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    Quote Originally Posted by Deep Days View Post
    Shooting with my Canon S2, I find that high ISO tends to come out really noisy. Is this a function of the specific camera, or is this true will all cameras at higher ISO (mine only goes to 400).

    My philosophy thus far has been to crank down the ISO as far as I can get away with while obtaining what I feel is correct exposure in order to keep picture quality higher and pixellation lower. Where do you guys draw the line of sacrifice between pixellation and blurring if you have to choose one of the two?
    It's true of the "lower-end" cameras.

    Decent cameras can shoot non-noisy high ISO.

    Example from a friend - Pat Mulrooney - with a top -end Nikon.



    More of Pat's pics from this dark cloudy overcast day in the trees here just in case you're curious

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/patmulr...7594149870776/

    I asked him some time ago what he shot - it was ISO 400 with something like 1/400 and f2.8. Going from memory so don't shoot me if I'm wrong but I remember the high ISO struck me as noteworthy since my Canon S60 takes very grainy shots at ISO400.

    None of these pics are at high-speed so i can't really help you Phil

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    thanks again for all the help

    i'm going to look into getting a pocket wizard asap

    also took a look at that canon website seems really helpful.

    i've read that manuel numerous times but as i am a visual learner reading techinical jargon about cameras just doesnt help that much.

    going to go into the woods a few times a week until the snow falls and just mess around with all your recommendations

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    you'll need some flashes too then....heh.
    seriously though, read your manual until you understand everything about that camera.....then get a good book and get to understand what everything you read about your camera...how it effects your shots.

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    If you are a visual learner as you mentioned there are several after market companies that make videos (~$25), which follow the manual pretty closely, of how to use all of the features on your camera. A good camera store might have them.

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    Hey postman, just curious, but what was the ISO, f-stop, shutter speed, and what lens were you using for those shots?

    Before looking at throwing down serious coin for the pocket wizards, you might want to use that cash for faster lenses (if you haven't already done so).

    And try some pan shots, this was shot at 1/60.




    Good luck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CS View Post
    this was shot at 1/60.
    .

    You have ninja like neck rotation skills.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kidwoo View Post
    You have ninja like neck rotation skills.
    no shit

    i can hardly handhold a sharp STILL photo at 1/60 sometimes.

    that pic is

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    Quote Originally Posted by pechelman View Post
    no shit

    that pic is

    Actually he took quite a few that day in pretty similar conditions to what the first post was addressing. Lots of woods, some overcast, some sunny.......... All the ones he put up turned out really well. (check old mammoth thread in sprocket rockets)

    I'm curious too........how do you access the shot settings info in an image? Isn't that stored in the file on high end digis?
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    I'm no pro photog by any means, but when I'm trying to figure out my digital camera's settings, I'll take a ton of photos of the same thing in the same light, and progressively vary the settings-- like, set the ISO and vary exposure with auto apeture, then change and vary something else. Since I don't know jack about cameras or photography, it lets me see what settings change stuff in the photos.

    My camera saves all the settings for a shot in the file so I can see what's what afterwords.
    It's idomatic, beatch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kidwoo View Post
    Actually he took quite a few that day in pretty similar conditions to what the first post was addressing. Lots of woods, some overcast, some sunny.......... All the ones he put up turned out really well. (check old mammoth thread in sprocket rockets)

    I'm curious too........how do you access the shot settings info in an image? Isn't that stored in the file on high end digis?
    Yah - its called an EXIF file. I access mine through Canon's Zoombrowser. I'm sure other software will display EXIF data.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeeLau View Post
    Yah - its called an EXIF file. I access mine through Canon's Zoombrowser. I'm sure other software will display EXIF data.
    right on

    Thanks man.
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    Try the EXIF Reader.

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    [QUOTE=CS;937409]Hey postman, just curious, but what was the ISO, f-stop, shutter speed, and what lens were you using for those shots?

    i'll have to get back to you on what the iso, f-stop, shutter speed was. i'm neck deep in learning income tax right now and nowhere near my labtop.

    i shot it with a canon 17-55 lens. i also have a tamron 28-200 lens

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    Quote Originally Posted by CS View Post
    Hey postman, just curious, but what was the ISO, f-stop, shutter speed, and what lens were you using for those shots?

    Before looking at throwing down serious coin for the pocket wizards, you might want to use that cash for faster lenses (if you haven't already done so).

    And try some pan shots, this was shot at 1/60.




    Good luck.
    Nice work. How do you freeze the subject? Practice? That looks like something I'd like to try with people skiing fast past me.
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    I would get the 50mm prime, that will help with the light without having to spend serious cash.

    Quote Originally Posted by CS View Post
    ...Before looking at throwing down serious coin for the pocket wizards, you might want to use that cash for faster lenses...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deep Days View Post
    Nice work. How do you freeze the subject? Practice? That looks like something I'd like to try with people skiing fast past me.
    You pan the camera along with the rider - this causes their relative motion (relative to the lens) to slow down, thus not blurring as much as the background which is moving backward relative to the lens. A slowish (like he said - 1/60) shutter speed will then result in a blurred background and sharp(er) subject, imparting the sense of motion to a still photo.

    Nice shot, that.

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    That CS kid is definitely getting mucho mo better behind the lens.
    He who has the most fun wins!

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    if you are using photoshop, right click at the blue bar at the top of your photo's windo and go to file info. that will give you all your metatdata. or in photoshop, go to: File > File Info

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    Quote Originally Posted by comish View Post
    That CS kid is definitely getting mucho mo better behind the lens.
    You guys need to pay attention to his sprocket rocket posts. He and otter have been putting up some really nice shots over the summer.
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    [QUOTE=CS;937409]Hey postman, just curious, but what was the ISO, f-stop, shutter speed, and what lens were you using for those shots?

    Before looking at throwing down serious coin for the pocket wizards, you might want to use that cash for faster lenses (if you haven't already done so).

    And try some pan shots, this was shot at 1/60.



    so i shot the first photo at 1/60 had an aperature of 4.5 an exposure compensation of 0 and an iso speed of 500. my shooting mode was ae. my auto focus points are at the center of the photo rather than the rider. that could be a problem

    my second photo was shot at a 1/50, iso of 500, aperature of 4.5 shooting mode ae and again balance points are more on that center than on the rider

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