Timeline for What are appropriate lenses for concert photography?
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| Jan 2, 2017 at 23:49 | comment | added | z100 | @MichaelClark you're right (oh, even mark 3 is five years old now ...), low light concert experience is also worth 2 stops (e.g. to take a an always dark drummer photo using fast framing). My current equipment is even much "costly independent" - a micro 4/3 with 20, 45, 75 /1.8 lens. | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 23:20 | comment | added | Michael C | @youcantryreachingme If it's a bigger gig I usually go with multiple bodies to avoid lens changes. In the very dark venues I only have a single body that I use (5D III - good low light AF and low light/high ISO image quality). Lenses like the 50mm f/1.4 and 100mm f/2 are a lot easier to swap (and pocket) than the large, heavy, f/2.8 zooms. There's also less worry about what any damage might cost from all the drunk people about with a more compact $300-400 lens on the camera than a $2K lens sticking out a lot further. | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 23:11 | comment | added | Michael C | @z100 It all depends on planned usage. It also depends on just how dark it is. A good shooter can make a dark stage look bright. You can get away with a lot more noise from high ISO if you're only posting at low resolution on the web. Everyone isn't using the latest camera models, either. A 5D Mark III (5 year old design) is still my main camera in low light. A 1D X Mark II would be nice, but the difference isn't worth $6K at this point, at least not for me personally. And sometimes images using those primes just look better, even when used at apertures slower than f/2.8. | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 23:00 | comment | added | z100 | Good answer, examples supported. However, for latest fullframe high ISO over even 5000 is not a problem anymore, so 24-70 and 70-200/2.8 was is the choice to never dissapoint even in at least acceptable light conditions. Really should be almost tottaly dark or to take thrash metal to use ISO over 12800 or under f/2.0. | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 22:59 | comment | added | youcantryreachingme | @MichaelClark - that's a great answer. I've shot several gigs at various sizes and from various distances, aiming for combination between closeups of musicians to wide shots of the scene. You've summed it up perfectly to describe it as one of the most demanding genres, and technically up there with birds (which I also shoot). The other thing to remember - you need a lot of gear and to be changing lenses or swapping cameras. It literally is back-breaking work. | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 22:57 | comment | added | youcantryreachingme | @AlonaAzaria - that's a usability issue for this website then. | |
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| Jun 11, 2013 at 9:09 | comment | added | Alona Azaria | thanks, novice mistake ... I took the check-mark for a "like" | |
| Jun 10, 2013 at 14:21 | comment | added | Michael C | Just a suggestion: If you'll wait until most of the members of this online community are out of bed at least once between the time you ask a question and the time you accept an answer you will usually get more activity and more varied answers to your question. Once the question shows that an answer has been accepted, many users seem to ignore it. | |
| Jun 10, 2013 at 14:15 | comment | added | Alona Azaria | Thank you very much for your answer! In the first group of two, the top lamps do not seem to reflect lights at all.. strange | |
| Jun 10, 2013 at 12:09 | history | answered | Michael C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |