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Tried using my phone's night mode on a moving car and got a ghost trail instead of a sharp shot
I was trying to catch a friend's car leaving at dusk but the 3 second exposure turned the headlights into a light smudge, what settings should I have changed for moving subjects?
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umaadams25d ago
Hang onto the idea that the blur is actually capturing motion, not just a mistake. Switch your camera to shutter priority mode, that gives you control over how fast the shutter opens and closes. For a moving car at dusk, you want at least 1/125 of a second to freeze the headlights into little points instead of a streak. Crank up the ISO higher even if it gets a bit grainy, sharp grain is way better than a smudgy mess. Also turn off night mode completely, it's made for still objects not flying metal boxes. Honestly that ghost trail is a fun accident to keep in your camera roll but for the real shot you need to trade some light for speed.
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