Concert photos

NormanPoo

hey,

Im looking to purchas an affordable, good quality camera for taking pics at concerts.

Any reccomendations?

mehfesto

What's your budget?

thefly

NormanPoo wrote: »

hey,

Im looking to purchas an affordable, good quality camera for taking pics at concerts.

Any reccomendations?

Lens is the most important thing and if it's anyway useful they wont let you into the venue with it unless you have permission, in order to protect the artists "image rights"

homerun_homer

Are you looking for a P&S or DSLR?

NormanPoo

to be honest, im just looking for a good quality digital camera that can take clear pictures that i can post on a blog.
dont want to spend much more than 100 either to be honest...student budget!

mehfesto

NormanPoo wrote: »

to be honest, im just looking for a good quality digital camera that can take clear pictures that i can post on a blog.
dont want to spend much more than 100 either to be honest...student budget!

You won't get much for that, tbh.

If you're serious about it consider saving up or taking a loan, but for 100 you'd stuggle to even get a decent point+shoot camera that'd be any use at gigs.

EDIT: If it's just for a blog, I'm sure you'll find something decent, but they won't be 'clear' at gigs, unless they;re outdoors. The ISO will be poor on cheap cameras.

homerun_homer

Agreed, €100 will get you something the equivalent as the latter half of you name OP.

PCPhoto

OP

- firstly , taking pics at concerts is not permitted in the terms and conditions of almost all concerts/venues - even though its almost impossible to stop everyone.
*/gets off high horse*

- secondly, for what you are looking for pretty much any decent compact/bridge camera will suffice - a DSLR will most likely be taken by security staff...as you will need to get as close as possible to get a usable image.

NOTE: (a Point and Shoot/normal digital compact camera = will more than likely have a shutter lag, some bridge cameras might have it too....very important to realise this ..... this is the delay between when you press the button and when the image is taken)

in order to get a decent pic at a concert you need to understand the basics of photography - do you know anything about the relationship between ISO/ASA, Shutter speeds, Apertures, composition, rule of thirds ? learning about these will improve your ability to capture a decent image.

Don't expect to have any print quality images - you want an image to put on a blog, so learn how to take a photo, get as close as possible to the person/band on stage...stay as steady as possible.... learn and understand your camera and how it reacts in different light.

cena

thefly wrote: »

Lens is the most important thing and if it's anyway useful they wont let you into the venue with it unless you have permission, in order to protect the artists "image rights"

how do you get permission too use one with a lens. would you have too be part of the press

blastman

NormanPoo wrote: »

to be honest, im just looking for a good quality digital camera that can take clear pictures that i can post on a blog.
dont want to spend much more than 100 either to be honest...student budget!

From experience, not a hope! Not at concerts, anyway.

Having said that, if it's mainly for blogging/web, you might get away with it, but not many compact cameras perform well in low light/gig situations.

scudzilla

Doesn't seem a bad price, down from 311 to 107

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5593646/Trail/searchtext%3EKODAK.htm

A bit overpriced in the first price IMO but not bad for just over your budget

NormanPoo

cheers for all the feedback lads.
To be honest, i'm a total newbie to all this photography stuff and didn't realize there was so much involved.Yer advice has been great and i'll take a better look into it.

Cheers again lads, its feedback like this that makes boards so damn helpful!