re: Musical Theater pics and concert photography

>>But it depends a lot on the lighting, the D70 as well
as the D200 really do perform well at higher ISO, despite what the nay-
sayers and pixel-peepers say.>>

I must be a nay-sayer then, because when I push my ISO upwards of 800 or more on my D70, I lose ALOT of crispness compared to the lower ISO's. I'm not to happy about the noise on the D70, waiting impatiently for the D300 later this year. Granted, I have not tried the Noise Ninja and thanks for the info. But as far as my concert photos go, I usually stick with my Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8, manual mode, ISO around between 200 for brighter scenes, 350 + for darker scenes.... I balance my aperture and shutter speed according to the scenes also. I try not to keep the aperture at 2.8 again for lack of sharpness, but keep it around the larger openings. Shutter speed? Depends on the action, if there is movement then I may prioritize my shutter over my aperture. And of course, NEVER SHOOT WITH FLASH!!! First I feel it is distracting to both performers and audience and it also kills the lighting affect of the real lighting.
It really depends on what is happening on stage. And sometimes, yes, I would like to go up to the light board and turn on BRIGHTER lights so I can capture that magical SHOT!!!!

Robert

www.pbase.com/n2spcmusc (concert photography, bajaprog 07, nearfest 07 - all have various concert photos which show a high variance of lighting situations)

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> >>But it depends a lot on the lighting, the D70 as well
> as the D200 really do perform well at higher ISO, despite what the nay-
>; sayers and pixel-peepers say.>&gt;
>
> I must be a nay-sayer then, because when I push my ISO upwards of
800 or more on my D70, I lose ALOT of crispness compared to the lower
ISO's. I'm not to happy about the noise on the D70, waiting
impatiently for the D300 later this year. Granted, I have not tried
the Noise Ninja and thanks for the info. But as far as my concert
photos go, I usually stick with my Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8, manual mode,
ISO around between 200 for brighter scenes, 350 + for darker
scenes.... I balance my aperture and shutter speed according to the
scenes also. I try not to keep the aperture at 2.8 again for lack of
sharpness, but keep it around the larger openings. Shutter speed?
Depends on the action, if there is movement then I may prioritize my
shutter over my aperture. And of course, NEVER SHOOT WITH FLASH!!!
First I feel it is distracting to both performers and audience and it
also kills the lighting affect of the real lighting.
> It really depends on what is happening on stage. And sometimes,
yes, I would like to go up to the light board and turn on BRIGHTER
lights so I can capture that magical SHOT!!!!
>
> Robert
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Thank you for the flash comment, Robert. Until a few years ago I
worked on a stage crew doing sound and lighting. I can remember many
times setting a nice "moody" scene and then the flashes would start
and ruin my scene. I think it is worse, though, when people insist on
using flash during indoor sporting events like basketball games.

As far as approaching the board to turn up the lights brighter or to
tell the LD to, never really had many problems with that at the light
board (Well, there was a big "lighting" problem one night working with
Jerry Lee Lewis but that was his problem and not the crew's or
audience's problem)), but it happens all the time at the sound board.

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