Using a Pro Camera and lens at a Concert or event.
Mar 6, 2024 08:28:46 #
I was surprised that she is still around...nice heads up there.
At her age...might want to bring along a diffuser filter...no flash is the general rule (of course).
I'd say watch your back, but the average age of that concert will be 60 or older
At her age...might want to bring along a diffuser filter...no flash is the general rule (of course).
I'd say watch your back, but the average age of that concert will be 60 or older
Mar 6, 2024 09:24:30 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
I think that the first two considerations are the quality of the resultant photo that you desire and your ability to get it. The next is getting that quality without flash. If the venue says no flash it can be inferred that you can take photos, period.
Mar 6, 2024 09:25:24 #
blthomas438 wrote:
I just got tickets to a Stevie Nicks concert. In H... (show quote)
If they allow you in with a "Professional" camera...do it. Today's cameras with their high ISO abilities do fine without flash!
Mar 6, 2024 09:30:36 #
blthomas438 wrote:
I just got tickets to a Stevie Nicks concert. In H... (show quote)
Every concert that I have attended, and I've been to many, none of them allowed a camera of any kind other than what's on your phone. I wouldn't take my DSLR or mirrorless because I'm telling you, you will end up having to take it back to your vehicle.
Mar 6, 2024 09:31:56 #
jlocke
Loc: Austin, TX
Get yourself a small bridge camera; I invested in a Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS80, and it has been allowed in all of the 'smaller' venues around Austin and San Antonio. I haven't tried taking it to an arena-sized show, and generally stay away from the really big shows anyway.
The DC-ZS80 has a 35mm equivalent zoom range of 24-720mm and shoots 4K video. I set it to ISO 6400 (the highest it will go), aperture priority, and hope the lights are bright enough to get a decent shutter speed.
The DC-ZS80 has a 35mm equivalent zoom range of 24-720mm and shoots 4K video. I set it to ISO 6400 (the highest it will go), aperture priority, and hope the lights are bright enough to get a decent shutter speed.
Mar 6, 2024 10:01:48 #
I will call the venue, thanks for your information on this subject. Have a great day.
Mar 6, 2024 10:10:39 #
blthomas438 wrote:
A professional camera. Means a DSLR or Mirror less camera with interchangeable lenses. Can be made By Nikon, Canon, Sony, any one made of the major Camera company's
Any purpose built separate device made solely for photography. No Smart Phone cameras, as good as they are. They can't match the features & options or lenses of a Pro caliber DSLR or Mirror- less camera.
Any purpose built separate device made solely for photography. No Smart Phone cameras, as good as they are. They can't match the features & options or lenses of a Pro caliber DSLR or Mirror- less camera.
I don't know about that.
My Samsung has a 10x lens and get take photos at 100 megapixels.
Mar 6, 2024 11:11:29 #
Steve Nicks at a concert in Washington, DC back when you could take 35mm cameras and zoom lenses. Circa 1970 or so.
I was so new to photography, I was guessing blindly at exposures.
I was so new to photography, I was guessing blindly at exposures.
Mar 6, 2024 11:13:15 #
Retired CPO wrote:
What the heck is a real professional camera?
It’s arbitrarily whatever the venue says it is.
Mar 6, 2024 11:14:55 #
blthomas438 wrote:
A professional camera. Means a DSLR or Mirror less camera with interchangeable lenses. Can be made By Nikon, Canon, Sony, any one made of the major Camera company's
Any purpose built separate device made solely for photography. No Smart Phone cameras, as good as they are. They can't match the features & options or lenses of a Pro caliber DSLR or Mirror- less camera.
Any purpose built separate device made solely for photography. No Smart Phone cameras, as good as they are. They can't match the features & options or lenses of a Pro caliber DSLR or Mirror- less camera.
Many venues will include a bridge camera because it looks “professional”.
Mar 6, 2024 11:25:10 #
Randyfrieder
Loc: Long Island, New York
Retired CPO wrote:
What the heck is a real professional camera?
I believe that their definition of a pro camera, is that it is big!!!
I was once stopped walking into a concert venue, because I had a “professional camera”.
I explained to the bouncer, that any camera in my hands is a professional camera.
Because, I am a professional.
I actually got in with the kit!
The reasoning, I believe, by the venue or the band, regarding cameras, is that the photos taken with the “non pro camera” will not come out and the pro camera may actually produce acceptable results.
They don’t want a lowly ticket holder to get nice photos.
Ymmv
Imho
📸 Regards, Randy 📸
Mar 6, 2024 11:39:06 #
blthomas438 wrote:
I just got tickets to a Stevie Nicks concert. In H... (show quote)
Policies are all over the map and vary with the musician's and music promoter's contracts. Get clarification in writing before you show up with a pro-grade camera and get turned away.
Many venues consider ANYTHING other than a phone to be a security risk. NFL stadiums won't let fans in with anything that isn't in a clear bag — a fairly small clear bag, at that! They don't allow cameras, either. Many concert venues have similar restrictions. Photographers often need permits, badges, and must limit photography to specific vantage points and for a limited number of songs.
It's not 1974 any more. The lawyers and promoters got smart.
I would consider not doing any photography or video of any kind to be an act of kindness to those around and especially behind me. The last concert I went to was a mob scene of folks trying to hold their phones higher than the phone holding fans in front of them. My wife couldn't see anything.
Mar 6, 2024 11:56:34 #
NHRA Drag racing events still allow "professional" cameras and long lenses into the event.
Mar 6, 2024 12:12:23 #
Retired CPO wrote:
What the heck is a real professional camera?
One you put on a tripod, perhaps?
Someone trying to shoot a concert with a view camera might be a side event all on its own. 😉
Mar 6, 2024 12:50:56 #
Hi Coolhanduke,
Thanks for replying. That was probably a great concert. Would have loved to see that one. Funny thing My first real camera was the Minolta SRT201with a vivitar zoom, that I purchased my self. Working part-time after school. Then I was gifted my First Nikon the FE and 2 Nikkor lenses. I have been a Nikon Nazi ever since.😀
Unfortunately going to see a concert has now become ruined with Profit, copyright regs and greed. I would just like to get good pictures for myself. Not to sell them. Maybe give some to friends. Thanks have a great day.
Brian
Thanks for replying. That was probably a great concert. Would have loved to see that one. Funny thing My first real camera was the Minolta SRT201with a vivitar zoom, that I purchased my self. Working part-time after school. Then I was gifted my First Nikon the FE and 2 Nikkor lenses. I have been a Nikon Nazi ever since.😀
Unfortunately going to see a concert has now become ruined with Profit, copyright regs and greed. I would just like to get good pictures for myself. Not to sell them. Maybe give some to friends. Thanks have a great day.
Brian
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