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Subject: [OM] problem with digital and concert photography
From: Mike <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:38:48 -0800
OK so maybe this is sour grapes but last night I discovered one problem
with digital  that i hadn't considered before. The wife and I stepped
out to the local watering hole to hear some blues and have a brew or
two. Our local semi-retired rock and roll star sits in on Wednesday
nights on occasion and so there were a few cameras in attendance. Well a
guy with a big N*kon (D100 50/1.4??) and Lumiquest bouncer settled in
next to us and started flashing away. He could just preview and save or
delete. He showed me his keepers and they were pretty good too. Great
for him but I walked out of there not only deaf but blind as well.   On
the other hand a couple of film shooters paid much more attention to
their craft as they didn't have the luxury of instant gratification.
They were much less obnoxious as well. And besides, despite the N*kon
guys big brick all his photos while good lacked the ambiance. Flash blew
out all of the existing lighting.  Actually the lighting there is really
crappy but the flash was worse. I would like to try my 50/1.2 and
existing light but I've got to talk to my friend in the band to do
something about the lighting for next week, like add some. Anyway i
suppose this is more of a philosophy thing rather than the fault of the
equipment. And yeah, there is some sour grapes too. That sure was a fine
looking camera.  But i think digital does encourage the shotgun approach
to photography.

Mike 


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