night light

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  • 09-17-2006, 09:33 PM
    drew2143
    night light
    Hey guys, i just had a quick question about digital night photography. I was recently looking at http://www.thenocturnes.com/gallery.html. I would like to get into doing that kind of work. My question is can you produce the same results digitally. I mean without using photoshop, or does film has a distinct advantage?
    thanks
    drew
  • 09-18-2006, 06:47 AM
    another view
    Re: night light
    Haven't checked out that site recently but did look at Lost America. He's now using a DSLR with great results. Problem with a lot of digital cameras is that the noise would build up to unacceptable levels with longer shutter speeds. Some of the current DSLR's are a lot better at this. I wouldn't try doing this with anything other than a DSLR - compacts are way too noisy. Think I read that he's using a Canon 30D.

    I'm talking about shots of a minute or two; anything longer than that will really require film.