do most cameras have the open shutter feature? I would like to take cool pictures, like ones where you can spell your name with an LED light and stuff.
don't understand what you mean by open shutter. Usually it means long exposure. but then you say how does taking pictures with the shutter open for any length of time come to writing with an LED light? I don't understand that? I do know that DSLRs have a bulb setting where this allows you to keep the shutter open for long exposures! So when you say open shutter featureI don't know what you're talking about. or are you trying to type letters onto your picture using the camera? What you see here is a picture that I used a photo imaging editing program to write onto the picture! Is this what you mean?
well, when i do a google image search of "open shutter photography", pictures like this show up, these kind of pictures is what i would like to do
now I understand you! check out these pictures: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=471034 and here is where it came from and how to do it: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5132397 first off you need a camera with separate controls for your shutter. Not a Cyber Shot camera like the Sony DSC-N2 or like them. A good DSLR on a tripod and a remote release shutter button where you can set the camera to "BULB" (Like I first mentioned) and set the aperture to a small setting...... then you can time out your shot and spell your name with a lazer pen and capture you image like the pictures above! I would get a DSLR...... I prefer Canon. It's up to you.... there are so many out there that will do this kind of shots! and here is a great site where you can pick out a good camera... they have review of all of them: http://www.dpreview.com/
If you want the best low cost alternative go out and purchase a cheap SLR 35mm you will find that you can pick on up at a pawn shop really cheap this is the most easy way to produce open shutter photography i have a digital myself that does this but it is a lot harder to do with digital versus 35mm and with 35mm all you have to do is scan the image using a high capacity scanner most of which range from 50.00 to 100.00 for one. Then just turn down your iso on the cameras dial and then turn down the time limit the camera's lens is open for and you are done.
