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Fast lenses for night action shots

Started Aug 31, 2021 | Discussions thread
Erik Baumgartner Senior Member • Posts: 6,893
Always shoot with maximum IQ

These images are all 4416 X 2488 pixels which would appear to be in-camera 16 X 9 crops set to medium size (M), Not sure whether you had the quality set to FINE or NORMAL, but judging by the strong resistance to color correction, I'm guessing NORMAL. Getting the WB/color correct in-camera in these poorly lit indoor venues is going to be nearly impossible as will always nailing the perfect composition - ALWAYS shoot at maximum size (LARGE), and maximum quality (FINE) to give yourself as much flexibility as possible to correct the color/exposure and reevaluate/adjust the composition in post (+RAW, preferably). You can always crop to 16 X 9 format in post, but having the entire image to work with above and below the crop will be of great value if the shot wasn't level or if you want to do a tighter vertical crop or whatever. Jpegs throw a lot of information away and can be difficult to color correct because the necessary color information is no longer there, a FINE quality jpeg, however, will retain more adjustment latitude and be better than a NORMAL one for this, RAWs throw nothing away and retain perfect WB adjustability in post which is why they are so useful in these situations.

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