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Was asked to cover the press launch of the 2010 Ford Mustang. They started the event at 6pm while the track section of the event started at 7:10pm. A little too dark for my 400D that had trouble focusing even with the faster lens I had. Had to bump the ISO up to compensate for the lack of light and my 400D isn't the best high ISO camera(it's one of the worst as it's old). Got a few still photos while the actions photos gcme terrible. Anyway it was a nice day out though I had a bath in my own sweat as it was HOT!!!
Shooting Date/Time : 7/16/2009 20:35:20 PM
Tv(Shutter Speed) : 1/80
Av(Aperture Value) : f1.8
Metering Mode : Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed : 800
Lens : EF 85mm f1.8
Focal Length : 85 mm
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Thanks...
Which lens do you have??
I was even finding the lighting was bad for my 70-200 and 10-22 (which has super fast focusing)
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50 1.8 II you mean...well that lens does not have a fast focusing system. You need to have USM to have a lens that focuses fast...
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Ohhhhh... When you initially said in your post "A little too dark for my 400D that had trouble focusing even with the faster lens I had. Had to bump the ISO up to compensate for the lack of light..." I assumed that you were taking about lens speed as in *aperture*, not lens speed as in *focus speed*. That's why I commented that "my f/1.8 lens is slow for some shots"; when it is really dark out, even when wide open at f/1.8, I get underexposed pictures unless I bump up the ISO to 800 or 1600.
And yea of course i meant 50 1.8; typed the "2" by mistake. :p
"that lens does not have a fast focusing system. You need to have USM to have a lens that focuses fast..."
Indeed, that lens doesn't have USM, nor does it have full time manual. The "manual" focus ring is a bitch to use too :( . Oh well, one day I'll get the f/1.4 one. Heard bad things about the f/1.2 lens (and its too expensive!)
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Canon 50mm f1.4 isn't too impressive either. Supposedly gets sharp above f2.0. Look into the Sigma variant, supposed to be better though has quality control issues like back focusing which a trip to the service center should fix....
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I had the Nikon 50mm f1.4 before I sell it but its not that impressive either... in a situation like yours you need to work at ISO 1600 minimum to get good exposed results...
I can go upto 1600 ISO on my D90 and get absolutely clean shots... but If I had a D700 or D3 I could boost it upto ISO 12800 and still not worry about image quality :D
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"Sometimes noise is a good thing... :P "
You can always add noise with photoshop :)
"boost it upto ISO 12800 and still not worry about image quality"
IQ at 12800 is (by far) not perfect...sure it's better than nothing, but it is not clean :)
Nice shot!
I too find that my f/1.8 lens is slow for some shots :(