Timeline for I'm having trouble getting sharp pictures while shooting a concert from a press pass location
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| Jul 11, 2013 at 1:13 | comment | added | Justin F. | let us continue this discussion in chat | |
| Jul 10, 2013 at 2:42 | comment | added | Justin F. | I also asked another Nat Cam employee today for advice, but he seemed pretty annoyed by me for asking him questions... But he recommended that I change the aperture to 4,5, or 6 to get a sharper photo. But he did agree on using dynamic focus... compared to AF. | |
| Jul 10, 2013 at 2:36 | comment | added | Justin F. | @AJHenderson Are you around to chat? | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 22:58 | comment | added | Justin F. | AJ, if you are on a bit later. I would love to chat with you. You have a lot of great insight into my problems. I'm about to head out the door for a few hours... but if you are on later, I would love to chat. Thanks | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 22:47 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | @JustinF. They were recommending f/2.8 mostly to capture as much light as possible, but if you are shooting at an angle where it makes the DoF too small, it'll force the image out of focus anyway. In those cases, you need to adjust the aperture down to allow for more of the shot to be in focus even though it'll cost you in terms of needing to increase ISO unless you have shutter speed to spare. As for AUTO, in general, you are going to end up with the same shots. At low light, AUTO is going to throw the aperture wide open, just like you have it manually set now. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 22:44 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | @zacharmarz - photobucket has the same ability if you go to more info in the lower right corner, though I missed it at first too. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 22:41 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | I noticed you were at more of an angle then so their feet and instrument were significantly closer than their face and even their face was spread out over a good 6 to 8 inches of difference in distance. That makes it so an f/2.8 shot is going to have parts that are soft. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 22:40 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | It's really up to you if you wanted to upgrade to a lens with more reach. The 50 seems fine as long as you want to get full body shots, but obviously something going more into the 70-200 range would be (or 50-150 range for APS-C sensors) would give you a good zoom range for shooting from front of stage and getting closer shots. The other thing to keep in mind is that when shooting at f/2.8, your DoF is so shallow that making sure that you what you want in focus is equidistant becomes key. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 22:32 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | @JustinF. you seem to have a lot of questions that aren't directly related to the initial question. If you want to jump in chat I'd be more than happy to have a more in depth discussion with you. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 22:31 | comment | added | AJ Henderson♦ | @JustinF. - yes, in A mode, the camera will adjust shutter speed as necessary, but you should keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't get too slow. If it does, then you need to adjust another parameter manually to bring it back in to an allowable range. Semi-manual modes are great for allowing greater creative control without having to go full manual, but you still have to monitor the situation and make sure that the parameters being used make sense for the content you are shooting and occasionally make manual adjustments. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 22:12 | comment | added | Justin F. | Part of my wants to shoot in AUTO mode, but I know that kind of a cheating way to do it and I heard they could turn out bad... So I would hate to resort to that. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 22:02 | comment | added | Justin F. | Another flickr.com/photos/98661362@N02/9249190513/meta | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 21:58 | comment | added | Justin F. | flickr.com/photos/98661362@N02/9249171289/meta | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 21:50 | comment | added | Justin F. | Also the guy at Nat Cam said keep it wide open at 2.8, Should I do that? Or close it up a bit? | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 21:47 | comment | added | zacharmarz | You have to use some special software, which will show you this information. Or for example flickr will do it (if you click for example on this link: flickr.com/photos/82505773@N04/9073999658 and find Additional info, you will see Settings: 1/160,... - it means 1/160 s. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 21:24 | comment | added | Justin F. | As being a rookie at the who photography thing, you would have to tell me how to do this, as I have no clue how to find EXIF data or how to write it... Sorry :( | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 21:17 | comment | added | zacharmarz | Shutter speed is controlled automatically and that may be problem. It may be too slow and you probably even didn't notice. You can try to find Shutter speed in EXIF data and write it for us. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 21:06 | comment | added | Justin F. | Then again, since I was shooting in an amphitheater, it was much lighter out before the sun went down... so maybe bumping up the iso will really help the John Mayer shots? | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 21:02 | comment | added | Justin F. | Also, the opening band pics came out great. I just don't understand why John Mayer's came out so bad. Seen here: s806.photobucket.com/user/AKOG/media/… | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 20:57 | comment | added | Justin F. | Also, as you can see in the pics, I am zoomed in completely in every photo. I almost felt like I need a little more zoom to get a few close ups of his face/guitar, (that way I dont have to crop a bunch of the photo). Do you recommend me getting the next step up zoom lens? Or do the photos look fine? | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 20:54 | comment | added | Justin F. | Sorry, I'm not completely understanding. Doesn't the camera control the shutter speed in "A" mode? I'm a bit confused by the 1/focal length rule. | |
| Jul 9, 2013 at 20:45 | history | answered | AJ Henderson♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
