Ruhikant, those are amazing and beautiful shots! I just got the R4 but not sure what settings to use for bird photography. Can you share the settings you used for the stationary and the BIF shots?
Thank you!
Len R wrote:
Ruhikant, those are amazing and beautiful shots! I just got the R4 but not sure what settings to use for bird photography. Can you share the settings you used for the stationary and the BIF shots?
Thank you!
Len
Thanks Len: here are the setting I used
for BIF: minimum shutter 1/1600sec, widest aperture available, auto ISO at M mode( I limit the minimum ISO to either 400 or 800 based on the sky so that camera does not underexpose too much), Zone AF with tracking sensitivity set at 1 or 2.
for stationary birds: AF point flexible M with tracking on, if the required shutter speed dropes due to bad lighting, I used silent/electronic shutter to avoid the camera shake.
R
ruhikant wrote:
Thanks Len: here are the setting I used
for BIF: minimum shutter 1/1600sec, widest aperture available, auto ISO at M mode( I limit the minimum ISO to either 400 or 800 based on the sky so that camera does not underexpose too much), Zone AF with tracking sensitivity set at 1 or 2.
for stationary birds: AF point flexible M with tracking on, if the required shutter speed dropes due to bad lighting, I used silent/electronic shutter to avoid the camera shake.
R
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I've been playing with mine for a week today. It's my first Sony so I am still learning, but my Granddaughter was about to go shopping with her mom and I couldn't resist throwing on my Canon 135L and shooting my first portrait with it. I have been a little apprehensive about skin tones from everything I've read but I didn't adjust the color at all. It looked fine to me.
Kathy White wrote:
I've been playing with mine for a week today. It's my first Sony so I am still learning, but my Granddaughter was about to go shopping with her mom and I couldn't resist throwing on my Canon 135L and shooting my first portrait with it. I have been a little apprehensive about skin tones from everything I've read but I didn't adjust the color at all. It looked fine to me.
Kathy, congrats! And yes, it is a lovely portrait of a lovely young lady. There is nothing wrong with the skin tone rendered by Sony. And if you shoot RAW you can adjust the skin tone as you please. Well, to a certain degree you can do the same with JPG but the latitude there is more limited.
Joshua, I do shoot Raw, and to be honest, if this is typical, then I think I find them more pleasing than Canon, I usually warm them up a little but this one, IMO was right on. I know her hair looks a little pink on the right shoulder, but.... that's because it is. She is 15 and it's a fad among her age group where we live, to put pink rinses on their hair. But, if that's the most radical thing she ever does, I'll take it. Thanks again, I'm enjoying my new camera, so far,
Joshua, I do shoot Raw, and to be honest, if this is typical, then I think I find them more pleasing than Canon, I usually warm them up a little but this one, IMO was right on. I know her hair looks a little pink on the right shoulder, but.... that's because it is. She is 15 and it's a fad among her age group where we live, to put pink rinses on their hair. But, if that's the most radical thing she ever does, I'll take it. Thanks again, I'm enjoying my new camera, so far,...Show more →
You know, we basically render the skin tone to whatever setting looks pleasing to us. And, of course, it has to do with the "quality" (not the grade but more the color temperature of the prevailing light source, which is in this case, seems to be ambient light). In your case, your granddaughter was in the shaded area and the light quality is a tad on the cool side that way. Some folks like it that way, some prefer a tad warmer skin tone. Again, whatever skin tone rendition pleases you, is what we choose.
Again, very lovely all around. Enjoy your new camera further and keep on shooting!
