Originally posted by DeadJohn It's my understanding that PJ work often involves a rush to get published. Do you use jpg or shoot raw and process everything?
I love the overall processing on these photos. That long marble hallway with everyone wearing dark suits - the white walls aren't blown out, none of the suits are too black, great example of dynamic range. If these are straight from the camera, can you share your default in-camera jpg settings?
How did you process the panoramas? Are you working with longer deadlines, do you send unprocessed photos to someone else to stitch, or do you carry a laptop and stitch on site?
I always shoot RAW and process everything.
If I need more time to process a photo I start by sending what I have ready and then send the rest.
I don't do panoramas on a daily basis.
Usually I first simply try to stitch the panoramas on Photoshop.
If that doesn't work on the first try and I really want to keep the photo I give it a try with PTGui.
In PTGui I use the Photoshop format with the 'Blended and Layers' option so that I can do minor
corrections afterwards if needed.
In PTGui I use automatic alignment but many times I simply have to give up on a panorama
because it will take to much time to do it well.
Thx
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Originally posted by DeadJohn I'm a hobbyist so working under less pressure than you, but for static or slow moving subjects I prefer to focus (using the back AF button) and recompose instead of manually changing the K-5 AF point. That's impractical for faster subjects but should work when subjects are standing and talking. Field curvature on some lenses might also be an issue.
I also used to focus like that but then changed to Focus Select.
I've done it mainly because I was struggling with the K5 focusing system and I was trying to find
solutions. In the process I found out that Focus Select was giving me better focusing results
maybe because of field curvature.
Another interesting thing I've notice was that when you are shooting persons interacting with each other
and move the camera to focus and then recompose one on more persons are temporary away from
your field of view and you don't see what they are doing. When you finally recompose you might want to
change your main subject. By using Focus Select you constantly keep them in your field of view - this is
not entirely true because the K5II only has AF Points in the central area so I always have to slightly recompose.
As an extra note I might add that:
I only use the non-cross type AF Points on good light sources situations. On low light situation they tend to
be less reliable when focusing on dark suits, for example, so I avoid them.
In extreme low light situation I tend to use the central AF Point and then recompose technique more often
because this point is more sensitive to light.
Vitor