I started out shooting digital using manual white balance, got out of
that habit because the AWB on the Canon was great...
and the AWB on the istD in the variety of outside light one might
encounter has worked well...
(all the photos you have seen of mine in the past three months were shot
using AWB and minor dickering in photoshop)
and, of course, I post process.
I was only shooting the music scene hoping to get something Dom could
use but I wouldnt let him. after that, I was playing around
at home with changing the white balance manually with the istd
(remember, I've only had it since January)
THe annoying thing is to change the ISo or the White Balance I have to
turn the knob off of AV , change it, and then swithc back to shooting
mode... slows one down a bit and sometimes I was forgetting and tried to
shoot when the camera was on the ISP or WB
button. I'll get used to it eventually but it doesn make one miss the
LX LOL'
anyway, it did teach me that using the correct WB setting INDOORS was
important , especially in low light situations with
the istD
ann
Bruce Walker wrote:
Ann, I've found it best to select a manual WB. I usually have mine set
to Cloudy or Daylight. Then you just select a more appropriate WB
during PP. Sometimes I shoot something gray in the room (backs of many
keyboards are good) so I can use the LR (ACR) magic eyedropper later.
But if you can count the number of photons bouncing around the room
with the fingers on one hand, it's time to take up a collection for a
new camera body. I'm still waiting for my K-5 ship to come in. In
the meantime, just enjoy the music, maybe take up pencil sketching.
Your bad room experience sure sounds like a worst-case scenario --
sorry to hear it.
-bmw
On 11-05-03 11:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I was shooting 1600 , - RAW of course, istD I always shoot ap
priority :-)
however, 1600 was much too noisy because of the low light. and the
venue was someone's loft.
The biggest problem was that the AWB let me down - and I didn't have
a way to lean on anything...
worse, the camera was noisy... and I had not brought the tripod.
The lighting was from track lights meant to light the artwork in the
loft.
The light was low because they musicians were sweltering and the
windows ahd to stay closed because of the neighborhood.
wasnt fun...
Dom's girlfriend had a flimsy tripod for video shooting... when she
abandoned it I tried to use it...but it didn't help much
anyway - between my instability and the digital noise I couldn't ever
show them to you guys.
ann
Bruce Walker wrote:
Thank you, Ann.
My winning formula in these small, dark music venues:
- fast, short tele prime (eg 50mm 1.4), wide open,
- high ISO (eg 1600 on the K20),
- RAW,
- aperture priority,
- places/things to brace yourself against while shooting (chair
arms, table tops, walls),
- some noise reduction s/w in PP (LR3 is doing it for me now)
- if the brightest light is only on the musicians, use center or
spot metering; otherwise matrix should be fine.
Lastly: worst-case, be prepared to pack it in and just enjoy the
music. :-)
-bmw
On 11-05-02 9:36 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Those work well, Bruce ..
I had a disastrous time trying to shoot my friend Dominic Duval
playing bass with sax player Joe McPhee a few weeks ago... but the
music was great.
ann
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Well done. I like the warm tonality.
Paul
On May 2, 2011, at 5:16 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Shots from a nice Jazz and dinner evening out yesterday. Jim
Finlayson Trio in Toronto.
K20D, DA* 55mm @f:1.4, ISO 1600, 1st 2 at 1/45th; 3rd at 1/60th.
Handheld, no flash.
PP in Lightroom.
http://goo.gl/dl8F2
-bmw
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