The 40D was a superb camera when it came out but technology marches on. This EM-1 gives about the same noise @1600 that the 40D did @400 which buys me a lot of flexibility.
And yes the photo's are intentionally underexposed because otherwise the beams & their illumination are overrepresented in the pics compared to what we're seeing while on-site IMO.
Viewing images is SOOOO hard because almost nobody has a calibrated monster & who know's what monitor settings that greatly impact what you see...even adjust brightness for your computer's ambient light can impact the image brightness.
So my basic beamshot goal is to not have "starry" other light sources that show/prove excess exposure & of course preferring to keep shutter speeds as fast as possible. A 2 second exposure is subject to far less outside shake/blurriness compared to a 5 second exposure for example.
Also aside from the lights beam, the non-illuminated areas should be essentially black since it's night time.
makes sense to me
so if i am shooting at --------- f 6.3, iso- 200, and 13 second shutter
and you are shooting at ----- f 7.1, iso- 1600, and 2 second shutter
are we close to shooting " the same final exposure" so to speak, as far as the same amount of light getting in?
i might try and roll the iso up some next time and see how it goes
never thought about it in this manner
ive got a good manfrotto tripod also, and a heavy duty ball head, so ive never worried much about that end of it
thanks for the suggestions ! .... and sorry to all if i got too far off topic :thinking: