The Best Settings For Low Light Photos With The Nikon D3400

[@spyrosheniadis]

Get your free low light settings cheat sheet: shp.photo/d3400lowlight

[@Huff-Robertson]

I can't afford a wedding photographer so I'm sending this to all my family members so they can figure out how to use my camera LOL

[@NoteAndroid]

I'd bought my very first and basic DSLR Nikon D3300 with its kid lens 18-55mm few years ago. It has very similar settings to your D3400 and had been struggled to shoot low light pix in Paris. I'd abandoned it, until today after saw your simple guidelines. I immediately took D3300 out and practiced the low light shoot with my neighbours Christmas lights, and the pix have improved a lot. I'm looking forward to take this heavy D3300 back to Paris and challenge myself to reshoot the low light pix of Fontaine des Mers at the Place de la Concorde. Thanks much/Merci beaucoup~!.

[@jpalan]

Your videos are exactly what I needed. I spent a while tinkering with the manual mode and wondering why the ISO insisted on being automatic and didn't know the key combination to change it. Perhaps it was mentioned in the manual but I missed it despite looking. I also learned from you that I am totally out of luck with the kit lense if I want to take any good pictures in low light.

[@LuisMendez-tk6qn]

This is the best explanation I have watched so far. And I’ve seen a ton of KZbin videos on trying to learn what each function does. Thank you

[@spyrosheniadis]

Thank you!!! Very happy I can help!

[@NestoDiaz]

Wow, this made changing the iso, aperture and shutter speed very easy to understand. Thank you

[@adoraramirez1255]

Been struggling with my photography for months now and your video helped me so much. Thank you

[@spyrosheniadis]

Awesome! Very happy I could help!

[@denisobrien45]

can u give same type of video what to do on bright day

[@brittanytate3559]

you angel man you! I needed this ! got a photo gig tonight and was worried about the dim lighting. fingers crossed this goes well!

[@monekam5386]

Thank you so much very helpful information. I have been trying to take pics in lowlight. I have not been able

[@paulabadour1823]

Thank you for explaining this in the manner that you did. I shoot a lot of wildlife out of my bedroom window and I always get discouraged over the noise in the night time shots. I never really thought about looking at the photo as a whole instead of picking it apart when I edit it. My friends all love the shots that I take and I get the best comments from them when I hate the photos due to the noise. Technically, I would rather have the running fox in low light than no running fox at all. Your explanation about using the "meter" when adjusting ISO put it all into perspective for me. I am kind of new at photography but I obsess(ed) over noise until now. Thanks again! Quite honestly, some of my most liked shots were shot with ISO 12,800 or higher on the D3400 or the D7500 (Nikon). Once again, thank you!

[@hurleygreen927]

GREAT INFO...THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO!

[@jes3234]

Holy mother of God! This video changed my life!!!!! Thank you !

[@Ketki4007]

Very nice I came across thousand of vedios this one very simple and illustrative

[@jawadhazrat4349]

Btw, i have 35mm lens with 1.8f this worked perfectly in low light conditions.

[@williamgiglio3476]

Thanks for your video! I was struggling with getting a clear picture of a full moon early this morning as it was about to set. It’s was very frustrating! I have subscribed to your channel.

[@devrishibharadwaj8345]

Awesome. Simple great

[@shamirulashraf3904]

hi there. im new to d3400. wanna ask u 1 question. can i use wu-1a wifi adapter to my d3400 to control it using phone??

[@zharinastephanie5031]

This was so helpful! Thank you :)

[@spyrosheniadis]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tradingwithjuan]

Great video!! I love how straight forward you are while giving great explanations! Thank you! Just subscribed to you!

[@ismathose]

Hello sir I am getting red eye in my photos during low light I use Nikon d3400 and 18-140 lens can u please help me with some solutions

[@GottaloveMuse1]

Wonderful - very simple and easy to follow. Thanks!

[@jawadhazrat4349]

Great video.

[@sushanta079]

Thanks

[@bryng2001]

Great video..straight to the point. Very informative

[@spyrosheniadis]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@martinsmuskokafarm9268]

Subscribing now...best teacher yet..thank you

[@kristinmeeow8984]

Thank you

[@ronaldwinter3352]

I am trying to work out my focal length I have the AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300 MM TO SET THE SHUTTER SPEED TO 1/320 thx

[@kristiihill539]

This was so helpful! thank you!

[@jamestown6789]

thank you sir.. very much helpful

[@b4sean]

Great informational video! Thanks so much

[@jkd1984]

Brilliant video, thank you.

[@spyrosheniadis]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chriss8206]

Love your vids. I connect my d3400 to an 9.25 celestron sct telescope. Do you have any tips for astrophotography settings. Thanks.

[@melodysurf]

Excellent, straight to the point and very useful tips.. thank you ;-)

[@devrishibharadwaj8345]

Sir can you please tell me the suitable settings for landscape so that sunlight does not blacken the view

[@thehashmonkey]

I have an adapter to attach to my telescope I want to try to take pics of the comet when I was a teenager I got black and whites of hailbop

[@nevvanclarke9225]

Tripod .....lower the shutter speed v higher iso Which do you go by in lower light

[@spyrosheniadis]

Good question. It depends on the scenario. If I’m out and shooting what I generally think of as long exposure, which is to say I’m going out at night to shoot cityscapes or landscapes, or if I’m shooting in studio with things like fairy lights and EL wire, then I go for tripod because I’m actively looking for the longer shutter speed for the longer exposure. Any other time I’ll go for higher ISO because I wasn’t planning for long exposure, so I’ll jack the ISO because I wouldn’t even have a tripod with me. 😊

[@goutham4678]

If we have a tripod, can we decrease shutter speed

[@cheery-useupcycledfurnitur5325]

Great video!

[@yoichifranck3753]

Good tips man Thanks

[@ajeromemahon7808]

Why wouldn't you use a shorter focal length? For a wider apature and 1/20 shutter speed? With the kit lens? I feel like I'm not understanding something

[@scottk8846]

When u have an external flash on the camera, does the meter on the camera recognize the external flash?

[@spyrosheniadis]

Good question! It does not. The in camera meter is only looking at the ambient exposure. So even with a flash, if your ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed settings are such that the scene is underexposed, even though it may be properly exposed with the use of flash, the in camera meter will still show that the image is under exposed. This video explains in more detail what I'm talking about: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iprJqo2wgdOVrZo

[@scottk8846]

Thank you

[@videomaker8532]

Best setting for astrophotographry?

[@reginamcilvain5651]

such an awesome video. You talk way too fast, which is perfect, because you get all the details in. This camera is so much better than I am. I am humbled but quite determined to get better. That will only happen if I keep watching your videos. thanks!!!

[@awierdo6969]

I want to take pics out side in the dark. But it said (subject is to dark) is there a way to over ride this? Like if you want to do astrophotography or just a plant in low light.

[@tybarkz9028]

Thanks for the help 📷

[@hum2020]

Its I over 77.5 dont forget the crop. If you turn on the vr it can be longer.

[@anayahlifeincanada2405]

Hello i m taking indoor photo shoot for my 1 yr birthday boy mash cake .wat i understand is that Aperture should As low on 55mm lenses ISO should b high n Focal lenght should be f1/50.is that correct plz let me know thanks

[@asharasalah]

Thank you always creative

[@spyrosheniadis]

Thank you salah ashara!

[@RUEGREY]

So helpful. Thank you.

[@spyrosheniadis]

Thank you Rachael Diffrient!

[@kenziemontgomery2693]

Can i do this with the D3500?

[@jennabalamane7530]

How do I go about taking a silhouette picture of my kids in front of the Christmas tree? And also the classic picture of a baby playing with Christmas lights?

[@cookie13monster828]

Jenna Balamane for the silhouette you’ll want to underexposed the image a touch and be sure your focusing point is on the tree. If you want a soft silhouette, use a f stop 1.2-1.8 ideally, or if your lens doesn’t go that low separate the child and the tree some so they aren’t right against the tree. Moving them forward will do a couple things, 1) moves them to a different focal plane and adds some bokeh 2) adds to the depth of your photograph making it more interesting 3) allow you to separate the exposure for the tree vs the children to give you a nice complete silhouette. As for the baby in lights you’ll want to be sure you have even lighting on the baby to begin with, turn on the lights they are playing in, then expose to the baby’s skin with your focal point on the baby’s eye. You’ll want the image slightly under exposed to allow the lights to glow and pop out but still pick up enough detail to see the baby nice and sharp. An F stop of 1.2-1.8 again would be lovely here. If you have a backdrop you want to included in your image up the f stop a touch maybe to 2.2. Keep your shutter abut 200-250. Babies like to wiggle and you don’t want motion blur in your images! You can edit the exposer but you can’t fix a blurry picture lol How this helps!

[@alexandrapanduro3457]

Can you do a natural light settings setup

[@sammoosaa4510]

Sometimes the camera shows a message "object is very dark" so what to do then?

[@santoshbhumkar3792]

Some photographer clicks photo on manual mode F 4 and shutter speed is 120 but, this is very good photo without using flash How can we get this????

[@rslim5]

Would you use the same approach if you’re trying to get more light in videos? Recorded basketball training in gym yesterday and video came out very dark.

[@spyrosheniadis]

Yes, the same basic priciples apply, increase the ISO, use the largest aperture possible (smallest aperture setting). One thing to keep in mind is that for video you want to keep your shutter speed at around 1/60 (which is actually kinda helpful in your situation). Faster and the video get's jittery, slower and the video gets a bit weird because of motion blur in the frames.

[@TheGamingXP]

Spyros Heniadis Just wondering if you had a solution. I’m shooting a video in a room. 3 of us at a desk with a white wall behind us. We have lighting set up but also have a bright led sign on the wall behind us. The issue we are having is that the camera is sensing the light omitted from the sign and darkening the rest of the image when recording. Is there anything you can suggest? Without the sign the brightness is perfect..

[@janeyalam2543]

the cheat sheet link is not working. Could you please check and let us know the link which works. Thanks in Advance.

[@josephapbt2347]

I was about to said the something

[@spyrosheniadis]

Very sorry about that! The link is now working! You can get the cheat sheet here: shp.photo/d3400lowlight

[@elizabethvandergrift885]

What's the best shutter speed for shooting things in motion?

[@spyrosheniadis]

It varies depending on the subject, this video will help you with a method to get the right settings for any moving subject: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ani5eXSpnqanmpI

[@stanik4444]

1.8 vs 5.6 its 3 staps 5.6-4.0-2.8-2.0 it means at time 1/50 iso 3 staps 12800-6400-3200-1600 But 50mm dont have ibis so we need change time to 1/100 so one stap UP so we need high iso so our final iso with 50mm 1.8 at F 2.0 is 3200 Hmm not 800 or 400

[@suduvo8664]

Please help. I am gonna shoot for fresher's day ramp walk on 8th sept 2018.. Lighting will be a challenge. There'll be flickering of lights like that in concert.. what will be the optimum setting for it. Should i put all settings tp manuel and iso to auto? Burst or single shot?

[@spyrosheniadis]

I'm sorry I wasn't able to reply before you took the photos. How did it go?

[@suduvo8664]

It was a great experience. I clicked with both canon 200d and nikon 3400d.. results of Nikon was better, was busy with some school works so couldn't upload Early. This is my works in the link below.. please click the link of copy paste it on your browser to view it. Thanks for replying. drive.google.com/folderview?id=1I6fqPSjRDmS2XVhBS3lLTl-ERqD7wDdb Was okay with some of the pictures but some came out flop.

[@mubashirgraphy]

but sir we can set 400 ISO and 30 or 20 shutterspeed and maximum aperture

[@that_other_guy9260]

I'm trying to do star photography with this exact camera but it keeps coming up with subject is too dark. Is there anything more I can do?

[@spyrosheniadis]

If the subject is too dark, then you need a longer exposure time to allow the stars to show up in the photo. If you’re already shooting 30 second long exposures, then the next step is to use bulb mode, which I show how to do in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ6ze4uMZdCHec0

[@scottk8846]

Please help. I was at a birthday party, and the lighting was a real challenge for me. On one hand i had bright sunlight in the background. And under the structure was only lit by christmas lights. Tried many different f stops and shutter speeds. But i couldn't get that perfect shot. Just for ur info, i was using a sigma 10-20mm lens and the kit nikon lens.

[@spyrosheniadis]

Hey Scott! In a situation like that, where you can't get good shots, it's often good to just get back into auto mode. The photos may not be amazing, but they should be at least decent. If you want to send me a few example photos from the party at [e-mail], I can take a look and should be able to explain what was happening with your settings and the photos you were getting.

[@scottk8846]

thank you for ur help

[@amitshah6015]

@@spyrosheniadis nice , generally no one responds on KZbin.

[@scottk8846]

Would a photo of a lit candle, in an all dark room be considered long exposure?

[@spyrosheniadis]

Sure would!

[@scottk8846]

@@spyrosheniadis thks

[@edvenuto9614]

I know a better quality faster lens is what you need I.usually art my apaturw to 3 or 4 low iso

[@mubashirgraphy]

can i set shutterspeed 20 or 10 in low light

[@michaelpodboreski5904]

Mubashir Qureshi yes, use a tripod while taking some stills and shoot anything in your house and you’ll see the results. I wouldn’t suggest trying to take moving subjects at such a low shutter speed. Best advice I can give take a bunch of crappy shots to learn your camera and then keep refining until you get sharp images.

[@hrpickinstuff]

Bounce flash

[@v9wolf223]

Ice-oh

[@crazymelomanka]

hm... took a photo course. and i know that if you open your apperture to the maximum, you're going to get a low depth of field. i would rather take a tripod with me instead of using high iso and aperture.

[@mubashirgraphy]

spyro plz help me

[@mubashirgraphy]

if I have kit lens

[@spyrosheniadis]

You can set the shutter speed to 10 or 20 seconds (up to 30), if you wish. You just need to be in Manual mode or Shutter priority mode.

[@claudiadevries1002]

You don't do night photography in hight iso! I have a d3400 in I shoot in shutter speed "30 f 9 and iso 100 ! You can also change your settings from af to mf. .after you stabilize in af chance it to mf and then shoot ! It's a shame it's a good just a pain for night shooting!

[@astoldbycrozzie1525]

First; my menu looks nothing like yours, so that was a hustle. Second... it shows the brightness scale, but doesnt show if the image is under, on or above zero... so im just gonna put it on your ISO and hope for the best.

[@no-reply468]

Είστε Έλληνας???

[@UpcomingJedi]

Good v8deos bù t the beĝing for likes on every video is so mind numbinly tiresome