Charles Robinson wrote: > Did you ever bring a camera with to a show only to find out that > there wasn't ANY LIGHTING on the darned stage? > > I just saw a band last weekend where the fastest shutter speed I > could use (with the DS) was 1/15 of a second, at ISO 1600, with an > F2.8 lens cranked wide open.
How about 1/30, f1.4 and ISO 3200? That was the band I shot 2 weeks ago (one dim red spot, no other usable light, argh). It truly is a pain. > > It was so dark that half the time I could not even tell if I had the > darned frame in focus. With that in mind, I got some shots that I > guess you could call "moody" if you wanted to be generous. I shot > about 418 frames and these 18 shots are all that I was left with > after the selection/editing process. > > RAW would have made more usable images, but 418 images in RAW mode? > Not really practical! Batch conversions are your friend. As are big cards. > > With that in mind, for some sick reason, I thought I would share the > results. The bass player likes 'em, anyways.... (And it's a fun band) > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/NewStandards/index.html > > -Charles > > -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
