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<blockquote data-quote="Jim1450" data-source="post: 84980" data-attributes="member: 11341">Hello everyone,Joined this site yesterday and this is my first post. I've had the D3100 now for around a year but due to work commitments I've not had that much chance to use it. I'm fairly ok with some settings and modes but have always had a problem with getting decent pictures at night. I will shortly be off to Thailand for a break and amongst other places will be visiting Bangkok's Chinatown at night. This it a pretty vibrant area with plenty of opportunity for capturing street scenes with plenty of colour, neon light and street food being cooked on open flames etc. I'm after advice on what settings I should use to get the best results, I could leave it on auto but want to move away from using this whenever possible. At present I only have the standard 18-55 lens but later today will pick up a 55-200 which according to some posts I've seen on this site isn't a bad option for my next steps and isn't a bad overall lens for general travel photography.All advice will be welcomeJim</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim1450, post: 84980, member: 11341"] Hello everyone, Joined this site yesterday and this is my first post. I've had the D3100 now for around a year but due to work commitments I've not had that much chance to use it. I'm fairly ok with some settings and modes but have always had a problem with getting decent pictures at night. I will shortly be off to Thailand for a break and amongst other places will be visiting Bangkok's Chinatown at night. This it a pretty vibrant area with plenty of opportunity for capturing street scenes with plenty of colour, neon light and street food being cooked on open flames etc. I'm after advice on what settings I should use to get the best results, I could leave it on auto but want to move away from using this whenever possible. At present I only have the standard 18-55 lens but later today will pick up a 55-200 which according to some posts I've seen on this site isn't a bad option for my next steps and isn't a bad overall lens for general travel photography. All advice will be welcome Jim [/QUOTE]

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