settings for ˝Concert pictures˝

Silver · 26 Dec 2006 at 16:51

i have a Panasonic DMC-FZ7 and i'd like to know what are perfect settings or like the best settings for taking pictures at a concert???
I have all the P,A,S,M, settings and a lot of scene settings,but at those scene settings the pictures aren't that nice,..to high iso i thing!!!

Scam · 26 Dec 2006 at 17:13

There's been a few threads on this, and the opinion seems to be that you're gonna struggle to get natural looking pictures without a really fast lens (50mm 1.8). Otherwise you'll have to ramp up the ISO to compromise (and get noise), or use a flash which can ruin the stage lighting. I think spot metering is the best method too.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17650961

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17589468&highlight=gig+settings

Here's a good pro's site too: http://blog.eyesopen.co.uk/index.php/category/tips/

Silver · 26 Dec 2006 at 17:19

thank you

Silver · 26 Dec 2006 at 17:28

what do you think will this setting here work on a 10 or 16x optical zoom ???
F3.2 1/20 iso 400 !!

Scam · 26 Dec 2006 at 17:34

Well it's impossible to say. Every venue will be different and you're entirely dependent on the stage lighting. For starters, at 10/16x zoom, a shutter speed of 1/20 is probably gonna produce shaky results. As for the exposure -- as i said it depends on the lighting.

MobyDick · 27 Dec 2006 at 00:17

I got my FZ7 6 days ago and went to see Iron Maiden the night i got it. Here are some pics. This was my first digital camera and i didn't have a clue what i was doin. Took about 50 pics,about 5 weren't blurry.

I was sitting back here

F/2.8,shutter 1/6 second,ISO 400

F/3.3,shutter 1/60 second,ISO 400,12x Zoom

F/3.3,shutter 1/60,ISO 400

F/3.2,shutter 1/5,ISO 100

F3.3,shutter 1/10,ISO 100

Silver · 27 Dec 2006 at 10:46

did you use the auto setting or manuel settings???
Normaly i make pictures with this camera on manuel settings,..but as you all know concert pictures are hard to take and i just wanted to know a fue manuel tips!!

MobyDick · 28 Dec 2006 at 01:18

Silver said:
did you use the auto setting or manuel settings???
Normaly i make pictures with this camera on manuel settings,..but as you all know concert pictures are hard to take and i just wanted to know a fue manuel tips!!

I had the dial on top set to M,and used manual focus.

I was more impressed with the videos then the pictures. The image stablisation and sound quality are both brilliant. The video files are unfortunatly too big to post