I shoot raw, too.

We have to work with what we have.

Daniela said I don't know how to check the picture properties on the forum and the magnifying glass icon of the forum doesn't seem to work...but thanks for the info.

Daniela... To see the camera settings... right click on the photo and save the image to your computer. Then right click on the saved image, choose properties, and then click on the "details" tab. Scroll down and you will see the various camera settings. I have a PC. It may be different on a MAC, if that's what you have.

Sometimes the camera settings are left blank. They can be removed before uploading, but I don't know why one would want to. Also, I think that if one of the camera's presets are used such as "pets" or "portrait" then the settings may also not be available in the file's properties.

(Jared Polin should get a haircut and yes............ we all know that he shoots RAW.}

Mandrake

Mandrake said

Daniela... Unlike many recent photo postings, the camera settings are actually available in the file's properties.
f/2.8, 1/100 sec., 17mm, bias, -0.7, no flash and.................. ISO-4000 (that's 3 zeros).

Mandrake

Hi mandrake, I don't know how to check the picture properties on the forum and the magnifying glass icon of the forum doesn't seem to work...but thanks for the info.
I have a D7000 and lots of problems with the ISO mainly in low light situations. The most bearable ISO for me is 1250, above that picture degradates. I'm a medium format fan, although I don't have one, but I'm very fascinated by the perfection of forms, colours and details on photography. Of course in a live concert is not recomended to use huge and slow cameras, but I once saw a picture of some live performances and hockey match of a photographer called Jared Polin, taken with a D3s with 8000 ISO and I saw it on flickr at very big size and there is no noise at all, but skin and shapes are nice even he may applied some noise reduction.

About noise reduction in LR, I'm not a big fan because it deforms things and gives a wax look on people faces, it loses detail because disguises noise black pixels into color pixels and it's a process in the sofware that also results in deteoration of the image quality. I don't say we cannot use noise reduction, but use it wisely about 20% maximum and then zoom it to see what happens to the image and see if you notice some wax-kind-of-look.

brunogallant said

MHP Mike said

I'm jealous of all your new fancier whiz bang cameras. My current one has a max ISO of 1600, I also nicknamed that ISO "crap" since the noise is awful at that setting, not so great at 800 either. I just keep telling myself that shooting with an inferior camera teaches me more lol.

edit- Bruno, not sure if you have shot other concerts but is it not one of the most challenging settings you can imagine, you're brain has so little downtime with lights changing brightness and color and the band moving around depending on how animated they are. So fun

Do you have a link to bands page so we can here some of songs?

It is quite challenging, but really fun. I have shot concerts for friends bands since 2002, starting with film, then with a Nikon D200, then with the D7000. It is way much easier now with the D7000 than ever before, but having glass at f/2.8 at least is still what you need, but with the high ISO range you can shoot at speeds higher than 1/60, which makes a lot of difference. You still shoot with spot metering, trying to catch people's face as they move, and you shoot like crazy. I did about 650 exposures in 80 minutes on that show.

The new cameras have more options. It is a tool, does nothing without an artistic mind behind the viewfinder. I take great pictures with the camera on my Galaxy Tab 7". I would not shoot a concert with it though.

Yea, the fast lens helps a ton, I shot with a 1.8 but with my wonderful camera lol, it has a front focusing issue and unfortunately has no way to adjust this so shooting at 1.8 with it produces less than desirable results. Thanks for the spot metering tip, I think I was using the standard metering setting on M mode. I'm shooting another concert at the end of March and I'll mess with that.

MHP Mike said

I'm jealous of all your new fancier whiz bang cameras. My current one has a max ISO of 1600, I also nicknamed that ISO "crap" since the noise is awful at that setting, not so great at 800 either. I just keep telling myself that shooting with an inferior camera teaches me more lol.

edit- Bruno, not sure if you have shot other concerts but is it not one of the most challenging settings you can imagine, you're brain has so little downtime with lights changing brightness and color and the band moving around depending on how animated they are. So fun

Do you have a link to bands page so we can here some of songs?

It is quite challenging, but really fun. I have shot concerts for friends bands since 2002, starting with film, then with a Nikon D200, then with the D7000. It is way much easier now with the D7000 than ever before, but having glass at f/2.8 at least is still what you need, but with the high ISO range you can shoot at speeds higher than 1/60, which makes a lot of difference. You still shoot with spot metering, trying to catch people's face as they move, and you shoot like crazy. I did about 650 exposures in 80 minutes on that show.

The new cameras have more options. It is a tool, does nothing without an artistic mind behind the viewfinder. I take great pictures with the camera on my Galaxy Tab 7". I would not shoot a concert with it though.

edit- Bruno, not sure if you have shot other concerts but is it not one of the most challenging settings you can imagine, you're brain has so little downtime with lights changing brightness and color and the band moving around depending on how animated they are. So fun

Do you have a link to bands page so we can here some of songs?

Unless you print it on a 24 x 36 inches paper, it is acceptable. Well for me at least.

Mandrake

@b.s.e: they are playing complex progressive rock, and they are older...