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chab
18th of February 2006 (Sat), 09:05
Has anyone used the expodisc and if so how do you like the results? I just ordered one from ebay and it looks like it could be a big help. Thanks.
tim
18th of February 2006 (Sat), 15:54
I shoot RAW on AWB, it would be rare for me to have time to do a CWB during a wedding since everything moves so fast.
DAG123
18th of February 2006 (Sat), 19:08
I shoot RAW on AWB, it would be rare for me to have time to do a CWB during a wedding since everything moves so fast.

Just out of curiousity...how much memory do you use shooting an entire wedding in RAW...say 300 pictures.
supplier
18th of February 2006 (Sat), 20:02
DAG, 300 pics it's nothing. one card 2Gb + second one just breaking in :D
VanceW
19th of February 2006 (Sun), 02:05
Like Tim, I shoot everything in RAW now and fix, if needed, later in computer.

As for memory cards. Some folks say you should carry atleast 8gigs, some say less. I have ramped mine up to about 5gigs, and only feel confident that it's enough for my first digital wedding because it's going to be a small/short ceremony/reception.
tim
19th of February 2006 (Sun), 02:38
I carry 8GB, yesterday my assistant and I shot 900 photos and had a little room to spare. Since I know I have plenty of spare memory I shoot photos that might not come out great, since the only cost is 2 seconds per photo while previewing them in bridge.
VanceW
19th of February 2006 (Sun), 04:15
You just like to hear your camera go clackity clackity clackity! ;)
tim
19th of February 2006 (Sun), 05:42
I wish it was silent!
VanceW
19th of February 2006 (Sun), 06:40
Well.. I hear Canon is coming out with a new dSLR where you can turn on/off the generated shutter/mirror slap, but, so that you know the image has been taken, there will be a slight electrical shock in the grip and eyepeice. ;)
supplier
19th of February 2006 (Sun), 06:49
Tim,

use P&S camera for total silence. ( actually it's not totally silent, wait until you drop your wife's p&s --- it starts make a lot of noise :lol:
tim
19th of February 2006 (Sun), 18:24
Tim,

use P&S camera for total silence. ( actually it's not totally silent, wait until you drop your wife's p&s --- it starts make a lot of noise :lol:

I have a little point and shoot in addition to my 20Ds, but they're not really practical for wedding photography :p (iso noise, operation speed, image quality, etc, etc, isn't good enough).
VanceW
19th of February 2006 (Sun), 23:17
Back to the original topic... :D

Sometime back, some Olympus E-xx shooters found that if you took a Pringles top, and placed it in front of your lens, you could get a pretty accurate WB reading, which I found with my E10 worked pretty danged well.

I'll have to try it with my 10D someday.