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I've been away for a couple of weeks. It was thoroughly enjoyable but I had problems with some shots at night time. Took my Powershot G12. There were times when I had the aperture open at 2.8, ISO maxed out at 3200 and was still getting shutter speeds of 1/20 or even 1/10. I hadn't taken any sort of tripod but wished I'd taken a gorillapod or even just beanbag tripod. If I went for f/2.8 1/125 and ISO3200, the shots were just too dark.
For example, I was on a dhow cruise trying to take photos of the cityscape. I know it's hard to take a photo whilst you're moving but I struggled to get anything useful:
honeymoon_249 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
honeymoon_247 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
honeymoon_245 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
Some of my more successful shots:
honeymoon_333 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
honeymoon_332 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
Am I looking at limitation of hardware? Or do I just need to learn what can be photographed and what can't?
In some ways, I wished I'd taken my 70D but it wasn't as practical to carry or easy to look after as my G12.
For example, I was on a dhow cruise trying to take photos of the cityscape. I know it's hard to take a photo whilst you're moving but I struggled to get anything useful:
honeymoon_249 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
honeymoon_247 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
honeymoon_245 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
Some of my more successful shots:
honeymoon_333 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
honeymoon_332 by stealth_wolf, on Flickr
Am I looking at limitation of hardware? Or do I just need to learn what can be photographed and what can't?
In some ways, I wished I'd taken my 70D but it wasn't as practical to carry or easy to look after as my G12.