How's your camera set up and why?
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20 years
Winterpeg Manitoba Canada
image tone: neutral (mostly people pics for me)
Rec Pixels: 6m
Quality level *** (speed matters, raw only when needed)
saturation: middle
sharpnes: middle
contrast: middle
instant review: 1 sec (set with histogram, and highlight warning)
auto bracket: +-0.3 (my light meter set to 1/3 stop increments)
ae metering: matrix
swtch dst msr pt: multi point, manual (centered with o.k. button)
af mode: single (switch to sports mode when continous is needed)
flash exp.comp. -0.7 (af ftz500 over exposes)
Playback:
plbk dsply mthd: images only (4x mag factor to check sharpnes)
bright portion: instant review (quick check to see if I've blown highlights)
Custom settings:
noise reduction: on
expsr setting steps: 1/3 incr
iso corction in auto: 4 (200-3200)
iso snstvty wrn dspl: 2 (400)
link af point and ae : 2 (on I often use flash)
meter operating time : 3 (30 seconds)
ae-l with af locked : 2 (on)
ok btn when shooting :2 (center of af point- aloows fast reset of af point)
ae-l bttn on m expsr: 1 (program line- quick start for manual exp)
superimpose af area : 1 on
using aperture ring 2: I use older lenses.
release when charging :2 on (if my flash doesn't get recharged, during a burst I still get a shot. (auto iso helps here)
instant review dsply: 2 plbck with histogram
mag to strt zm plybk : 3 4x
man. wb measurement : 2 spot
color space :1 srgb (for workflow reasons)
I find this setup works for most of my coporate/wedding work.
Our work entails photojournalistic coverage of these events (different set -up for portraits/studio work) .
We fire upwards of 1200 images.
I transfer images into a folder on my desktop (card readers in my epson proofing printers, and cameras allow up to 5 memory cards to be downloaded simultaniously to my Imac.), batch rename and burn that folder to dvd rw.
then run photo reviewer to reject duds.
Automator actions (mac program- to die for) takes over from here.
I-photo on my networked Emac imports the photos, sorts them, lays out web page and updates my private section of my web page, and burns a disc of html files for customer to proof)
My imac then launches PS to batch process the images and import them into Iphoto , then Iphoto is used to sort images and send to Idvd, when customer gets back on thier choices the idvd project is edited and burned.
We'll be adding hd video to the mix next year and I movie will be incorporated.
We have a 1 day turnaround on the proofs, and have to get things right in camera and be quick about it.
print orders are taken and only images chosen for print are carefully edited for printing. (usually these were portraits shot raw/adobe rgb).
Customer walks away with dvd album, html cd for sharing, and enlargements for wall/albums. I archive copies for safe keeping.
Raw workflow is too slow, and Idvd can't use any other colorspace than srgb.
Maybe apples aperture will change everything for us...we'll let you know.