Re: K-1 and ISO invariance
Gonz wrote: The second set (k20) appears to be the wrong set. oops, It should be https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157625430541230 or http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157625430541230 Igor might be interested in the set I accidentally sent: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157625430541230 It is photos from dancing on Thursday night, after noise reduction was applied. On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I've been exploring the K-1 and night photography lately. This set was shot in the same place, on two different nights. The first night there was a half moon that had risen a couple hours previously, the second night there was no light from the moon, but a lot more light from hwy 17 lighting the foreground. They were actually two nights apart, it's just that the first night was after midnight so the dates only show one day difference: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157670122716326 If you look at the exif data: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157670122716326 By way of comparison, here are some photos taken with the K20 at the same spot, late at night. The mists made the scene a bit more photogenic. http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157625430541230 You will see that after post processing it is nearly impossible to tell apart two shots with the same exposure apart from ISO. I don't know why I can see the milky way in the first set, but not the second set, perhaps it hadn't moved into the scene yet because that is exactly the opposite of what I expected. On one hand, this means that if your post processing software could handle it, you could shoot at base ISO all of the time, and almost never clip your highlights. However, since lightroom does not handle more than 5EV gracefully, there is also little to no downside to pushing the ISO hard enough to see what you need to see (so long as you don't clip highlights). I was shooting way under exposed last night so as not to blow out the colored lights behind the band I was shooting. The problem was that the people in the foreground were so dark, I couldn't see anything useful on the display. I would love to see a paradigm shift in cameras used by people who shoot in raw. The ability to always shoot at base ISO (not the requirement, but the ability), and to have an equivalent to ISO control, simply control the brightness of the preview jpeg. Ideally, being able to adjust it in camera while you're looking at it. The histogram would, of course, report the raw data, ideally also showing a number with the percentage of clipped pixels in each channel. I'd love to see some sort of number showing SNR in the shadows as well. The only photos of any artistic merit are the ones of the fir trees at the end. They were well lit by the headlights on the hwy. There are some weird effects where they have more illumination in some shots than others. It may have something to do with traffic patterns, though it didn't seem to vary that much over 20 second time spans at the time. For people who know the area, I took the bear creek / Black Road exit, and doubled back to Montevina road. I parked at a little pullout there and walked a hundred yards/meters or so back towards the exit to get a better view of the lagoon. BTW, I'm still waiting for a chance to try my luck with M31. I haven't had both a clear view of it and a long lens. It seems to be rising pretty late at night, usually after the moon. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 and ISO invariance
The second set (k20) appears to be the wrong set. On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I've been exploring the K-1 and night photography lately. This set was shot > in the same place, on two different nights. The first night there was a half > moon that had risen a couple hours previously, the second night there was no > light from the moon, but a lot more light from hwy 17 lighting the > foreground. They were actually two nights apart, it's just that the first > night was after midnight so the dates only show one day difference: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157670122716326 > > If you look at the exif data: > > http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157670122716326 > > By way of comparison, here are some photos taken with the K20 at the same > spot, late at night. The mists made the scene a bit more photogenic. > > http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157625430541230 > > You will see that after post processing it is nearly impossible to tell > apart two shots with the same exposure apart from ISO. I don't know why I > can see the milky way in the first set, but not the second set, perhaps it > hadn't moved into the scene yet because that is exactly the opposite of what > I expected. > > On one hand, this means that if your post processing software could handle > it, you could shoot at base ISO all of the time, and almost never clip your > highlights. However, since lightroom does not handle more than 5EV > gracefully, there is also little to no downside to pushing the ISO hard > enough to see what you need to see (so long as you don't clip highlights). > > I was shooting way under exposed last night so as not to blow out the > colored lights behind the band I was shooting. The problem was that the > people in the foreground were so dark, I couldn't see anything useful on the > display. > > I would love to see a paradigm shift in cameras used by people who shoot in > raw. The ability to always shoot at base ISO (not the requirement, but the > ability), and to have an equivalent to ISO control, simply control the > brightness of the preview jpeg. Ideally, being able to adjust it in camera > while you're looking at it. > The histogram would, of course, report the raw data, ideally also showing a > number with the percentage of clipped pixels in each channel. > I'd love to see some sort of number showing SNR in the shadows as well. > > The only photos of any artistic merit are the ones of the fir trees at the > end. They were well lit by the headlights on the hwy. There are some weird > effects where they have more illumination in some shots than others. It may > have something to do with traffic patterns, though it didn't seem to vary > that much over 20 second time spans at the time. > > For people who know the area, I took the bear creek / Black Road exit, and > doubled back to Montevina road. I parked at a little pullout there and > walked a hundred yards/meters or so back towards the exit to get a better > view of the lagoon. > > BTW, I'm still waiting for a chance to try my luck with M31. I haven't had > both a clear view of it and a long lens. It seems to be rising pretty late > at night, usually after the moon. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K-1 and ISO invariance
I've been exploring the K-1 and night photography lately. This set was shot in the same place, on two different nights. The first night there was a half moon that had risen a couple hours previously, the second night there was no light from the moon, but a lot more light from hwy 17 lighting the foreground. They were actually two nights apart, it's just that the first night was after midnight so the dates only show one day difference: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157670122716326 If you look at the exif data: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157670122716326 By way of comparison, here are some photos taken with the K20 at the same spot, late at night. The mists made the scene a bit more photogenic. http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157625430541230 You will see that after post processing it is nearly impossible to tell apart two shots with the same exposure apart from ISO. I don't know why I can see the milky way in the first set, but not the second set, perhaps it hadn't moved into the scene yet because that is exactly the opposite of what I expected. On one hand, this means that if your post processing software could handle it, you could shoot at base ISO all of the time, and almost never clip your highlights. However, since lightroom does not handle more than 5EV gracefully, there is also little to no downside to pushing the ISO hard enough to see what you need to see (so long as you don't clip highlights). I was shooting way under exposed last night so as not to blow out the colored lights behind the band I was shooting. The problem was that the people in the foreground were so dark, I couldn't see anything useful on the display. I would love to see a paradigm shift in cameras used by people who shoot in raw. The ability to always shoot at base ISO (not the requirement, but the ability), and to have an equivalent to ISO control, simply control the brightness of the preview jpeg. Ideally, being able to adjust it in camera while you're looking at it. The histogram would, of course, report the raw data, ideally also showing a number with the percentage of clipped pixels in each channel. I'd love to see some sort of number showing SNR in the shadows as well. The only photos of any artistic merit are the ones of the fir trees at the end. They were well lit by the headlights on the hwy. There are some weird effects where they have more illumination in some shots than others. It may have something to do with traffic patterns, though it didn't seem to vary that much over 20 second time spans at the time. For people who know the area, I took the bear creek / Black Road exit, and doubled back to Montevina road. I parked at a little pullout there and walked a hundred yards/meters or so back towards the exit to get a better view of the lagoon. BTW, I'm still waiting for a chance to try my luck with M31. I haven't had both a clear view of it and a long lens. It seems to be rising pretty late at night, usually after the moon. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.