my leica 24mm elmar is totally immune again reflections, i used with the uv/ir-filter all the time, no problems - when it's really dark i use my m8 on b-mode and estimate exposure by counting seconds. the display gives you a counter - works very well for me. enclosed a night shot with m8+24mm elmar i took some months ago ... markus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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