This month, Richard expounds on what the move from film to digital has meant to him as a low-light shooter.
Article rating: 4.80
Joe Walsh-
I have been shooting film since I was seven years old. The change over to digital was for me the best that could have happened for a low light performance shooter. Since I only shoot with available light, the shows that I shoot must have a level that would work with the film speed I was using. Even pushing the film to it's limits was a challenge since the f/stop would always be wide open and the shutter speed would be so low that I would have to lean on a wall or hold my breathe hoping that it would be sharp focus to the image. Sometimes the lights would be so low that I would be unable to shoot color even with pushing the film speed. Into my life came digital and the Nikon D3 camera. The first low level performance shoot I did with the D3 excelled all of my expectations. I was able to get an exposure which guarantee my images to be sharp. The ISO was set at 6400, my shutter speed was 1/125 sec and my f/stop was f/5.6. I could have never shot this image with film. All I could remember saying to myself while shooting was that I wished I had this camera setup thirty years ago. Even the light balance was on the nose. No more carrying a color temperature meter to check the temps of the lights on the subject.
