In-camera shooting aids for low light photography
Almost since the first point-and-shoot digicams were invented, camera manufacturers have come to the aid of novice photographers by providing pre-set exposure modes to help them select appropriate aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings for popular photographic genres. The first of the ‘Scene’ pre-sets were for portrait, landscape and sports photography. But it wasn’t long before night portrait and night landscape pre-sets were added, and it’s not uncommon for modern cameras to provide separate pre-sets covering fireworks, candlelight, sunset and dusk and/or dawn.
But it hasn’t stopped there. Since camera manufacturers figured out they could ‘stack’ multiple exposures with in-camera processing we’ve seen Handheld Twilight, HDR (high dynamic range) and Anti Motion Blur modes, each of which uses multi-frame recording to create a single image with less noise, an expanded dynamic range or reduced motion blurring.
Scene Pre-sets
Scene pre-sets come in handy when you have
