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gerald7
post Jul 23 2011, 01:29 AM

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When using flash by default it will try to lock at 1/60. You can make it slower under menu. Look for "Flash Shutter Speed" it only effects P mode and A mode.

I always go iTTL for events. If you find that the iTTL seems too much under you and always +ev on the flash unit. That would increase the over all output of the flash power. But for events with limited positions I would go manual flash. Just to practice


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QUOTE(fubs @ Jul 22 2011, 06:50 PM)
i have a 17-55 dx nikkor. and i don't think i will sell it even if i go full frame. most likely will use it for a lower end body for travel usage smile.gif

it's hard to compare it side by side with 3rd party lenses. you must use it then you'll feel it.

for me it is a lens that you learn to appreciate with time. smile.gif
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Well said, I own a 17-55 as well. 3 years ... loving it every time I use it. My ultimate workhorse. I have friends who went the cheaper route, lets jst say, not many of them (the lens) function properly by 3rd year. Then again, I had to makan roti for one year to pay of the credit card debt! It all boils down to how bad you kena poison hehe

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post Jul 23 2011, 09:02 AM

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QUOTE(SSY22 @ Jul 23 2011, 08:57 AM)
^ I only owned 35mm , 50mm  tongue.gif
Good stuff, I have a friend who goes all primes on his D60. Manual focus most of his lens, but can create magnificent images. respect.
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post Jul 23 2011, 04:37 PM

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QUOTE(celciuz @ Jul 23 2011, 12:37 PM)
To be frank, I have seen some wedding photo shots slightly OOF and all. It just boils to how much they care... sometimes as long they get the moment, slightly oof and all is ok. Some people demand more some people demand less. Up to the user and client, most of them can't differentiate between sharp and slightly OOF anyways.
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Well if its OOF we can always claim, its artistic =.=
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post Aug 9 2011, 11:32 AM

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Hmm.. I never judge by skin color (in post processing) I usually try reference the eye color, slight milky white and the skin I just leave it. But I see many of my friends like to make the skin a lighter a few shades, esp for female portraits. blink.gif got to learn how to to that one of these days...


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QUOTE(chongkiatz @ Aug 9 2011, 11:30 AM)
i always set M , 800 / 1600 ISO , shutter speed 1/40~50 , TTL flashgun then good to go
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wow so high iso, drool.gif drool.gif what camera body is that? and do you shoot raw or in JpG or TIF ?

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post Aug 9 2011, 05:48 PM

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QUOTE(chongkiatz @ Aug 9 2011, 12:42 PM)
i using canon 550D  biggrin.gif , ISO 800 / 1600 isn't that bad la actually , shooting indoor normally at that ISO also , summore shooting group pic mostly using f4~5.6~7.1 , seldom use lower than f2.8
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oww... Mine only 200-400 ISO.. very rarely go to 800 ISO what more to say 1600 ISO.. keng ah.


QUOTE(Andy214 @ Aug 9 2011, 12:50 PM)
Depends, sometimes, you want the ambience/mood, sometimes, you want the skin color; especially if you're shooting people (especially girls); Imagine their face turn out yellow or orangy or dark when they have fair skin?

And the ISO is not really high especially if you're shooting wedding reception indoor where it's low light, and you're shooting group which requires smaller aperture most of the time.

If you underexpose, then it will be worst, the noise will be more apparent and muddy. So, if you underexpose, you will think or have the mindset that the camera cannot go higher ISO, when in fact, it's not the camera's fault.
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If setting correct should not make fair skin gal yellow leh.. but then again maybe some like it yellow haha! brows.gif

QUOTE(Agito666 @ Aug 9 2011, 12:55 PM)
ghost month is near, if you shoot orange/ yellow skin girl and got result in white skin... habis lah  tongue.gif
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yea yea ~ hungry ghost month coming... dun shoot come out bloodless skin one leh.. scary shocking.gif
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post Aug 9 2011, 06:35 PM

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QUOTE(jchue73 @ Aug 9 2011, 06:05 PM)
You obviously have not encountered problems with matching the flash WB with the ambient WB or p[robably do not realise that is a problem in the first place. If you do not correct the WB light from your flash to match the ambient lighting, you will get different colour lighting from the ambient and from your flash in your pics. Correcting WB on the subject in PP (as a result of light source from the flash) will produce horrible outcome on the background and vice versa.
If vearn27 wasn't using flash, doing custom WB would be the best. But if you use the default flash in tungsten ambient lighting, you would have problems getting correct WB in your pics if your flash is not WB corrected.
Like I mentioned in my reply above, even PP in RAW would give horrible "corrected" WB in PP if the flash WB is different from the ambient WB. Your method is correct if vearn27 does not shoot with flash.
Not possible if you use flash that is not WB corrected.
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So morale of the story is learn to use the gel packs given by Nikon in the SB800 & SB900s..... does the SB700 have the color correction gels included?? I was testing the SB900 color correction gels at an event recently and found that even with the gels and settings, a lil tweak is still needed to get the WB to look 'right' rclxub.gif
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post Aug 12 2011, 12:54 PM

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so what kind of pics do you all usually shoot. and do you PRINT or just share in FB n LYN?
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post Aug 12 2011, 10:03 PM

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