Digital at Night Time Question

Spencer1

Does anyone else have problems using the digital cammera at night? I have an Olympus C-700 (I basically use it on Auto settings to point and shoot) but when I used it for fourth of July at night time 1st I couldn't see what I was shooting at than it doesn't seem to focus that great at night. Any solutions or suggestions I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Spencer

cmr164

Spencer1 wrote:

Does anyone else have problems using the digital cammera at night? I have an Olympus C-700 (I basically use it on Auto settings to point and shoot) but when I used it for fourth of July at night time 1st I couldn't see what I was shooting at than it doesn't seem to focus that great at night. Any solutions or suggestions I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Spencer

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mercphoto

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Spencer1 wrote:

Does anyone else have problems using the digital cammera at night? I have an Olympus C-700 (I basically use it on Auto settings to point and shoot) but when I used it for fourth of July at night time 1st I couldn't see what I was shooting at than it doesn't seem to focus that great at night. Any solutions or suggestions I would appreciate it.

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I use a single lens reflex camera, which makes night shooting much easier than a point-and-shoot with its LCD view finder. As far as the focus problem goes, nighttime is always an issue with autofocus, as it can't find enough contrast in the image to determine focus in the first place. You will probably have to go with manual focus.