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Jeremy Stockwell · 02-23-2007, 10:09 AM

Also, depending on the lighting, consider center-weighted or spot metering. Sometimes with bright spotlights on the artist and dark backgrounds (as is often the ideal for concerts), the camera will tend to overexpose. It 'sees' lots of darkness and only a bit of brightness and tries to compensate and you get blown out skin tones. Meter on her face (shutter halfway down), recompose (if necessary) and shoot.

During the concert, if you are consistently getting blurry photos, consider bumping up the ISO a bit so that your shutter speeds can be lower. Based on the reviews I've seen for the S3, I wouldn't go higher than ISO400.

Be sure to check back in here after the concert and show us some of your best shots!

02-23-2007, 10:09 AM	#10 of 19
Jeremy Stockwell Member Location: Indiana Join Date: Aug 2001 Local Time: 07:20 AM Local Date: 08-29-2008 Posts: 605	Re: S3 IS help Also, depending on the lighting, consider center-weighted or spot metering. Sometimes with bright spotlights on the artist and dark backgrounds (as is often the ideal for concerts), the camera will tend to overexpose. It 'sees' lots of darkness and only a bit of brightness and tries to compensate and you get blown out skin tones. Meter on her face (shutter halfway down), recompose (if necessary) and shoot. During the concert, if you are consistently getting blurry photos, consider bumping up the ISO a bit so that your shutter speeds can be lower. Based on the reviews I've seen for the S3, I wouldn't go higher than ISO400. Be sure to check back in here after the concert and show us some of your best shots! You brought two too many.