Which lens to use

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qap15

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Which lenses does one need to shoot a music concert at night, at a distance of about 4-5 meters?
 
depend on lighting at concert ... sometimes may be enough even stock lens (iso @ 400/800), but preferrable will be some lens with aperture F2.8 (or better), then iso may be set to 200/400 for same brightness, and will be less noise
 
Thanks guys!
What if the distance is increased with no posibility of using the stock lens (too dark), which lens takes over?
 
I've been using a very inexpensive Asahi 55mm f2 lens (Pentax m42 mount with an adapter) and I've been quite happy. It's pretty long so a few meters back is pretty much required.
I also have a "Formula 5" 28mm f2.8 lens (Pentax m42) that is quite a bit more usable up close though lacking in sharpness. But it's still pretty fast.
I paid $30 for each of them at my local used camera store here in Victoria (camera-traders.com - no, I don't work there) with an inexpensive m42 adapter from eBay.

I blew my budget on the camera, but I'm quite happy to spend $30 to experiment on a new lens :-)
 
Remember, if possible, not to film the cables on the stage floor itself, otherwise you'll have flickering /moire effects going on like fireworks.
I have some footage I shot some weeks ago and on that dark stage floor the snaking cables seemed alive :eek:
Probably the fact that I shot handheld, and therefore there was some minimal hand motion obviously compounded the problem :-/

Paul
 
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