best for fireworks

[Deedee]

Sorry if this has been covered before but can anyone tell me the best digital cameras to use for taking photos of wishes illumination, spectro etc. We have a nikon coolpix 3100 which is great during daylight but not very good in the dark. We have tried all the settings out but none are very good. I have even thought about not buying one until we come over to Florida any suggestions

[makinorlando]

Sorry if this has been covered before but can anyone tell me the best digital cameras to use for taking photos of wishes illumination, spectro etc.

I was just going to post the same question. I have a small HP R707 that takes great pics during the day, and I love the small size so I can carry it everywhere.

I have been considering buying another digital for nightime and or for more zoom type situations.

[salmoneous]

I suspect you can take wonderful fireworks pictures with your cameras. Are you using a tripod? If not, get one, learn to use your manual setting, experiment a bit, and take a ton of pictures during the show. I bet you get a number of great shots this way.

[Cruise04]

I have an Olympus and I did some experimenting with this trip. I found that my slow flash setting worked the best. No flash got too much blur that I couldn't correct. But I had to remember that I couldn't necessarily get the first spurt of fireworks if I wasn't watching.

[kaileetho]

When I was at Disney last year I used my tiny three inch tall tripod and held it very still against a railing, that way I didn't have to lug a huge tripod around with me, I didn't use the flash because it dulls the firework lights. I just set my camera to stay open for about 3 sec and used the self timer so I wouldn't get the jiggle. I got a lot of great shots with my hp camera.

[rocket9]

I absolutely concur about the mini-tripods. If you can manage that and a timed shutter (so you don't shake it at all), then even better. And remember to go for a multi-second exposure, and close your shutter as much as you can (say to f8.0 or so), or you'll just end up with lots of pictures of smoke.

I have a lot more fireworks tips, on my Disney site on my Disney Desktop's site @ rocket9 (see site address in my profile, as I just got a message that I haven't posted enough messages to post URL's here yet...