03-05-2011, 11:39 PM
Sounds like a good choice to me, Ian.
I've typically carried a 35mm, 50mm and 85mm (f/1.4 - f/2) for small club/pub performances - that setup pretty much covers all the situations you might face: sometimes you can't get up front because of the crowd, other times you might want to capture the room atmosphere etc.
I guess a 100mm or 135/150mm could be useful too, but then you may have problems with slow shutter speeds (unless you have image stabilizer).
Actually, once you have a nice lens setup, I find the red/purple spotlights are the biggest challenge to a photographer. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I've typically carried a 35mm, 50mm and 85mm (f/1.4 - f/2) for small club/pub performances - that setup pretty much covers all the situations you might face: sometimes you can't get up front because of the crowd, other times you might want to capture the room atmosphere etc.
I guess a 100mm or 135/150mm could be useful too, but then you may have problems with slow shutter speeds (unless you have image stabilizer).
Actually, once you have a nice lens setup, I find the red/purple spotlights are the biggest challenge to a photographer. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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