Par for the course...

12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #112620 by Screamin Scott
Went to a concert last night. We were about 150' from the stage. The woman to my right had a "bridge" style camera & was shooting the show. Her flash was going off & then she put on an external unit that likely wasn't much more powerful than her onboard unit. I wanted to give her a few tips, but my wife forbade me from helping her out. I just took a small point & shoot myself in lieu of lugging my DSLR around. I took an Olympus Stylus 840.(an 8mp 5x zoom camera [36-180 equivalent])...I got some OK shots with the ISO bumped up to 400/800, but my shutter speed was still less than 1/60 with the zoom fully extended..The attached shots were 1/40 sec (Fabulous Thunderbirds) & 1/10 sec for Foghat image

Thunderbirds



Foghat


Scott Ditzel Photography

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12 years 9 months ago #112623 by chasrich
Great shooting... Olympus Stylus 840 is my favorite P&S. I've given about six away to my kids and grands. I made sure a photo of grandpa came up when they turned it on... LOL I thought it might be incentive for them to read the manual. :rofl:

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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #112649 by alans.world

Your right, at 150' all that flash is doing is annoying others. It's best to bump that Iso up, shoot wide open, and slow the shutter to 1/60 or so. Fix in PP later.
Nice shots..

Photography is like fly fishing..
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