I recently bought the Canon PowerShot S5 IS 8.0MP Digital Camera and I want to know how to slow down the shutter speed
I am trying to capture a meteor shower, and I don't know how to go about changing the settings so I can get that "extended light" kind of look to the meteors..
http://flickr.com/photos/pchee/502554347...
like that picture
any help is much appreciated!! Those types of pictures are not produced with digital cameras. In order to get a picture like that you need three things: a tripod, a SLR camera (the ones that have large lenses), and a remote. What the photographer does is they switch there shutter to manual, press the remote attatched to the camera to allow the camera to start capturing light and press it again to stop it. Like the webpage said that was a 30 minute exposure, meaning for half an hour the camera was sitting on a tripod absorbing the movement the stars were making. I know I rambled, I hope this helps. change your setting to Shutter Priority, from there you can select how fast your shutter speed will be. Your camera's slowest maximum shutter speed is only 15 seconds. You will not be able to take comparable photos because you need at least a 30 minute or longer exposure.
You will need a tripod, a DSLR or film SLR camera with a bulb mode that will allow you to keep the shutter open for a very long time.
I suggest you actually read your user manual...it shows you how to adjust the shutter speed, aperture and other functions etc.
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