Canon 5D MkIII difficult assignment. REALLY low light show coverage issues.

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#22
First of all try working on your verticals and getting your horizons straight. Then try and at least get an accurate WB. A 7D would handle this at 1600ISO without any noise what so ever so if you've shelled out on a 5D mk 3 then have a read about the specs and what lighting conditions it can handle. Also, why would you need 2 assistants to carry a tripod and a couple of clips?
 
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#23
drjlo said:
awinphoto said:
All else fails, pick up a metz 76mz handle mount flash... GN is 76m at 100... Compared to the 58 for the 580 or even 60 for the 600 Canons, it is just more powerful.
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That's some powerful flash. Looks like it's going to run >$1100 with the Canon adapter and needed accessories though. It might be cheaper, although more painful, to drag along one of my Alien Bees next time..
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It is a beast of a flash... Prices have gone up (surprise surprise) since I last bought on many moons ago. For that price you can pick up a decent strobe kit (alien bee's or white lightings or a cheap profoto) but then you have to worry about stands, awkward transport from display to display... There are trade-offs either way. The metz semi attaches to your camera via bracket and it's a portable easy set up with ettl, strobo/multi flash, modeling lamp, etc... all the functionality we love from our canon flashes but the power of a small strobe. I shot with those back in the film days but when I switched to the 10d, that model couldn't support digital cameras, I moved to a cheaper metz shoemount flash, and then when i got the 7d, moved to canon flashes for the wireless flash triggering... I miss the raw power of this flash but admittedly it's gone up in price and I'd rather grab even more power with white lightnings for half the cost... But then there are the trade off's mentioned before.
 
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Mt Spokane Photography said:
Why not post a link to your flickr page, or limit your post to 4 images? It is really annoying to have my computer hang while it is downloaing dozens of images. Not everyone has gigabit internet.

By the time my computer came back to life, I was too disgusted to enjoy the ton of images.
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...and you spend all that time on the internet commenting? This was not helpful.
 
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awinphoto said:
RLPhoto said:
Tripod
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assuming the venue allows tripods... many conventions and shows will not allow tripods if theres any chance it could impede on consumer walkways. If they do allow it, bring it, if not, IS and stronger flash.
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Joby Gorilla Pod Then. Mount it to a lamp somewhere but make the camera still.
 
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helpful said:
Mt Spokane Photography said:
Why not post a link to your flickr page, or limit your post to 4 images? It is really annoying to have my computer hang while it is downloaing dozens of images. Not everyone has gigabit internet.

By the time my computer came back to life, I was too disgusted to enjoy the ton of images.
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Be nicer! I'm sure it took a long time for the poster to post all those images, and it's not your computer that's hanging, just the time it takes for the photos to download. The CPU load is almost nothing for viewing images on a website, at least with any computer more recent than 1995 or so. (I remember a 1980s computer that was still being used, and it took about two seconds of processing time just for the cursor to hover over a "rollover" image and show the "highlighted" version.)

Believe me, your computer has no ill effects as a result. I know you know this, but I just wanted to remark that our inconvenience (I have slow internet at the moment as well) is more than made up for by the huge amount of time that the poster had to invest in producing such a huge post.
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The point is that 4 images are enough in a post. Thats why CR limits attachments to 4 images.

By posting a link to a website where many images can be viewed, its just plain easier on viewers with slow internet, and the poster does have something to share, so we'd all like to see at least a few of the images.

A alternative would be to post small images that can be clicked to download a larger version.
 
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#29
A couple of things:

First, please chill with the photos. I thought you were just trying to show us some examples, not your entire portfolio of the event.

Second, the answer to your question is obvious. If its dark you can either do one or more of the above: use tripod, higher flash, more flashes, higher ISO, smaller DOF, lens with really good IS. The only "trick" that I can think of is to simply underexposed your shots by nearly a stop to gain shutter speed, then bump it up in post. I do that a lot and my 50D handles it just fine. I'm not sure what you expect if you want a wide DOF, no tripod, and low ISO - especially in REALLY low light.
 
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#32
what i don't get is how the tripod is somehow to big...set cam to tripod, then just fold legs when done and carry...I kind of don't agree with the idea of more flash power, unless you were taking it off cam, but then you've really got a lot to carry. A tripods really not much to take around with you though, unless you have some giant beast of a tripod meant to hold 50+ lbs for astrophotography or something...

also, if no tripod, from what i have seen of the mkiii, crank that ISO - high iso performance is one of that bodies best attributes!
 
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drjlo said:
K-amps said:
Very nice pics, thanks for sharing! :)

Did you get a chance to hear the YG acoustics?
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Yes, they had several rooms featuring various YG acoustics speakers, and as they are built from CNC-aluminum cabinet, they always sound very clean, clear, and smooth. Only problem is the price.
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Ahh...still putting out good old McIntosh amps....man, I love those things..their old tube amps.

Stereos that 'glow'.....are cool, and sound soooo good!!!

Lot's of high dollar gear at this show!

C
 
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Chuck Alaimo said:
what i don't get is how the tripod is somehow to big...set cam to tripod, then just fold legs when done and carry...I kind of don't agree with the idea of more flash power, unless you were taking it off cam, but then you've really got a lot to carry. A tripods really not much to take around with you though, unless you have some giant beast of a tripod meant to hold 50+ lbs for astrophotography or something...

also, if no tripod, from what i have seen of the mkiii, crank that ISO - high iso performance is one of that bodies best attributes!
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No arguments however certain venues will not let you bring it in... Some venues even frown on monopods... Some venues dont like pro cameras regardless... This is where a photographer needs to do homework before hand to find out what is, what isn't, what gray areas a certain venue may have BEFORE going.
 
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Quackator said:
The main problem seems to be that you didn't match ambient and flash in color.
Tripod and HDR would have been another solution.

I don't see this assignment as so difficult.
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about matching colors - thats something that is really simple to do. just buy a set of rosco gels for like 10 bucks. it comes with 100 or so in varying colors. then, match the flash with the color temp of the lights in the building. make sure you shoot in raw, because you will probably have to seriously adjust the white balance afterwards unless you set a good custom white balance. that way the light from the flash doesn't stand out as a white light against yellow, blue, or green (depending on the light source). if there are fluorescent, tungsten, halogen, and sun while you're using your flash then good luck.
 
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