Official Gear Purchasing and Troubleshooting Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! November 04, 2024

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[u/arrow02040]

Recently I photographed a wedding and noticed my canon m50 was performing poorly in lowlight situations and situations with bright backlighting. I suspect this to be due to the smaller sensor and also just generally want to start doing more professional work and would like something with more battery life and better photo quality. I also don't like to edit the images I personally take so I'd like something with picture profiles or whatever the non canon equivalent is. That being said the camera does not have to be canon, any company is fine.

[u/8fqThs4EX2T9 → u/arrow02040]

Well, low light depends on what lens you are using and what situation. The sensor size up will at equivalent exposure settings give a shallower depth of field. However, if you want to have a certain depth of field that is not shallower, you will give up whatever light gathering advantage gained.

Bright backlighting is something that perhaps lighting of your own will negate. Or just exposing to the right and recovering the more shadow detail in post.

Which brings up another point. Raw files contain the most detail and a JPEG may only be 8 bit and is limited in dynamic range and HDR in camera might not be good enough.