I've taken my ZX1 to a couple fo gigs with differing results.
The first (Jim Bob) was a tiny venue, relatively well lit, with just one person on stage and we were pretty close to the stage.
Most of the shots I took were with Shutter Priority set to 1/125 and Auto ISO (resulting mostly in ISO400) and no flash. The results were a little dark, and a little noisy, but not terrible.
The second (PiL) was a medium sized venue, normal multi-coloured stage lighting, and we were right at the barrier.
Most of the shots were taken with the Low Light setting, Auto ISO (again resulting in mostly ISO200) and no flash. I was disappointed with most of the shots as most had shutter speeds of about 1/15s and obviously were really blurred.
Nearly all the shots from both gigs had an apperture of around F2.2 (depending on zoom).
I understand why all the shots have ended up as they have, but does anyone have any recommendations on what the best settings would be for gigs? Low Light let me down badly, so I'm wondering if Manual exposure of 1/125s, max apperture and ISO200 would be best and just try to compensate for under exposure in PhotoShop is the best way to go.
The first (Jim Bob) was a tiny venue, relatively well lit, with just one person on stage and we were pretty close to the stage.
Most of the shots I took were with Shutter Priority set to 1/125 and Auto ISO (resulting mostly in ISO400) and no flash. The results were a little dark, and a little noisy, but not terrible.
The second (PiL) was a medium sized venue, normal multi-coloured stage lighting, and we were right at the barrier.
Most of the shots were taken with the Low Light setting, Auto ISO (again resulting in mostly ISO200) and no flash. I was disappointed with most of the shots as most had shutter speeds of about 1/15s and obviously were really blurred.
Nearly all the shots from both gigs had an apperture of around F2.2 (depending on zoom).
I understand why all the shots have ended up as they have, but does anyone have any recommendations on what the best settings would be for gigs? Low Light let me down badly, so I'm wondering if Manual exposure of 1/125s, max apperture and ISO200 would be best and just try to compensate for under exposure in PhotoShop is the best way to go.