Night shots with the Sony Alpha 6000: equipment
Keys for the first Time on the topic of night photography, so you have the Sony Alpha 6000 is a good camera. The Sensor is relatively low noise, and keeps in the dark for a decent picture quality. The following accessories is not absolutely necessary, but it means a great relief:
- Tripod shots at night, you need to usually several seconds long exposure, so the photo is sufficiently light. Here, you can't keep the camera in the Hand, because the image looks blurred otherwise. Therefore, you should at night, a small tripod to take on the Alpha 6000 mount can.
- Fast lens - The supplied Kit lens, the Sony Alpha 6000 has a maximum aperture of 3.5 to 5.6, which is not so good a value is. It is true: the lower the aperture number, the larger the aperture and the more light falls on the Sensor. For optimal night photography, a wide-angle lens, with a f-number of 2.8 or lower.
- Tip: Very popular for landscape and city photography at night, for example, is the Samyang 12mm, with a strong open aperture of 2.0.
- Spare batteries - Just in the cold Season, we recommend a spare battery for the camera. The Sony Alpha models have an average battery life and can be exhausted when it is cold, sometimes faster than thought. With an additional battery, you are on the safe side.
Night shots with the Sony Alpha 6000
(Image: Curt Bauer)
With these settings the night shots
If the equipment is available, functioning night shots with the Sony Alpha 6000 is hardly different from a conventional DSLR cameras used. These basics you should consider:
- First, select the camera in the recording program. Is recommended such as the setting of "A" (Aperture priority AE) is here. You specify the aperture and ISO manually, the camera searches for a suitable exposure time.
- Set the knob to the smallest aperture so the maximum aperture opening. The Kit lens is that the value of 3.5. You achieve that as much light passes through the lens to the Sensor.
- How high is the ISO-value to choose depends on whether you are using a tripod or handheld shooting. With a tripod you can set a rather small number in the case of the ISO (about 100 - 400) and so reduce noise. The exposure time can be several seconds, but due to the fixed on the tripod, no Problem.
- Without a tripod, you must Unscrew the ISO value upwards in order to keep the exposure time short. Mostly, they move here with the values from ISO 1600 - 6400. The resulting exposure time must be so short that you can take photos without camera shake from the Hand.
- When there is little ambient light there may be problems with the auto focus. If your camera cannot find the focus reliable, you can try it with the manual focus and the sharpness even at the lens set. For landscape and architectural shots with a wide angle lens, you can focus on an Infinite set.
