Olympus C-750: Fireworks, Nighttime Castle?

[suzimar57]

I have yet to take a decent picture with my Olympus C-750 at night!

Yes, I've used a tripod, changed the settings - the instruction booklet is useless (so is calling Olympus technical support)

Can anyone help?!

I'm open to suggestions!

(Do I need a new camera to get those beautiful "fireworks over the castle" and "spectromagic" photos I so desire?!)

[mabas9395]

Can you post an example?

[kat3668]

I have a Olympus c-50 zoom and have found that the portrait landscape mode on the camera works best with no flash.. I just hold the camera as close to my face as possible and snap away... usualy a handful will come out decent..
here are some examples
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/6316/p21304170yx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6751/p20900728jb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3831/p21303649mp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3715/p70204785dn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7372/p63000161ob.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2817/p63000633da.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[suzimar57]

sorry, can't post any examples - deleted them from memory card - those pictures above are great - mine never never looked anywhere near that - mine were jagged and shakey looking - couldn't get the zoom to focus from our CR tower balcony either at night (daytime is excellent, but once it gets dark, the camera is pretty much useless)

we're going to las vegas soon - will again try as you suggested (landscape mode, hand held, no flash) of the strip at night, see what shows up - hope to get it right before we come back to wdw in a few months

thanks for the the suggestion

[Kelly Grannell]

1. Always use a tripod (you can't get away from that, not even with the 'budget' tripods)
2. Always use either remote shutter release or shutter delay so your finger press doesn't shake tha camera
3. Never use flash
4. The easiest way is to use fireworks mode
5. If you don't have that use Landscape mode with flash turned off
6. If you want to go the manual route, I like ISO100, 2 sec shutter, f/10

[Deedee]

Hi Kelly you say you use iso100 what if like on mine D50 it starts at iso200 - iso1600 would 200 do the same job.

[Kelly Grannell]

It started that high? Wow, then you have to bring the exposure down by about one stop. So use between f/8 to f/10

[Deedee]

Thanks kelly i thought it was strange because most start from iso100 don't they.

[suzimar57]

thanks, again, for more suggestions!

i do appreciate them!