Panasonic LX100 long exposure

[jpgreenwood]

Ive really struggled to get anything useable when doing long exposures on my Pan LX100.
Ive been trialling a cheap screw on ND1000 filter and taking some shots at over 30 seconds at varying apertures and ISO200 which is the base level of the camera.
All i get is incredibly noisy photos and totally unusable.
I really want to take this camera away and have a specific shot at a coastal location where an LE shot is a must.

I would say anything over 3 seconds is unusable.
Can anyone advise if im doing something wrong or is it just the camera isnt up to it?

P1120022 by jason greenwood, on Flickr

 

[Box Brownie]

I googled and found this discussion

Panasonic LX100

Photos taken with the Panasonic LX100.

www.flickr.com

LX100 Long Exposure Test

I recently sold a bit of unused kit and decided to get a LX100 for the times I couldn't or didn't want to take my D90 and lenses out with me. Really pleased with it - feels well made, handles nicely and produces decent images, so all good so far. I was also interested to see how it coped with...

www.talkphotography.co.uk

View: https://youtu.be/8lnydO7kPtM?si=-GxfY3Gt9e6pgFaz


HTH

 

[GreenNinja67]

That's colour noise.

You should be able to get rid of most of it in Lightroom.

 

[jpgreenwood]

Original photo was taken at F16.
After some testing, ive found that F2.8-F4 and 20 seconds look good, but i'm not sure thats long enough, and the sky is getting blown out, even with a CPL and ND1000 fitted.

That flickr link could be useful thanks Box Brownie. Ive been using the T setting and the phone app to reduce any shake.

P1120042 by jason greenwood, on Flickr

 

[jpgreenwood]

Looks like the in-built NR works well also, at F11 so getting better results already.
Thanks all.