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Actually I don't, I'm just too thick to use one...

Spent three hours with a friend who I am starting a business with. Doing fitness classes... Forgot the other night I'd set my camera for a test to iso 6400, and didn't think to change it back.

Any way I can recover and save any of that time, or is it back to redoing them all. Shame, as I got some nice shots and was happy with them... Apart from the bloody grain!
 
did the same thing for a team pic on a loverly day..same iso setting from night before :(

if you only want for web use then simply resizing them and they will look good :)
 
KIPAX said:
did the same thing for a team pic on a loverly day..same iso setting from night before :(

if you only want for web use then simply resizing them and they will look good :)
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They were meant to be for web and for printed advertisement. But not all is lost I suppose. Never realised a 7d was so awful at 6400. Will just have to redo them for print.

Makes me realise that this photography business isn't that easy, I'm having to eat my words. If I'd payed someone to take these photos is be going nuclear on them.
 
supersammy said:
Makes me realise that this photography business isn't that easy, I'm having to eat my words. If I'd payed someone to take these photos is be going nuclear on them.
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can you imagine doing a whole wedding. then getting home and thinking...whoopsie daisy ...
 
KIPAX said:
can you imagine doing a whole wedding. then getting home and thinking...whoopsie daisy ...
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That's why amateur idiots like me can make that sort of mistake, but pay a proper pro and they don't!! ;)
 
Is this a good advert for using auto ISO?:lol:

Oh and I have done similar :bonk:although not to that extreme;but I'm not a Pro so I have to shout at myself as client to idiot:D
 
It is always a good habit to do a pre flight check. Battery in, auto iso set and fire off one shot and check screen before you go out. Saves a lot of teeth gnashing. I've shot on 6400 a few times by mistake too. Forgotten I'd been in gloom. Also left daylight white balance set when I needed auto . . . I've done them all :)
 
I think we've all done that at least once. As Suz says getting into the habit of always doing a check of settings is the only way to avoid a repeat.
 
Yeah - Rarely with ISO, often with WB - I think it's because I don't see it in the viewfinder, whereas really high ISO I notice the crazy shutter-speeds.
 
6400? No problem - apart from getting fast enough shutter speeds when stopped right down!!!
 
supersammy said:
Actually I don't, I'm just too thick to use one...

Spent three hours with a friend who I am starting a business with. Doing fitness classes... Forgot the other night I'd set my camera for a test to iso 6400, and didn't think to change it back.

Any way I can recover and save any of that time, or is it back to redoing them all. Shame, as I got some nice shots and was happy with them... Apart from the bloody grain!
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If your exposure was otherwise good you might be surprised at what some sympathetic post processing can accomplish. I've shot my 7D at 6400 ISO, on purpose of course, and if you get past the fact that the pixels look sh!t you can certainly get a credible photograph out of the thing. There is a massive thread over on POTN about this very subject. My own input to the thread doesn't begin until post #284....

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=15818690#post15818690
 
r1bazza said:
Is this a good advert for using auto ISO?:lol:

Oh and I have done similar :bonk:although not to that extreme;but I'm not a Pro so I have to shout at myself as client to idiot:D
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I usually do use auto iso... I'd just tested my camera to see how dark i could shoot with without a flash. I'm not good enough to play with all the settings and like aperture priority. it's just that i didn't even bother checking...
 
KIPAX said:
can you imagine doing a whole wedding. then getting home and thinking...whoopsie daisy ...
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Exactly, I've before been rather critical of pro's claiming that taking photo's isn't brain surgery. But it's easy to make a small mistake which can cause so many problems! I'm having to eat my words.

Overall I enjoyed the shoot though. I managed to use loads of different lenses for different shots, and had my first experience of getting people to "pose" for me... Even random runnners who we used as models on swiss balls. At first I wasn't very confident, but slowly started giving my orders!
 
This is an example of the blurriness, any idea how I can enhance it? I've done nothing to this other than upload it to flickr:

9417394964


http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammort/9417394964/
 
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I don't suppose you have a raw original to work on rather than a JPEG as the highlight clipping is a problem as well?

BTW, it looks quite front focused - the grass appears sharpest at the bottom of the frame - so between noise, overexposure and softness I think you may struggle to salvage this. If the others are similar..... :(
 
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I don't suppose you have a raw original to work on rather than a JPEG as the highlight clipping is a problem as well?

BTW, it looks quite front focused - the grass appears sharpest at the bottom of the frame - so between noise, overexposure and softness I think you may struggle to salvage this. If the others are similar..... :(
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They were all shot in raw, I've just used lightroom to upload it to flickr. I'll have a play around and see if there is anything I can do with it.
 
Can you make the raw file available somewhere - maybe via Dropbox or Google Drive, Skydrive or similar? I don't mind having a crack at it if that's OK with you.
 
Downloading now. I'll post back when I have something to share - good or bad. :)
 
OK - quick result using Lightroom 5. There were a lot of adjustments with brushing and cloning, but the global adjustments can be seen in the history below....

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Here is the final image, which I've cropped a bit before resizing. I also tidied up the background...

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Oh, and here's your unadjusted original....

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OK - quick result using Lightroom 5. There were a lot of adjustments with brushing and cloning, but the global adjustments can be seen in the history below....

20130801_205403_.JPG


Here is the final image, which I've cropped a bit before resizing. I also tidied up the background...

20130801_115309_0746_LR.jpg


Oh, and here's your unadjusted original....

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Top work. I will have a go for myself when I can get home!
 
At no point, did you not think.. "Why am I at 1/8000th @ F8" or whatever it must have been on such a sunny day?


I'm sure the 7D at 6400 will be good for it after some noise reduction is added... looks like you got away with it.
 
I suggest if you hate DSLR's you buy a Minolta 7D. It is the most similar DSLR to a film type camera. I take mine everywhere (Not literally, but when I'm not working it's a good friend!).

It's very mechanical for a camera and it's noise reproduction is very similar to that of a film camera. On accasions during weddings I'll take hptogoraphs of the bride or groom using it.

It's VERY slow by todays standards, but then most film cameras where too.

Tom.
 
I've actually forced myself to get into the habit of resetting the camera back to "default" settings such as ISO 100 before I put it back in the bag after a shoot, as I'm more likely to remember that than when I next fetch it out.
 
I always remember a bit of advice Mr Dodd gave me once.

"When you get home, set your camera back to "normal" settings before putting it away."

It's sort of a ritual I have got into now. Check:

  • AF On
    ISO 200
    AV Mode
    Etc...

We've all been there :D
 
My overall experience from this hasn't been too bad. I've managed to use a few of the photos. I've managed to learn more about Lightroom , and also more about not assuming stuff ands setting up a camera properly. It's also another oppertunity for me to practise when I redo some. So it's not the end of the world.
 
If nothing else, it sounds like you've learned from your mistake. Not only to keep an eye on settings but also some PP skills! Try converting some of the noisiest shots to B&W - I always liked grainy images when I shot B&W film.
 
Yep, been there.. more than a few times, I've looked up to take a couple shots of some air traffic, at a high shutter speed, maybe a little EC, and then continued with the local rabbits. *sigh* Thankfully, that lesson seems to have taken even unto my skull. And the D7100's locking mode dial removes another accidental source of amusement, over my previous D90, when taking it back out of the bag.

I've pondered whether it mightn't be a worthwhile option to have adjustments that are explicitly temporary - make changes for a couple shots, and the camera would simply revert to the previous settings after a minute or so of no further usage. Still, it's not a bad lesson to learn. =:/
 
Don't worry Sammy, there are two types of people in this world - those who have done something like this and those who are going to.

Learn the lesson and move on. :thumbs:
 
for about the 20th time today I found I was looking at a photo, lifted camera to eye.....no memory card.

Having played with the raw I would schedule a re-shoot. You will never be happy otherwise.
 
Ha - I'll repost when I have something decent to show. I'll reodo these photos, researching how to do an even better job. And then post something worthwhile hopefully.
 
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