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Music Venue Photographer- Need suggestions
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<blockquote data-quote="bluenoser" data-source="post: 61287" data-attributes="member: 6351"><p><strong>Mission impossible?</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>You have set a very difficult task for yourself. As Marcel said, it's all about the light - if you don't have a sufficient amount of it (either naturally or artificially created) then you are out of luck no matter which settings you choose. Shooting musicians under these circumstances would be a very tough task for even professional photographers with thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>A shutter speed of 1/8? Assuming you could even hand-hold that speed with the P100 and it's image stabilization, your subjects will certainly be moving faster than that! (i.e. you will get blurry pictures). I believe the P100 opens up to f/2.8 so at a minimum set it at that aperture. However I really don't think you're going to find settings with the P100 with such low light that will allow you to get a proper exposure, with a sufficiently high shutter speed to take a decent picture. The flash isn't that strong on the P100 but - if it's allowed by the club - turn it on as it will at least provide some light on the subjects assuming you aren't too far away from them. </p><p></p><p>The P100 is a super-zoom camera with a massive 26mm to 678mm range! This is not a camera designed to shoot in deep, dark places in order to capture musicians. Without any additional light source, you would need a DSLR body, capable of great high ISO performance along with a fast lens (f/1.8 or so). </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> Either ask the club owner to throw massive strobes on the stage and have it lit up like the face of the sun (assuming you use your P100) or save up for the right equipment for this job which would be a DSLR and some nice, fast lenses. Sorry - no shortcuts or magic around this situation.</p><p></p><p>PS. I see this is your first post...welcome to Nikonites! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluenoser, post: 61287, member: 6351"] [b]Mission impossible?[/b] You have set a very difficult task for yourself. As Marcel said, it's all about the light - if you don't have a sufficient amount of it (either naturally or artificially created) then you are out of luck no matter which settings you choose. Shooting musicians under these circumstances would be a very tough task for even professional photographers with thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment. A shutter speed of 1/8? Assuming you could even hand-hold that speed with the P100 and it's image stabilization, your subjects will certainly be moving faster than that! (i.e. you will get blurry pictures). I believe the P100 opens up to f/2.8 so at a minimum set it at that aperture. However I really don't think you're going to find settings with the P100 with such low light that will allow you to get a proper exposure, with a sufficiently high shutter speed to take a decent picture. The flash isn't that strong on the P100 but - if it's allowed by the club - turn it on as it will at least provide some light on the subjects assuming you aren't too far away from them. The P100 is a super-zoom camera with a massive 26mm to 678mm range! This is not a camera designed to shoot in deep, dark places in order to capture musicians. Without any additional light source, you would need a DSLR body, capable of great high ISO performance along with a fast lens (f/1.8 or so). Either ask the club owner to throw massive strobes on the stage and have it lit up like the face of the sun (assuming you use your P100) or save up for the right equipment for this job which would be a DSLR and some nice, fast lenses. Sorry - no shortcuts or magic around this situation. PS. I see this is your first post...welcome to Nikonites! :) [/QUOTE]
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