Posted by Kalin Wilson on January 22, 2011 at 12:48 AM
For those that may not have learned this lesson:
"When you send your camera in for service, your camera setting will probably be reset to defaults or at the least changed from what you normally use. Check your settings!"
So I FINALLY get my butt out for a sunrise shoot. On the drive home, I was visualizing the day old full moon setting near Pike's Peak with enough sunrise light on Garden of the Gods to make a nice scene, maybe with some nice clouds to transmit the colorful light across the sky. Well, the clouds cleared out overnight (surprise), but the moon wasn't too far north and the setting wasn't too bad.
First clue that I got that things had changed with the camera, was that AEB was turned off when I powered down to change lenses. I shot a whole bracketed pano (3 shots per position) at a single exposure before I realized that AEB was off.
But I didn't even think to check the file format for the saved shots. So I'm home tonight looking at the shoot, thinking that maybe I'll work up some of the shots and panos. But the lightroom controls are odd. What the ???? This is a JPEG! ARRGH! The whole shoot was to JPEG. Not a disaster but my workflow is discombobulated and I have to undo a lot of what the camera did to the image. I don't think they were at full size either. So I'm not sure if I'll mess with the stitches and blends or not. It was a pretty sunrise but not extraordinary.
Anyway, here is the first shot that I did some tweaking on. Wish there had been the clouds of some of the recent sunrises!
Canon 5DII, Canon 100-400L
Posted by Jim Bennett on January 22, 2011 at 12:55 AM
I hate it when that happens! Since I don't see the moon, I'm assuming that it's in a different frame. The only comment that I have about this shot is that it appears that the color is a little over-saturated.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on January 22, 2011 at 1:01 AM
Yeah the moon is off to the right. Wider shots and panos with the 100mm include it. I agree the web version looks over-saturated... and I dialed it down quite a bit from the JPEG processing. The control you have trying to adjust a JPEG is aggravating when you're used to working with RAW files.
Posted by Todd Caudle on January 22, 2011 at 1:16 AM
Classic beauty, Kalin. Bummer about your settings, but it's not a fatal mistake by any means.
Posted by Chris Rice on January 22, 2011 at 1:01 PM
Kalin this is a very nice image of a classic scene. In terms of settings, it is frustrating. Nothing like coming back from a shoot and you've been capturing jpeg L, or ISO 2000. There ought to be some sort of 'preflight checklist' you can customize in the camera settings to remind you...
Posted by Pam Colander on January 22, 2011 at 1:10 PM
Ouch! At least it wasn't the OMG sunrise you were hoping for.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on January 23, 2011 at 12:25 AM
Ugh, been bit by a similar situation. I rely too much on C1/C2/C3 on my 5D2, what if something initialized and I blow the shot because my presets are gone? I'll be checking all the time now, thanks for sharing what happened.
I read a few months ago in an article with some pro shooter that he carries a cheap 1GB CF card and uses it to save the settings on his 5D2 in case they get wiped. Anybody know how that works?
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7 replies"When you send your camera in for service, your camera setting will probably be reset to defaults or at the least changed from what you normally use. Check your settings!"
So I FINALLY get my butt out for a sunrise shoot. On the drive home, I was visualizing the day old full moon setting near Pike's Peak with enough sunrise light on Garden of the Gods to make a nice scene, maybe with some nice clouds to transmit the colorful light across the sky. Well, the clouds cleared out overnight (surprise), but the moon wasn't too far north and the setting wasn't too bad.
First clue that I got that things had changed with the camera, was that AEB was turned off when I powered down to change lenses. I shot a whole bracketed pano (3 shots per position) at a single exposure before I realized that AEB was off.
But I didn't even think to check the file format for the saved shots. So I'm home tonight looking at the shoot, thinking that maybe I'll work up some of the shots and panos. But the lightroom controls are odd. What the ???? This is a JPEG! ARRGH! The whole shoot was to JPEG. Not a disaster but my workflow is discombobulated and I have to undo a lot of what the camera did to the image. I don't think they were at full size either. So I'm not sure if I'll mess with the stitches and blends or not. It was a pretty sunrise but not extraordinary.
Anyway, here is the first shot that I did some tweaking on. Wish there had been the clouds of some of the recent sunrises!
Canon 5DII, Canon 100-400L
I read a few months ago in an article with some pro shooter that he carries a cheap 1GB CF card and uses it to save the settings on his 5D2 in case they get wiped. Anybody know how that works?