Monday, 10 May 2010
Time of Flight
09:25 | 
Posted by
Agi Bergman
I've been to a jazz concert. The occasion was the annual FLS Ball of the University of Manchester and Time of Flight was the act of the night. The aim was to try and shoot few decent low-light shots. And low-light there was.
When we arrived to the venue, at the Palace Apartment Hotel in central Manchester and I saw the room and the corner where the band has been placed I was a bit disappointed. The lighting conditions were iffy to say the least. There was no spotlight on the musicians to speak of and to make matters worse there was a horrible back light from a wall of huge glass windows that just drained any light from the musicians. Had to crack on though, so I started by taking few test shots. I reviewed these and my confidence in the equipment begun to creep back.
I shot most of the pictures ISO 1600 and above. With a bit of Noise Ninja I suppose nothing is impossible. I am very happy with the pictures in general, and although some motion blur crept in on some of the shots, I got few decent ones out of the shoot. Having said that, this camera is not an event photographer's dream. The functions are quite fiddly and take some getting used to. Especially swapping between metering modes during a shoot or the choice of focus point is a pain. Some reviews complain about buffer speed and the slow shutter speed. I did not find it a particular bother in this instance. However, the picture qua
lity more than makes up for it for me. I love this camera!
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