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<blockquote data-quote="Chris70" data-source="post: 133955" data-attributes="member: 13633"><p>Hi, </p><p>Yes it's definitely odd. My old Canon G5 handled night exposures without any problem. Street shooting I tried simply to see how much light the camera could handle before the meter veers off (not much) but my shoot will be of the country. I should state that I don't shoot in AV mode as it's a time-lapse; yes, a lot of people do like to use this for night to day but I've found the results to be variable. </p><p>My shoot is as follows: I'm going out into the countryside with no light pollution and plan on shooting until c.30 minutes after sunset. All settings are in Manual mode, camera on tripod, intervalometer attached; the aperture is fully open (a necessity for time-lapse) and the sun is slowly setting. Meter readings are consistent throughout the day and don't fluctuate until the last rays of the sun are visible, then the meter goes haywire. I'm using LRTimelapse's Holy Grail method where you let the exposure shift 1EV prior to resetting the meter to 0EV. But how can I do this with a meter jumping wildly? </p><p>The results aren't 'bad' and can be easily adjusted in Lightroom or Camera Raw. No problem. But as each shot is connected to the whole shoot from start to finish it is important that my exposure is as good as I can get. Imagine 2000 photos getting progressively darker as the sun sets and the meter reading is fine, then as the sun goes down the meter is all over the place and suddenly a new raft of photos are actually lighter than those done before. I can get close by guessing the shutter speed during the shoot but, well, it affects the last 400 or so pictures following sunset.</p><p>Apologies for the lengthy email. I seem to be able to handle all the complexities of the time-lapse software and workflow without any problem, but something as simple as setting a meter to 0 is beyond me. Any advice is very welcome. I'm sure if many of the people on here were in situ they could sort this out.</p><p></p><p>Best,</p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris70, post: 133955, member: 13633"] Hi, Yes it's definitely odd. My old Canon G5 handled night exposures without any problem. Street shooting I tried simply to see how much light the camera could handle before the meter veers off (not much) but my shoot will be of the country. I should state that I don't shoot in AV mode as it's a time-lapse; yes, a lot of people do like to use this for night to day but I've found the results to be variable. My shoot is as follows: I'm going out into the countryside with no light pollution and plan on shooting until c.30 minutes after sunset. All settings are in Manual mode, camera on tripod, intervalometer attached; the aperture is fully open (a necessity for time-lapse) and the sun is slowly setting. Meter readings are consistent throughout the day and don't fluctuate until the last rays of the sun are visible, then the meter goes haywire. I'm using LRTimelapse's Holy Grail method where you let the exposure shift 1EV prior to resetting the meter to 0EV. But how can I do this with a meter jumping wildly? The results aren't 'bad' and can be easily adjusted in Lightroom or Camera Raw. No problem. But as each shot is connected to the whole shoot from start to finish it is important that my exposure is as good as I can get. Imagine 2000 photos getting progressively darker as the sun sets and the meter reading is fine, then as the sun goes down the meter is all over the place and suddenly a new raft of photos are actually lighter than those done before. I can get close by guessing the shutter speed during the shoot but, well, it affects the last 400 or so pictures following sunset. Apologies for the lengthy email. I seem to be able to handle all the complexities of the time-lapse software and workflow without any problem, but something as simple as setting a meter to 0 is beyond me. Any advice is very welcome. I'm sure if many of the people on here were in situ they could sort this out. Best, Chris [/QUOTE]
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