Professional photographer here for 2 decades chiming in. Is this the same photo people were saying used 1/8000th shutter speed? 1/8000 is extreme overkill for an event like this imo. You would only use this setting to capture fast moving objects, think car races, sports events, etc. Not a subject standing still at a podium. Even people dancing would easily be frozen sharp under 1/1000th in full sun like this. And you don't want to overkill your shutter speed for no reason because you are forced to raise your iso to compensate which makes for more grainy photos. No you want that crisp clear perfect photo, lowest iso possible, professional knows exactly what f-stop, shutter speed and iso combo they need for that perfect crisp photo. Personally I think 1/8000 is just overkill on the shutter for something like this, it's so far above what you would need, I would have prioritized iso and fstop instead, unless I thought I needed to be prepared to capture something at high speed. Now I'm not accusing him of anything, all photographers have their personal style and techniques so maybe he's just a high speed in broad daylight no matter the situation kind of guy who likes high iso and a nearly closed fstop.
I’m also a photographer, I wouldn’t use F1.6 while shooting with the sky as a background. At f4 you would have less risk of getting the shot out of focus. I found it very odd. He knew what was going to happen and wanted all the blod splats to be frozen. These people are sick.
Have you used a flagship camera made after 2018? There is no missing a shot with face tracking. Today's camera's nail focus like a motherfucker. You bring nothing to the discussion.
Okay, you'll be being a little bit uncivil here, hence your downvotes, please consider being a little nicer, but, you are essentially right. A friend of mine shoots my local NHL team and what his current camera can do, Canon R series, and holy cow, 20 frames per second at 50 megapixels, it's just absolutely insane. He walked me around and all of his slave robot cameras, this guy doesn't miss a goddamn shot
Professional photographer here for 2 decades chiming in. Is this the same photo people were saying used 1/8000th shutter speed? 1/8000 is extreme overkill for an event like this imo. You would only use this setting to capture fast moving objects, think car races, sports events, etc. Not a subject standing still at a podium. Even people dancing would easily be frozen sharp under 1/1000th in full sun like this. And you don't want to overkill your shutter speed for no reason because you are forced to raise your iso to compensate which makes for more grainy photos. No you want that crisp clear perfect photo, lowest iso possible, professional knows exactly what f-stop, shutter speed and iso combo they need for that perfect crisp photo. Personally I think 1/8000 is just overkill on the shutter for something like this, it's so far above what you would need, I would have prioritized iso and fstop instead, unless I thought I needed to be prepared to capture something at high speed. Now I'm not accusing him of anything, all photographers have their personal style and techniques so maybe he's just a high speed in broad daylight no matter the situation kind of guy who likes high iso and a nearly closed fstop.
It's not grain, it's noise. Flagship camera's today have remarkably low noise.
https://petapixel.com/2022/01/18/the-nikon-z9-is-so-fast-it-can-capture-a-speeding-bullet/
https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/can-doug-mills-photo-of-a-bullet-and-president-trump-be-real-yes-heres-how
"The Metadata reports f/1.6 at 1/8,000sec"
F1.6 is letting in a LOT of light, hence 1/8000's. Iso could have been 50-100. Noise would have been a non-issue.
I’m also a photographer, I wouldn’t use F1.6 while shooting with the sky as a background. At f4 you would have less risk of getting the shot out of focus. I found it very odd. He knew what was going to happen and wanted all the blod splats to be frozen. These people are sick.
These people are sick and evil.
Have you used a flagship camera made after 2018? There is no missing a shot with face tracking. Today's camera's nail focus like a motherfucker. You bring nothing to the discussion.
Okay, you'll be being a little bit uncivil here, hence your downvotes, please consider being a little nicer, but, you are essentially right. A friend of mine shoots my local NHL team and what his current camera can do, Canon R series, and holy cow, 20 frames per second at 50 megapixels, it's just absolutely insane. He walked me around and all of his slave robot cameras, this guy doesn't miss a goddamn shot