Help with D70 ! Noobie here..

[ganchu1987]

Hey I have a Nikon D70 with kit lens. I get assignments from a company where I have to go into nightclubs and take pictures. The sad Part is I am not able to capture the club lighting. As in in MOS and all they have amazing lighting right ? Some of my peer photographers are able to capture it but I am not able to do that. Can anyone suggest settings for making trails ? as in a moving source of light leaving a trail but the hand moving it is clear ? Any help will me appreciated !

thanks !

[ExplorerZ]

Originally Posted by ganchu1987 Hey I have a Nikon D70 with kit lens. I get assignments from a company where I have to go into nightclubs and take pictures. The sad Part is I am not able to capture the club lighting. As in in MOS and all they have amazing lighting right ? Some of my peer photographers are able to capture it but I am not able to do that. Can anyone suggest settings for making trails ? as in a moving source of light leaving a trail but the hand moving it is clear ? Any help will me appreciated ! thanks !

long exposure with rear/slow flash sync

[lsisaxon]

Originally Posted by ganchu1987 Hey I have a Nikon D70 with kit lens. I get assignments from a company where I have to go into nightclubs and take pictures. The sad Part is I am not able to capture the club lighting. As in in MOS and all they have amazing lighting right ? Some of my peer photographers are able to capture it but I am not able to do that. Can anyone suggest settings for making trails ? as in a moving source of light leaving a trail but the hand moving it is clear ? Any help will me appreciated ! thanks !

Load sRealav2 custom curve, use Cloudy -1 WB, shoot at ISO800.

[ihub88]

Originally Posted by lsisaxon Load sRealav2 custom curve, use Cloudy -1 WB, shoot at ISO800.

without custom curve also can get it too. ISO 800 is overkill for D70 also.

[ExplorerZ]

Originally Posted by ihub88 without custom curve also can get it too. ISO 800 is overkill for D70 also.

overkill? why?

not sure but seems like most people worry about noise more than any other things... or maybe its just this forum

[tribal.snake]

at time no choice, have to shoot at high ISO.
noise is just a by-product. no need to worry one.

[ihub88]

Originally Posted by ExplorerZ overkill? why? not sure but seems like most people worry about noise more than any other things... or maybe its just this forum

actually the black area just gets too grainy. looks very ugly IMHO.

[ultrazoom]

You'll need a fast lens and preferably with VR too.

[ortega]

are theses assignments paid?

[lsisaxon]

Originally Posted by ihub88 actually the black area just gets too grainy. looks very ugly IMHO.

If you've shot ISO800 film before you'll know what's worse..

[ihub88]

Originally Posted by lsisaxon If you've shot ISO800 film before you'll know what's worse..

if on B&W film, wah its very nice.

actually nv seen ISO800 film before also. haha. me too newbie already.

[ihub88]

Originally Posted by ultrazoom You'll need a fast lens and preferably with VR too.

er, which fast lens is with VR suitable for his location???

[Artosoft]

If you have D70 only and no D200 or other that have better noise control. If you are afraid of D70's noise when high ASA, where the situation and location need high ASA, don't shoot lah .

Regards,
Arto.

[Yatlapball]

Heh. Clubs are always abit of a challenge due to the ever changing lighting conditions. What you need definitely are nice wide aperture lenses. And by that I mean even wider than 2.8.

WB is subjective also lah bro. You can always play around with it during post-processing if shot in RAW. Can produce some rather interesting colours. At any rate, the AWB in the D70 isn't really very good anyway. So going RAW might be the better option.

ortega: TS mentioned its from a company. And its an assignment. So... assignment means being paid right? Otherwise it's called a freebie. And if it is paid...