SARTORIALIST QUESTION
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- pauli
How is Scott Schuman of SARTORIALIST.COM
able to take such 'FAST'(shutter speed) pictures ?The Metadata on the following picture is as follows:
Camera : Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ISO : 200
Lens : EF85mm f/1.2L II USM
Color Space: RGB
Focal Length : 85
F number : 2.5
Exposure Bias : −67ev
Exposure Program : Aperture priority
Exposure Time : 1/1,600 (THIS IS REALLY FAST)AND ALL OF HIS PHOTOS are pretty much shot with the same exposure settings.
But when I try to replicate these settings with my Canon 7D, and f/4.0 lens, I can only get as
fast as (1/200) Shutter Speed. Even when I push my ISO to about 800, I still cant
get my camera to comfortably shoot at anything near (1/1600).I know the lens is a $2,000 super sweet lens. So is that it? Or do I need to simply get
a canon 5d Mark II ? Is he simply around so much light, that he can shoot that fast ?I can’t figure this out for the life of me.
- robotron3k0
is he using any kind of hack? Magic Latern Firmware. I'm not an expert but there may be a way to push the chipset.
- beautiful0
1.2
- beautiful0
fast lens
- beautiful0
that´s it
- pauli0
yeah, but scott doesn't shoot at 1.2,
he shoots at 2.5.
But you may be right, there may be something
about ANY lens that opens up to 1.2.
- beautiful0
I think that something is only the difference between his 2.5 and your 4.0, nothing mysterious
- designquestions0
He's a loser.
- designquestions0
Or has some personality disorder.
- xcm0
If he has a 1.2 and shoot at 2.5 his shutter speed is faster than a camera with a lens that goes only at 2.5. But i recon that 1/1600 is quite fast.
If i'm not mistaken if he would of taken the picture at 1.2 his shutter speed would of been 1/3200.
- BaskerviIle0
I could have asked him if you'd posted your question a week ago. I met him last week at London Fashion week, and asked if I could take a portrait of him. He was very nice:
http://www.preposity.com/2012/02…
- Stubby finger alert!!!Hombre_Lobo
- He's very short in person, hence this shot is looking down on him (I'm 6'2)BaskerviIle
- NonEntity0
If he's shooting at 2.5 that's one and half stops faster than your shots where you get 1/200.
So straight away that's equivalent to you getting 1/600.
He's also exp compensating by 2/3 of a stop (-67 ev), so — assuming you haven't done that — that makes it something around 1/1000.
After that surely it depends how much light he & you are shooting in, but the difference ain't that much?
- nb0
The sun shines brighter when he's around.
- nb0
Seriously, though... the Sunny 16 Rule suggests that on a sunny day F/16 is the about the correct exposure for matching the reciprocal shutter speed with the ISO.
Assuming these are shot on sunny days:
ISO200, f16, 1/200s
which is equivalent to
ISO200, f2.8, 1/2000sIt looks like the image you posted was shot on either in direct sunlight or a slight overcast, which would easily explain the difference. Also, in the original image the shadows have been lightened, probably using Photoshop's "Shadows" or the Camera Raw "Fill Light" option.
If you shoot at f4, the equivalent shutter speed is 1/1000 at ISO200. If that's not fast enough, shoot at ISO400. You shouldn't notice much noise at ISO400 on a 7D.
One more thing: are you using flash? The flash you are using may have a maximum sync speed of 1/200s. If so, the camera won't allow you to shoot faster when the flash is being used.
- utopian0
he sure does take a good shot!
- vaxorcist0
exposure bias -.67
he's underexposing by 2/3 stop
sunny 16 rule.... + possibly a bit of push in post..
If I was hist digital tech, I'd probably be having fun faking the EXIF info so as to confuse the pixel-peepers out there who buy 5D mark II's and F1.2 L lenses with their dentist / doctor / stockbroker incomes and try to copy exactly....
Kind of like how Keith Richards started playing with 5 string guitars in the early 70's, to get a different sound and confuse the copiers...
Buying a stratocaster won't make you Jimi Hendrix, buying a 5D II won't make you a great photographer....