Hey Guys,
Sorry this is about 2 weeks late, but I had this silly golf tournament I had to work at all week 2 weeks ago, and last week was catch up editing time so,
4/5...
It is strange this year but just about every saturday so far has been raining or threathening to rain. This one was no exception. I snuck some shots of the exterior when it slowed down a bit, but this was almost entirely inside. Let me say first of all that this wedding was my first real test of low-light capability in my A1s This church was DARK. I had to shoot the processional at 12db of gain 1/30 of a second and still it was dark. I have found that these cameras at that light level really reflect more of what the eye sees than I saw in SD. These shots are dark but the detail and color are maintained. There is grain, but you just kindof expect grain in that kind of darkness.
Anyway, I think the darkness is acceptable becuase the freaking church was dark right? Anyway the canon HV20 did not fare so well. Where there was light on the altar there was an image but beyond the altar there was NO image at all.
This is interesting to note, and something to keep in mind whenever it is really dark. I consider that all I need is 2 shots to make it work, and I had those. Nice wide shot from the other A1 btw also from the balcony, but nicely exposed because of the 1.6 at the wide end.
Both are at 12db and the grain is not very bad. Keep in mind that the moving shots fare better than the frame grabs, but the wife & I agree that the images are acceptable.
I pulled audio from the board to my Zoom H2 and it is fantastic! The issue I brought up in the beginning about there being too many buttons and switches on the A1 holds true once again because I had the Mic Attenuator flipped(bringing the audio levels down to compensate for very loud audio) and forgot to flip it back, so my A camera audio is almost non existant. The B cam got the wireless, and the Rode NTG-2 worked extremely well for ambient audio. The HV20 Audio is next to worthless. VERY noisy and thin, just aweful. Reception was at a dark conference center. I shot this one with 1 cam and on camera audio. The one major concern I have is that Mic Att switch that was on during the intros, and getting their introduction, but I have face higher hurdles than that, so we'll see. I used my canon VL10i light and it was very adequate. The reception was over at 10:30 and I went home, packed up and went down to the Masters and installed computers all night, so I am just getting to the editing now. I am through the dark processional and may update this post as things progress.
Bill
