Dec 22, 2008, 12:33
Here it is, Christmas time.... everyone on holidays... having a great time... relaxing... my 5D Mk2 arrives and all I want to do is go out shooting... I should be happy as a fly on poo.... but I'm absolutely snowed under with work with no end in sight (at least until the end of Jan) So I'm stuck inside staring at screens of code instead of playing with photos. *sigh* Oh well..
I was hoping to get out and spend a whole day shooting something (anything), but just haven't had the time.
The best I could manage was to take the 5D2 out to dinner and a club for a friend's birthday last Friday night in Fremantle. My plan was to travel light - so I took just the 5D2 with an EF 50mm f/1.4 lens and 32Gb CF card and nothing else. No other lenses, no flash (and it has no built-in flash), nothing. It's a classic combo (50mm on a FF body) and there's a good reason why - it gives images like no zoom lens can and is a surprisingly versatile focal length.
I didn't take many photos (after all, I was there to have fun), and the ones I took were very much informal snapshots. They are all shot using available light, and many of them could've used a faster shutter speed to really freeze the motion, but I don't really care. They are not scientific camera/lens tests or trying to be great examples of what the camera can do, just some casual reminders of a fun night out and a bit of an introduction to using the camera in some fairly challenging lighting.
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4. Little Creatures Brewery in Fremantle.
5. Lazy Train playing at the Fly By Night Club.
6. Posters of previous acts above the bar at the Fly By Night Club.
7. Abbe May and The Devil launch their latest album at the Fly By Night Club.
The 6400iso shots clean up better than shown here with some careful noise-reduction, but I didn't see the need.
I also shot some short (1 minute) video clips of the bands we watched to test out the video features, but I won't post them on the internet. Needless to say, the image quality is very impressive (the video frames are every bit as good as shot #7 shown above). I was also impressed with the built-in mic in such a loud environment (but I have an external mic to use whenever I can). Shot #3 above was actually a still photo taken while I was in the middle of shooting a small video clip, and it really shows the quality of the video (which is indistinguishable from shot #3 at this resolution). Unfortunately when shooting moving subjects at wide apertures like this, manual focussing becomes a big issue to keep the subject(s) sharp.
I've still got a lot to learn. But is it so much fun learning! All I need now is time.
I was hoping to get out and spend a whole day shooting something (anything), but just haven't had the time.
The best I could manage was to take the 5D2 out to dinner and a club for a friend's birthday last Friday night in Fremantle. My plan was to travel light - so I took just the 5D2 with an EF 50mm f/1.4 lens and 32Gb CF card and nothing else. No other lenses, no flash (and it has no built-in flash), nothing. It's a classic combo (50mm on a FF body) and there's a good reason why - it gives images like no zoom lens can and is a surprisingly versatile focal length.
I didn't take many photos (after all, I was there to have fun), and the ones I took were very much informal snapshots. They are all shot using available light, and many of them could've used a faster shutter speed to really freeze the motion, but I don't really care. They are not scientific camera/lens tests or trying to be great examples of what the camera can do, just some casual reminders of a fun night out and a bit of an introduction to using the camera in some fairly challenging lighting.
1.
2.
3.
4. Little Creatures Brewery in Fremantle.
5. Lazy Train playing at the Fly By Night Club.
6. Posters of previous acts above the bar at the Fly By Night Club.
7. Abbe May and The Devil launch their latest album at the Fly By Night Club.
The 6400iso shots clean up better than shown here with some careful noise-reduction, but I didn't see the need.
I also shot some short (1 minute) video clips of the bands we watched to test out the video features, but I won't post them on the internet. Needless to say, the image quality is very impressive (the video frames are every bit as good as shot #7 shown above). I was also impressed with the built-in mic in such a loud environment (but I have an external mic to use whenever I can). Shot #3 above was actually a still photo taken while I was in the middle of shooting a small video clip, and it really shows the quality of the video (which is indistinguishable from shot #3 at this resolution). Unfortunately when shooting moving subjects at wide apertures like this, manual focussing becomes a big issue to keep the subject(s) sharp.
I've still got a lot to learn. But is it so much fun learning! All I need now is time.
Adrian Broughton
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