--- Al Ruscelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just have to throw this into the mix (even though it's somewhat out > of > the range of the intent of the original post): > > I've been using a Canon 1D for a little over a year now for part of > my > photography work. I'm still mostly film based, but use digital when I > feel it is appropriate. > > I recently had the opportunity to do some concert photography at a > local > rodeo, with pretty big time country entertainers, etc. I used the 1D > and the EF 70-200 f2.8L and was really happy with the results. I was > in > the pit below the stage, but in front of the audience, about 15 to 30 > feet from the entertainers, depending on who I was shooting and when, > with the dynamics of the concert. No flash used at all, just > whatever > the existing lighting condition was at the moment of the shot. > > With the digital, I could bump the ISO setting to whatever I needed > to > work in the given lighting conditions and preview the results > immediately. What an incredible experience it was to know > immediately > whether I'd gotten a good shot or not. I didn't preview every image, > but took a casual look once in a while to see what my general results > were. I captured about 200 images in a one-hour shoot (not worrying > about how much film I'd be using, of course). It was a real > revelation > to see what I got from the digital standpoint versus the film > standpoint. No sweating out concerns about exact exposure and > whether > I'd get a good shot in the constantly changing lighting. > > Last year, I photographed some of the same entertainers at the same > rodeo using a film-based body and flash, and I can tell you that in > the > comparison of the two experiences, the digital camera beat the heck > out > of the film camera in terms of flexibility for the shooting > environment. > > Again, I just wanted to throw this info into the mix of this thread. > Just an eye-opening experience from the standpoint of comparing > digital > to film in a given circumstance. > > Al Ruscelli > Al Ruscelli Photography > www.ruscelli.com > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Yeah, I can image the great fun and the flexibility of digital once applied in this field, but yet isn't my case. Film is my media so far, so I must learn to squiz the maximum out of what is given. Alex __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
