FLARE! fly in the ointment of that beautifu 35/1.4!

[noimmunity]

Some very interesting comments and experience being shared here. Thank you. I think this may help me improve my technique.

At the time, the only solution I could find was to change the angle or position from which I was composing my shots. Various attempts to master exposure, including bracketing, compensation, and manual setting, didn't work. BTW, although the lighting was intense, it wasn't particularly fast-paced and variable, either. When positioned correctly, I got a lot of excellent stage shots that were really satisfying. But compared to another guy who was working the event, too, like me, yet was equipped with a D700 (and shooting from essentially the same position), the problems I had with sensor overload occupied a greater percentage of the total shots. When we compared results, it didn't look to either of us like it was down to just overexposure.

 

[furcafe]

Aside from technique, there are some differences between the X-Pro1 & D700 as far as the camera's metering bias/algorithms, not to mention the sensors. Then there's the fact that even assuming you were both shooting w/lenses that had the same field of view, the focal length of your X-Pro1 lens would be shorter (not sure whether this means the lens would gather more light--I'll let 1 of the optical tech types weigh in).

To draw from my own experience again, I shot a show using the X-Pro1 + 18/2 & a D700 + 28/1.4 AF-D (I've been trying to decide whether to ditch the D700). Shooting the same scene with both cameras set to the same ISO, metering mode, & exposure settings (aperture priority @ f/2), the D700 shots tended to be about a stop or 2 darker. You easily can see the difference in my post in this thread: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1856824&postcount=71

Some very interesting comments and experience being shared here. Thank you. I think this may help me improve my technique.

At the time, the only solution I could find was to change the angle or position from which I was composing my shots. Various attempts to master exposure, including bracketing, compensation, and manual setting, didn't work. BTW, although the lighting was intense, it wasn't particularly fast-paced and variable, either. When positioned correctly, I got a lot of excellent stage shots that were really satisfying. But compared to another guy who was working the event, too, like me, yet was equipped with a D700 (and shooting from essentially the same position), the problems I had with sensor overload occupied a greater percentage of the total shots. When we compared results, it didn't look to either of us like it was down to just overexposure.