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Fast lenses for night action shots

Started Aug 31, 2021 | Discussions thread
OP sifro Forum Member • Posts: 52
Re: Fast lenses for night action shots - Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 Mark II

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

No, a flash will be distracting for the dancers and will significantly alter the vibe. What you need is to improve your shooting/focusing technique and especially learn how to process RAW so that you can easily (and selectively) correct the white balance and tame the dynamic range (also selectively) after the fact. Jpeg shooting has its place, but it isn’t in a low light/high dynamic range situation with mixed lighting. Judging by your recent shots, there’s no question in my mind that good looking results could be had with the f/2.8 16-55 zoom, and certainly with your 56 f/1.4 (though in this situation I wouldn’t have probably gone beyond f/2). You had plenty of light to stop down the aperture a bit and/or bump up the SS some.

Thank you! So I'll put "studying how to work with RAW files" at the top of my todo list; looks like it could be the biggest change in my photography, even more than a new expensive lens.
So any other purchases will happen after I learn how to unlock the full potential of my current equipment.
(I'll keep this beautiful Viltrox 56 1/4 though )

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