what is a great camera for taking pics at Concert Tour

[lindsey22]

I have seen some fabulous pictures from concerts taken by amateurs. What is a good brand-name / mark for taking pictures. Short of using a $1000 camera whats a good choice for CelineS Lighting situation at the tour. Anyone ?

[Celinenvegas]

In London I brought my Sony Cybershot digital camera and it took great pics BUT I had a second row seat and had the zoon all the way. The pics came out good but I had to change the setting to test it out to see which was best. I had to hold the camera VERY steady until the pic took, which did take a several seconds each time so some did come out blurry. I just kept snapping away and figured I would get some decent ones and I did.

 

Im not sitting that close at any of the other (6) shows I'm going to, so I doubt my pics will come out as good but I'll try anyway.

[KimboCosmo]

I'm going to get a new camera before I go see my Celine shows...I've wondered the same thing. I HATE blurry pics from concerts...I've heard that the Fujifilm f100d is GREAT.

 

Also, Ororo Munroe used this kind..and his pics turned out AMAZING!

 

Here is a thread he started with some pics

 

http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?s...p;#entry1008588

Edited August 1, 2008 by KimboCosmo

[Krys]

you can try Googling for reviews on different camera brands. some sites even tell you the pros and cons of the camera plus its price. its pretty much up to your personal preference of which brand you like. test out the settings of the camera before you use it at the concert as well

[Bralo20]

I should recommend the Nikon D3 or a bit cheaper the Nikon D300 but I don't think you will be able to bring it in...

 

However, the Panasonic DMC TZ5 is a good idea, 9mpix, 10 times zoom and not to expensive...

 

However for decent pictures inside a concert hall you need to concider to smuggle a DSLR inside... Compacts can take decent pics (there are examples on this board) but in the end nothing can beat a DSLR...

 

[Krys]

even if you do smuggle in a DSLR, you would be told off to keep it should any of the staff spot it

[Bellamy]

I should recommend the Nikon D3 or a bit cheaper the Nikon D300 but I don't think you will be able to bring it in...

 

However, the Panasonic DMC TZ5 is a good idea, 9mpix, 10 times zoom and not to expensive...

 

However for decent pictures inside a concert hall you need to concider to smuggle a DSLR inside... Compacts can take decent pics (there are examples on this board) but in the end nothing can beat a DSLR...

 

Not only the DSLR is huge, if he wants 10x zoom on DSLR, he need to use huge lens. That would be technically impossible.

[Bralo20]

Not only the DSLR is huge, if he wants 10x zoom on DSLR, he need to use huge lens. That would be technically impossible.

 

You don't need a 10 times zoom with a DSLR cam. If you are in the front rows you could use a 24-70mm F2.8 lens for example. Or the 18-200VR lens from Nikon is also a posibility.

 

At most concerts most of my pictures were taken with the 24-70 lens untill the lens got stolen a couple of months ago. Now I use the all round 18-200 lens from Nikon instead. I thought about a buying a new one but since my next camera will be a D3 from Nikon I won't be able to use it again (D3 = full frame, D200/D300 = cropfactor 1.6)

 

You can easily smuggle a DSLR inside. At least in Europe where there aren't metal detectors at the concert halls. You can strip a (semi) pro DSLR to the body which you can hide under a jacket. Also the lens you can hide in a jacket or a small bag (here the security can ask to open the bag but isn't allowed to search it). The external flash you can easily leave at home, it won't be at any use.

 

Also be sure to be ahead of the security when you smuggle: Open the bag yourself and let them see the inside voluntary, even co-operate more and take something out of the bag so they could see deeper in the bag. It always works

[Bralo20]

Forgot something:

 

The best weather to smuggle is a colder day when you can wear a jacket... When it's 30 degrees (Celsius) outside and the sun is burning as hell you can forget about the jacket since it will make the security suspicious. But then you can just use a bag or something (with some fresh tshirts inside to wear after the concert: you know, it can get warm inside and you don't like sweatty clothes )

[topboy11]

hi there, we have been on 3rd row x 2 4th row x 2 and frot row. I used my lumix tz5 model. Any model that has ISO ( high sensitve photo function, eg no flash) will be great. I got some amazing photos of the show, as the lighting of the cntre stage can be awkward to get good shots. Hope this helps.

[Bralo20]

hi there, we have been on 3rd row x 2 4th row x 2 and frot row. I used my lumix tz5 model. Any model that has ISO ( high sensitve photo function, eg no flash) will be great. I got some amazing photos of the show, as the lighting of the cntre stage can be awkward to get good shots. Hope this helps.

 

With a compact like the TZ5 you can make decent pictures as long as you won't go above 100 ISO. The higher ISO ratings are useless with a compact, certainly when you would like your pictures to be printed.

 

High ISO ratings like 400, 640 or 800 and above are only useable with a (semi) professional DSLR camera. Untill the Nikon D3 the best choice for this was a Canon since the Canon's had nearly no noise on pictures with ISO ratings of 400 and a bit more. Nikon had always the disadvantage that there camera's had a lot of noice on the pictures when you were taking pictures above 400 ISO, even the high end D2(s/x). But since the D3 and the D300 were presented the noise problem is something from the past...

 

But were you can use the pictures with noise taken with a DSLR you can not use the pictures taken with a compact... At least for (semi) professional use...

 

You can find some details about it on dpreview: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz5/page4.asp

 

A quote from the site (concerning the TZ5 which I have myself also):

 

The detail blurring caused by noise reduction is pretty evident at ISO 100 already and only gets worse from there. At ISO 200 the smearing will be visible even in smaller prints and at ISOs higher than that our subject hair has been converted into an undistinguishable yellowish mess.

 

 

Even with a DSLR the best concertpictures are made with a 100 ISO rating

 

I use my TZ5 with the following program: 100 ISO / max. 1/30 shutterspeed, Aperture automatic since it can't be set) / no flash

My D200 I prefer to use with 100 or on a few occasions with 200/400 ISO, a shutterspeed of +/- 1/100 or higher, and a low aperture number (bigger lens opening) (F2.8 to F5.6 depending on the lens used). Again no flash used.

 

 

Main thing is use a low shutterspeed and keep you camera extremely still and use image stabilisation if available