This was in a Vistek ad…some cool tips you may want to use.2 ]8 X% l" P+ b# t; G6 J4 M
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Digital Black and White $ I+ T4 a* s4 l. mShoot in RAW and underexpose your image by 1/2 stop to a full stop.8 v$ f2 m1 |- s5 ?; t: a" u
Use the shadow and highlights tool in a RAW software program to 4 P+ w. K; E% D0 D3 f8 brestore shadow detail and Exposure Compensation to bring back details without overexposing highlights. Use the Channel Mixer, Black and White 6 k E5 e4 N7 k- H( mmethods provided by RAW and you'll have a correctly exposed black5 K1 ]# w) O6 W
and white image.2 R( h, d& h2 X% y1 r
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White Balance " N$ n# R5 I$ p2 ] B- x" w/ I }& o' NIf in need of a quick white balance tool, you can use a standard% P3 Q1 B; i4 ?4 l! t# Z M
white coffee filter. Use the custom camera white balance while aiming# b) k6 } X& f
the coffee filter and lens to the opposite of the light source to get white8 o5 s6 P6 x. R' U$ t; w
balance. I always keep coffee filters in my camera bag for ; w1 g3 v/ @$ b# a4 `9 g5 o- ssuch occasions.& I9 E6 N+ _- }; r2 f
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Pseudo ISO Boost& \# j$ K f/ B2 i9 w5 e: m
If you’re shooting in the dark at a concert venue and need more! @* N' G. y3 s3 \/ i: I
ISO boost from your camera and faster shutter speeds - choose % v9 ]9 V7 E/ {3 F% [( Z
the highest ISO setting on your camera and underexpose your image 6 s# a8 G3 f6 G; Iby one stop. Then you can use a RAW processor to overexpose the6 V+ R. ?2 r+ T% l
image by one or two stops. Image noise may be higher but this$ r% v# w8 I) V$ Q! A
works very well for concert, venue and event shooting.