~WinGz~ Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Ok I recently got a Olympus sp500uz camera and in the manual it says that I can take exposure shots . But I havent figured out how to use it. The U.M doesnt help me much on that. So I was wondering how I would go about finding out exposure shots so I can take a lightning shots during a storm cuase I want to at least take a 25 second exposure for lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deciever Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 look at your shutter speed settings. By default it will be set to fractions of a second, so just make sure you raise it as far as you can or need to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~WinGz~ Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 look at your shutter speed settings. By default it will be set to fractions of a second, so just make sure you raise it as far as you can or need to go. my problem is it doesnt say how to raise them and i cant figure out how to. ive had it almost a month and i tried asking some people if they knew how to but it was in vain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deciever Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I'd suggest you read your manual, I have found another one with your problem, then I found another one who talks about how he uses aperture and shutter priority. **UPDATE** here is a link with pictures bout how to set shutter http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/sp500_pg3.html That must mean your camera has some modes, and probably goes something like this P, A, S, M? P = automatic A= aperture priority S= Shutter pirority M= manual, or aperture & shutter I use S most often in my camera, and let the camera figure out best aperture settings most of the time. I never use P unless I want blown highlights or blurry pictures. If you have to you could try setting the Shutter for the longest setting you can then somehow keep that Shutter button pushed down and use burst mode so that you can overlay 15 second exposures on top of each other in something like photoshop so that you can get longer exposures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~WinGz~ Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 thank you, i did read the user manual its crappy manual had really nothing in it. just said what the buttons mean and thats about it. but nothing on how to do the changing. But thank you for finding that site for me i appreciate it. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accesser Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Yeah you should be able to put your camera into TV mode and then set how long you want the shutter to be open for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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