During the film era, it was impossible to take a photograph in low light, without a tripod or a flash. That was because the ISO (or its equivalent predecessor, the ASA) rating of 99% of the films being used was just 100 and sometimes, even lower. Images from faster films were of low quality and in any case, the ISO maxed out at about 3200, unless you did push processing, which made the quality even worse!
Even after digital cameras were introduced, the low light capability was nothing great till larger sensors and CMOS technology brought a sea of changes. Now, it is quite common to see cameras offering ISO values in six digits and some even going over a million.
Whatever may be the case, you will sooner or later encounter a situation where you feel that the light is not enough to take a picture with your camera handheld, and you do not have a tripod or a flash (or even if you have the latter, it is of no use – for example, if you are photographing a monument or a landscape). Under such circumstances, you would do the following. Crank up the ISO to the maximum level, switch on image stabilisation and set the lens at the widest aperture (smallest f/ number). If possible, you will try and use a shorter focal length to get a slower handholdable shutter speed to satisfy the standard thumb rule. That’s about it. Let us say you have done all that and you look at the shutter speed on your camera only to find that it is ½ second or slower. Not enough to handhold!
So, what next? Pack your bag and leave? No, not necessarily. Here is a technique that the author has been using with good results and this article describes just that.
This technique relies on a few important underlying facts.
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