Shooting underexpose on the subject will affect the overall subject image quality, muddy detail/noise, color, etc.

For such situation, since it's a planned shoot (I supposed?), better use reflector or fill-flash.


Can experiment with reflector and Fill-Flash, see the different outcome, from there you can gain more experience and so on.

Experiment and trying to different things can help to understand and learn more things instead of sticking to one technique. I got a friend who refuse to use flash for similar situation, after shoot the photo, we compare and I also show him different photo taken without flash, with flash and different exposure. The flash is just acting as a fill-ins the dark/shadow areas, like a Fill Light.

No problem, we're all learning and sharing.

Yup, there's many things to learn and explore.

Try and read the manual on how the speedlight works, it's really amazing how many information is needs to process in such a short time and how fast it can do it all.

Hard to blame them, try to put yourself in their shoe or try take up their job and experience it.

They need to deliver the results to their boss/company/client. There're soooo many photojournalist there, can they wait for one another? By the time your turn, you think the moment/shot will wait for you?
This is not model shoot, etc.
Plus this is a very BIG event.

Even for small events, like car launch, etc. There can be many many photojournalist, if you're shooting for yourself, then you wouldn't feel any pressure or MUST go and take the shot when it's crowded. BUT, imagine if you're company for a magazine/newspaper and they send you there. Are you gonna stand there and ask for other photojournalist to give you your turn? Let's say the car came out and the VIPS went up, you have only the few moments to get that shot, and it's full of photojournalist... Not only that... there're guest also squeezing there trying to take shot using their handphone/iPad, whatever. So, just imagine if you're a photojournalist send by a company/magazine, how pressure/stress and frustrated when many people are blocking you.

It also depends what moment, if during say, photo session with VIPS, etc. during the event where you're given ample time, the photojournalist will be friendly/polite and let others take their turn.

I'm not any photojournalist, but if one try to understand and imagine/look from their viewpoint/perception, you can roughly understand them.

You can also think about Wedding, during the bride and groom marching in, nobody is stopping and waiting for you. If you're the hired photographer, and there's guest holding their DSLR, Phone Camera, iPads, etc. standing in front of you blocking you while the couple is marching in. Will you take your time to ask the guest to give you way, etc?


This post has been edited by Andy214: Aug 31 2012, 01:00 PM

Usually people prefer warmer tones and or be in the scene/mood.
Really depends what is your photo for. If for yourself, then as long as you like the output.

Warmer output is usually what produce by most camera, possibly because they also know people prefer warmer tones, got the "mood" people say. Like in Wedding Dinner, you see guest taking photos, the whole thing yellow, they like it. Those photo with correct WB and color corrected, some people purposely apply the those effects filter to make it look yellowish somemore.
So really depends.

For professional or product shoot, it'll be about getting the accurate color instead.

Correct/Corrected WB, will give more accurate color and actually will give better result, especially if you compare in detail on the picture.

You mean when launch? That's with kit-lens.
If body only, the starting street price was around RM3800++

Samseng latest NX series have this feature, saw the video review on YouTube.

Is that Moire or?

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Depends what are you using the camera for. If for hobby, the depend if you have the $$ and willing to spend.
D600 is Full Frame Sensor, obviously there will be a lot of difference overall. Again, depends what are you using the camera for? what do you shoot? do you need it? Got $$? Willing to spend?
Upgrading to FX you might want to get an FX lens to fully utilize the focal length and MP (FX lens means there's more $$ involved aside from the body itself); of course, you can still use the DX mode and make do, all depends on you.

One more thing, put your eye to the viewfinder on a FX body, you will see something different already.

This post has been edited by Andy214: Sep 20 2012, 09:29 AM

Yea, one thing really not satisfied with DX viewfinder, wanna magnify it bigger to see more clearly,

But FX sensor, will bring overall improvements also. Besides, according to fstoppers link posted by CY above, he also mentioned in the comment, the D600 is slightly better than the D700 (suppose he mean image quality, noise, etc.)
After all, bigger sensor surely is different, just like when we move from a smaller sensor (let's say M4/3 to a APS-C sensor DSLR. So, moving to Full Frame is another leap.
Of course, as mentioned before, it depends on the individual needs, the purpose, $$$, etc.

Missing one zero very big difference leh

Haha, was talking about FX ViewFinder then you mentioned about D80 that you're sold, plus you wanted to get D800 before, so thought you were trying to say D800.

Of course, that's just one of it. The most significant difference is of course the result from the sensor.

As mentioned, it depends what do you use the camera for, etc. If it's just for hobby, does the person really need a Full Frame DSLR, it depend on the decision of the person and whether it's worth to spend the amount of money on it.

It's just as how some would upgrade from D7000 to D700; Of course, D700 have other features like more AF points and so on. It really depends what you're looking for.

DXO mark already produce result for D600 and currently it place third after both the D800.


This is usually the dilemma for people to upgrade from DX to FX as the lenses is another issue (more for Canon users). Again, it also depend what you shoot and what's your lens preference. For those who uses the standard fast zoom, that would mean the need to get the 24-70mm f/2.8 which can cost almost another D600 body, unless you got for the kits lens bundled with D600.

So your current lens?
Did you change or?

Sensor Cleaning only takes few minutes. Nikon BTS can do it as well.


Yes.

Shooting VIVID the color will over saturate, also depending on the exposure and lighting, etc.
Safer to use standard or portrait for human, and manually adjust vibrance/saturation/etc later. If you shoot with high saturation as default, not much room for recovery later as the file is already processed. It's like if you overcooked a meat, then you cannot undo later.

Haha, if you like overcooked then OK lo,

Depends what person shoot I guess. Shooting at events with dim light hall, group photos, moving subject, etc. Most of the shots will easily be in high ISO category, easily above 1600. Unless maybe the person use more direct flash and didn't care about the ambient/background exposure.

This post has been edited by Andy214: Oct 1 2012, 12:49 PM

Over 100++ people attending from FB alone. How big is the place?

This post has been edited by Andy214: Oct 1 2012, 02:43 PM

Not sure got anyone own or uses that before, so very hard to get answer.

Nowadays, you can google and find many reviews, even better, go YouTube, you can find video reviews.
I think DigitalRevTV did review this PZD version before.