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Concert Photos · 09:16 AM

Went to a concert last nite - they had quite a few lighting issues, but by the main act (Steven Curtis Chapman) the lights were back on. Here are a few shots taken with my full manual Sears 135mm/2.8 @ ISO800 and 1600. All of these were RAW with a quick export to jpg in Lightroom with defaults - no other editing/tweaking. Resized with Irfanview. We were 6th row center.

The set: Chapman Concert - Quick Develop - a photoset on Flickr

and · 10-30-2007, 05:31 PM

Looks like you did a great job considering the lighting that is normally available during concerts. Iso 800 and 1600 and no editing? I see these are ISO 800. They sure show off how the 6mp models trump the k10d on iso performance, I stay away from ISO 800 on my k10d.

ccallana · 10-30-2007, 09:58 PM

Heres one at 3200, 1/40th on a 135mm....

and · 10-30-2007, 10:12 PM

Thats great! I cant remember 3200 looking that good on my DS. You can see slight noise, but I am often more bothered by iso 800 on my k10d than I am by the noise in that shot. Really no PP at all ?

ccallana · 10-30-2007, 11:19 PM

Whatever Lightroom did on its own - All I did was import into Lightroom, select the whole set, and Export full sized jpegs @ 95% or so. Then I resized down to 800 in Irfanview, using that to add the black border. Nothing else.

I'm not sure if Lightroom does any noise reduction by default or not...

and · 10-30-2007, 11:45 PM

I see, well I think these are very good as far as concert pictures go. Normally concert pics are either overly blurred due to slow shutter or overly noisy due to high iso. but these came out very nicely

ccallana · 10-31-2007, 07:21 AM

Thanks! this was my first try at it and its a lot harder than it looks.... I got quite a few garbage shots - but it was fun!!

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10-30-2007, 05:31 PM	#2
and Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,476	Looks like you did a great job considering the lighting that is normally available during concerts. Iso 800 and 1600 and no editing? I see these are ISO 800. They sure show off how the 6mp models trump the k10d on iso performance, I stay away from ISO 800 on my k10d.

10-30-2007, 09:58 PM	#3
ccallana Inactive Account Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Folsom, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 321 Original Poster	Heres one at 3200, 1/40th on a 135mm....

10-30-2007, 10:12 PM	#4
and Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,476	Thats great! I cant remember 3200 looking that good on my DS. You can see slight noise, but I am often more bothered by iso 800 on my k10d than I am by the noise in that shot. Really no PP at all ?

10-30-2007, 11:19 PM	#5
ccallana Inactive Account Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Folsom, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 321 Original Poster	Whatever Lightroom did on its own - All I did was import into Lightroom, select the whole set, and Export full sized jpegs @ 95% or so. Then I resized down to 800 in Irfanview, using that to add the black border. Nothing else. I'm not sure if Lightroom does any noise reduction by default or not...

10-30-2007, 11:45 PM	#6
and Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,476	I see, well I think these are very good as far as concert pictures go. Normally concert pics are either overly blurred due to slow shutter or overly noisy due to high iso. but these came out very nicely

10-31-2007, 07:21 AM	#7
ccallana Inactive Account Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Folsom, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 321 Original Poster	Thanks! this was my first try at it and its a lot harder than it looks.... I got quite a few garbage shots - but it was fun!!

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