Tomorrow night I have a job in Sydney shooting a well known aussie band called PVT. I'm shot pictures for them before
earlier this year with my K-50 but this time I have the K-1
I recently read up about the Noise Reduction features, specifically High-ISO NR (specifically found at Menu>Camera 2>Noise Reduction>Hig-ISO NR).
Typically I have been shooting with this at default, Auto. However the concert environment (if experience is anything to go by) is dimly lit, and definitely no flash to be used, I imagine 3200 and 6400 ISO may be the norm. Do you think bumping this feature on at all helps in this kinda scenario? I have noticed switching it on things are slower to process, I'm just wondering if I should leave off and do all my NR in Lightroom as I shoot RAW anyway. Or does the K-1 do a significant and important step in-camera in regards to this and it would be foolish to ignore it?
Also, please feel free to share any specific user settings you might choose to photograph an event like this, my current choice is;
TAv mode
AF.C
AF 2 Enabled (so that I back button focus)
I'll adjust Aperture and Shutter speed depending upon light available, closeness to subject and whether they are animated or fairly stationary (fast or slow song).
Center Weighted
AF Active Area SEL
ISO AUTO (up to 51200)
So yeh that's pretty much it, was just curious over the consensus of the High-ISO NR feature and whether its benefits outweigh the slower process time (is this something best left to those not wanting to PP?).
Cheers,
Bruce