Review Digital Camera World 09-20-2013

Digital Camera World

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Slow shutter speeds: how to achieve consistent exposures every time Sep 19th 2013, 23:01, by jmeyer In our latest Professional Photographer to the Rescue post, our resident pro explains how to use shutter speed effectively to create motion blur and achieve consistent exposures up and down the shutter speed scale. Our apprentice, Sam Doyle, recently bought a new DSLR and has started to experiment with different shutter speeds and apertures in her landscape photography. However, she’s been struggling to understand the relationship between the shutter speed, aperture and ISO. “It's frustrating because I can see what I want to achieve, but my shots don't always come out as expected,” she says. Our technique editor, Chris, meets her near her home in Southampton and shows her the process of getting the basics right first to ensure consistent exposures, and then experimenting with slow shutter speeds to add creative blur to her photo compositions. Technique assessment Having recently bought a new camera, reader Sam has been trying to shoot landscapes and seascapes near her south coast home using long shutter speeds, but with mixed results. Using Manual exposure mode has given her a good understanding of the effect shutter speed and aperture settings can have on her shots, but she has struggled to get exposure right. Sam wants to experiment more with creative shutter speed effects, but has become confused about how the shutter speed, aperture and ISO work together. I meet up with her at her home in Hampshire to discuss how I can help her to better understand exposure in general, and how this will allow her to get more creative. Once mastered, we head down to the coast to see how the theory works in practice! Sam selected the right shutter speed to add blur to the water, but the image was taken at ISO400, so the result was over-exposed. Where she’s gone wrong It can be difficult to get your head around how shutter speed, aperture and ISO work together to give you the correct exposure, but it's one of the key skills you need to take control over the appearance of your images. Bewildered by the level of control afforded by her new Canon EOS 600D, Sam has experimented with the different exposure modes, from full-auto Program to Manual, but hasn't really mastered how and when to use each of the settings. When it comes to shooting her favoured seascapes, Sam knows that she needs a slow shutter speed to blur the moving water, but has struggled to achieve correctly exposed results as the shutter speeds get longer. Her main stumbling block has been when using Manual mode to slow things down. With so many settings to control, she hasn't been able to get consistent exposures or completely nail the blurred effect she wants. PAGE 1: How to get consistent exposures at slow shutter speeds PAGE 2: Getting the basics right first PAGE 3: How your histogram can help PAGE 4: How to deal with contrast PAGE 5: The process of experimenting at slow shutter speeds PAGE 6: Shot of the Day READ MORE Banish bad pictures: 9 quick fixes for common camera complaints Famous Photographers: 100 things we wish we knew starting out 10 things photographers can do to stop wasting pictures 15 common photography questions from beginners (and how to solve them) 44 essential digital camera tips and tricks Nikon 1 AW1 hands-on review Sep 19th 2013, 10:08, by jmeyer Hands-on Nikon 1 AW1 review: Nikon has announced the world’s first waterproof interchangeable lens camera, the Nikon 1 AW1. In our hands-on review video we ‘look under the hood’ at how it was designed and what other features it has to offer. Whilst many manufactures have produced weather sealed cameras, Nikon has taken the outdoor rugged theme a leap forward and produced the Nikon 1 AW1. Whilst it might bare more than a passing similarity to the rest of the Nikon 1 range the AW1 is the first interchangeable lens camera to be fully waterproof, not only this but you can freeze it down to temperatures of -10 and you’d expect it can shake off dust and withstand a knock or two. Here Amy Davies of our testing team takes a look at what the camera has to offer, and discovers a camera with a truly rugged feel. READ MORE 10 reasons your photos aren’t sharp (and how to fix them) 13 ways famous landscape photographers make money from photography 11 common lens errors (and how you can avoid them) How to see photos like famous photographers… every time you shoot

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