Nighttime walkaround, Hollywood Studios

This past trip, I headed over to DHS in the early evening, just after sunset on the first day of arrival. ; I still had my DSLR kit all packed away back at the room and battery charging, but fortunately had my mirrorless all charged and ready, so I wanted to enjoy some handheld night shooting and walkaround stuff, taking advantage of the sensor's high ISO performance and the image-stacking modes that keep noise down and detail up at high ISO levels. ; The sky went from a dark dusky blue to that stage where it looked mostly dark to the eye but sensors still pick up that deep blue. ; All shots NEX3 with 18-55mm kit lens, most in handheld twilight (6-image stacking in-camera) mode, and ISOs as listed:

Just a normal ISO200 single shot, coming in the front entrance after sunset:


Another normal shot ISO200, steadyshot allowing handheld 1/8", but getting some blurry people moving by:


Time to switch to HHT mode, as it got darker faster. ; HHT, ISO4000:


This was facing towards where the sun had set, so a little more dusky glow in the sky...I liked how it was coming through the building window at the top...ISO6400:


ISo6400:


Splash fountain, ISO5000:


Backlot building, ISO6400:


Now we're getting to full nighttime dark...the Pixar gate at ISO6400:


Sunset Club building, ISO2500:


Standing under Tower of Terror, ISO6400:


Catching the sign as it changes, ISO800:


Main drag and Big Hat, ISO2500...for this one I had my Konica Hexanon 40mm F1.8 lens aboard, wide open at F1.8:

 

Thanks John.

 

Justin these are fantastic! ; Looks like you got a great little camera there.

 

Thank you both! ; I've definitely found the perfect night casual camera - my DSLR and tripod still come for the big night shoots, but the NEX is a great camera to bring when you're not PLANNING any night shots, but still want to be able to take them handheld if you see something great. ; The DSLRs can do that too, but the mirrorless is a lot lighter and smaller, and convenient to carry around all night long.

 

I may have to recommend this camera for work ; :

 

I haven't had a chance to comment until now, but all of these sets from your last trip are outstanding. ; Nice work, Justin!

 

I think it's great that you even caught that color that is almost to accurately protray in a photo. ; That blue/purple they use to light the Tower, is a pain to catch just right, but that camera seems to have done the trick. ; I wonder what it would do on the Castle Dream lights.

 

Thanks all. ; I love the little camera - I'd recommend it to anyone - tons of fun in a tiny package, and DSLR image quality in a P&S body...and can still change lenses as needed. ; Freeing oneself from the tripod and the bulky camera bag is certainly nice every once in a while - I'm always a dedicated DSLR guy, but I am so happy I've decided to go the two-camera route - for the price of a cheap lens, I get a whole 'nother camera body and lens, plus adapters to take nearly any other mount in history.

I didn't get a chance to do MK at night this trip...but that's a great idea - I look forward to next time to see how handhelds of castle dream lights would go with this camera. ; I'd probably make that a two-camera night, so I could still do some nice long exposures on tripod with the DSLR, but while I'm doing a 10 or 20 second exposure with the DSLR, I could rattle off a few handhelds with the mirrorless!

 

Thank you - it was much fun - and a bit liberating to walk around with a quick handheld camera and no tripod for this stuff!

 

just saw that on one of the EMH's when we are down there DHS is open 'til 0100 hours! ; i plan on taking full advantage of this!

 

1 am sounds awesome - just perfect for both walkaround night shots, and some nice long exposure stuff.

 

Sure hoping so... ; Anyone going to be in area and want to join me?

sent from my htc thunderbolt ;

 

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See you there buddy!