Hej Bernd,
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Bernd Moeller wrote:
> Hej Thomas,
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> > However for concert-photos....I dunno what kind of concerts you go to, but
> > if you want pictures of the stage, and you cannot be just up front, you're
> > probably better off with a longer focal length.
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> Normally I shoot at small local venues (you probably know
> Studenterhuset and Tusindfryd in Aalborg)
"know of" is the term here. I am afraid I have never been there (gee, now
I feel old...), so I don't know how the places are set up. However I do
know that Aalborg (for those uninitiated, a small town in the northern
part of Denmark - no, there are no polar bears there, although it's often
cold and always rainy) do not have huge concert scenes, so....
> where I get so close to the
> stage that even my 50/1.4 is sufficient to get good frames.
Ahh, wow - they've gotta be small, then ;)
> It's less
> easy to get close to the stage at bigger venues, but there I normally
> have an arrangement with the venue staff or even the record company.
Let me guess: that would be (in Aalborg) "Skråen" or some such
organization?
> The 85/2 however will give me enough focal length to shoot faces or to
> work with depth of field.
>
That is true. And still, the lens is fast enough. It does, btw., do well
even fully open (imho).
--thomas
Ps: Bernd, are you the guy from I4 ?
> Regards
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