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03/08/2011 04:25:48 PM · #1 |
I have the opportunity to do some architectural photography for a industry-specific magazine. The space I am shooting is a mechanical room at the airport. I am wondering if anyone has any advise about this.
This is what I am thinking thus far... please feel to add / critique my ideas. I currently have a canon 40D, so I am figuring on renting the canon 7D or 5D Mark II for the high ISO. I also was thinking of renting 17-55mm f2.8 lens or a 14mm f2.8L.
I am still wondering if I should rent some lights as well. Its at the airport, so I am worried about security.
Let me know what you think. |
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03/08/2011 04:48:20 PM · #2 |
I think the 40D should be fine, unless you actually want to go wide, then, rent a 5D (mk I or mk II, it makes very little difference), rent a 12-24mm Sigma for the EOS mount, use a tripod, watch the keystoning, and think about shooting for a HDR (this means you might want a cable release), also, while the 12-24 is really superior for this type of work, especially on a full frame (it's a rectilinear lens), the damn thing is just soft up to f/9 or so, and I prefer f/11...
That is, unless, you're shooting people, then all bets are off and you might be better off with a mkII and the 17-55mm... |
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03/08/2011 04:50:26 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by coryboehne:
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That is, unless, you're shooting people, then all bets are off and you might be better off with a mkII and the 17-55mm... |
the 17-55 won't mount on a 5DMKII because it's an EF-s lens.
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03/08/2011 05:03:44 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by MattO:
Originally posted by coryboehne:
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That is, unless, you're shooting people, then all bets are off and you might be better off with a mkII and the 17-55mm... |
the 17-55 won't mount on a 5DMKII because it's an EF-s lens. |
Meh, a file can fix that problem.. ;) |
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03/08/2011 05:10:51 PM · #5 |
Ditch the idea of hand-held, use a tripod. Now you don't have to worry about high ISO. The 40D should get you where you need to go, as long as the lens is up to the task. You certainly want something wider than what you currently own. Even 17mm (27mm equivalent in 35mm terms) is not that wide, giving you about 78 degrees of diagonal coverage. The 10-22 might be a better bet. Gives you 107 degrees of diagonal coverage, should be nearly 90 degrees of horizontal coverage, so you can shoot from a corner and cover nearly the entire room.
Some other thoughts:
- Shoot RAW if you are comfortable with it, and bracket exposure if you need to
- If shooting JPEG, bracketing exposure is a must!
- Use a custom white balance
- Use an aperture to optimize DoF; since you are on tripod, don't worry about exposure time
- Practice in a similar size room, know what distance setting and aperture is required to optimize DoF
- Use a remote release to avoid camera movement; if you don't have a remote, use the self-timer
- WA lenses may require distortion correction; if yoiu process using Lr, there may be a "one-click" solution for the camera/lens combination, but otherwise it can be problematic. In particular, the 10-22 has a difficult distortion profile to compensate for.
Message edited by author 2011-03-08 17:13:23. |
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03/08/2011 07:49:28 PM · #6 |
| If the situation is "stable" enough to allow multiple exposures for HDR, what about using a pan head on the tripod, and creating a stitched wide-angle from multiple exposures with your best lens, rather than using a true WA lens? |
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03/08/2011 07:56:24 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
If the situation is "stable" enough to allow multiple exposures for HDR, what about using a pan head on the tripod, and creating a stitched wide-angle from multiple exposures with your best lens, rather than using a true WA lens? |
Unless you are *very* confident in your ability to get this to work properly, I'd stick with a single image. The reason is that you would need to rotate about the lens's nodal point in order to avoid parallax which probably would make it impossible to properly stitch. A special head is required, or at least an adapter plate and knowledge of where the nodal point is for your lens and selected zoom setting.
This is not like an outdoor pano, where all of the scene is often beyond the range where parallax will make a difference. |
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