Hello Keith,What is your take on Richard Butler's articles in dpreview: 1) Sense and Sensitivity Part 1 and 2) ISO and Sensitivity Part 2 (Behind the Scenes: Extended Highlights)?Thanks,jaime
Presently, I use ISO on my D700 the following ways:1) ISO 200-800 is the cleanest and widest DR, so If I have to go above 800 I have to pre-conditioned my mind that I will have noise in my images; I have never tried below 200.2) In handheld, I prefer to use higher ISO (upto 800) to have a shutter speed not lower than 1/60s.3) When using the SB-900 (mostly TTL-BL-FP), I use ISO 800; manual exposure mode; rear curtain flash mode.4) In outdoor actions with varying lighting every minute, I use autoISO (200-800); manual exposure mode - I adjust the aperture according to my DOF taste for that day and the shutter speed to freeze the moment; spotmeter (skin, greyish-equivalent shirts) mostly to 0.0EV, if there's a white shirt/spot that I can follow consistently - I'll spot meter to +2.0EVAm I doing it right? What or how else should I use the ISO of my D700 to get the best IQ that it can deliver?jaime
I set my D700 to manual exposure at f/5.6-8 1/60s ISO 400-800, matrix-metering mainly to get iTTL-BL on the SB900.
I thought that by setting the D700 to 1/320s FP, the FP function will only be activated if I use 1/320s and above on the D700.
I would very much appreciate it also if you could teach me the best method for varying light conditions and or moving subjects. I know that the D700 will automatically expose for 0.0EV with a setting of varying ISO but fix aperture and shutter speed - so I try to spot-meter on middle gray equivalents (skin, green or near grey shirts) or on whites (I dial an EC of +2EV) or blacks (EC of -2EV). For focusing, I use the AF-ON button; AF-C, release priority; dynamic AF area; 51-pts + 3D-tracking; 8fps. I have not have the chance to test this method enough to even comfortably say that it's OK.
For focusing, I use the AF-ON button; AF-C, release priority; dynamic AF area; 51-pts + 3D-tracking; 8fps. I have not have the chance to test this method enough to even comfortably say that it's OK.
I would very much appreciate it also if you could teach me the best method for varying light conditions and or moving subjects. I know that the D700 will automatically expose for 0.0EV with a setting of varying ISO but fix aperture and shutter speed - so I try to spot-meter on middle gray equivalents (skin, green or near grey shirts) or on whites (I dial an EC of +2EV) or blacks (EC of -2EV).
I'll try your i-TTL (without BL) +/- EC. Do you spot meter for the background that you want to preserve and adjust (trial and error) for the amount of fill flash needed on the dark subject? I am assuming that you dial the needed EC in-flash and not in-camera. Do you have a ballpark guidelines for the right amount of fill flash to lessen trial and error?jaime