On May 18, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 19 May 2013 09:40, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Man. >> >> I just shot my first big concert with the K5 and it was a blast. >> >> While the auto-focus in a rock-concert environment (especially with tons of >> backlighting) is still iffy... there were no problems with the exposure. >> And if I muffed the exposure (at least on the dark side of things) all I had >> to do was grab the "exposure" slider in Lightroom and - problem solved. No >> bright colored sparkles of noise, just a nice smooth "film grain" look. >> >> It's really great to be able to pull actual details out of the shadows! >> >> Example shot from last night: >> >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2013/rebel_rebel_x/content/K5__2005_large.html >> >> (they are doing a cover of the horrible mess that is the Jagger/Bowie >> version of "Dancing In The Streets") >> >> It's difficult to imagine what will be available in 3 years (if Pentax is >> still in business)! > > Very nice Charles, but you were spoiled for light there! :) > > At concerts I'm often shooting 200mm @ 1/20 , f2.8 ISO4000 just to get > something usable! Focus is the issue for me, the noise profile, > exposure latitude and sensitivity are all excellent. I can usually get focus under those condition. I more typically shoot ISO 6400, f 2.8 @ 1/30th, but it sounds like a similar level of light. I always use a single focus point and just keep working an edge with some contrast until I get a lock. > > Cheers, > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
