Hello,

A quick question. Anyone know a tad on photography. I took a class in college, and surprise I can't remember more than the word F stop in relation to a problem I am having. I have a Nikon D40x always worked well but I bought this night shooting or low f stop lens almost a year ago. Sadly it seems to be stuck in this shooting mode where I get shots that look like blurry daylight shots. The lens is a AFSNIKKOR 35mm1:1.8G.

The problem is I am getting, is the camera will let in to much light and get blue skys and green grass in a night shot. I can beat it in the right direction by playing with iso sensitivity and shooting mode. However its still hit and miss. I feel like I just don't know how to set the settings at this point there is a night mode but that is of little help. takes great regular photos though.

 

Does this article help?
Regards,
Keith.

https://photographylife.com/how-to-change-aperture-on-nikon-d40-d40x-d60

 

A little thank you.

 

This helps allot too.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/nikond40/discuss/72157603637266666/

 

The amount of light entering the camera and the lightness or darkness of the captured photograph depends on three things,
1) f-stop
2) shutter speed
3) ISO sensitivity

Your camera does not know whether it is sunny or dark. It tries to give you a photo as if it is normal daylight when it is set in the auto-exposure mode.

There are two ways you can make a nighttime scene look like it really is night,

Method 1 - Manual Exposure
Disable the auto-exposure mode.
Look at your mode dial where it shows P S A M.
Set it to M (Manual setting).

Rotate the thumb dial to change the shutter speed. A faster shutter speed (higher number) will make the picture darker.
Rotate the thumb dial while pressing the +/- button to change the f-stop. A higher number (smaller aperture) will make the picture darker.

Remember to reset the mode dial back to Auto or No-Flash when finished.

page 43 in the manual.


Method 2 - Exposure Compensation

Press the +/- button and adjust the thumb dial.
Set the EV (Exposure Value) more negative to make the photo darker.

 

Blurred images tend to be at long exposure times and handheld camera?

 

Blurred images tend to be at long exposure times and handheld camera?

I use a tripod for those and get very clear images!