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Subject: Re: [OM] The Concert
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:55:06 -0500
  OK Ken I have to ask. What is a "slap echo" and how is it different from a
regular echo?

Charlie

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Last night was the school's Grade 7-8 band/choir concert of which both of
> my
> girls were participating. Being the holiday concert, it was a little more
> packed than the usual packed. This concert is held in the high school
> performing-arts auditorium which was build just a couple of years ago and
> is
> very nice. The acoustics are actually very good (mostly, except for that
> one
> spot that has a slap-echo so bad that it messes people's hair up) and the
> facility seats probably 1500 people--give or take.
>
> So, I go through my usual exercise of determining which camera to take. We
> almost always sit in the back and up high--that way we get better
> sight-lines. A 50mm lens on the FourThirds bodies will JUST take in the
> choir or the smaller band when sitting in back. The Grade-7 band is a
> little
> larger, so a not-so-long lens is necessary.
>
> The problem has been dim lighting conditions. The last concert was
> dismal--because most of the lighting grid was changed around for a
> theatrical production, but last night was different. It was literally three
> or four stops brighter than last time!
>
> I never seem to take the same configuration to the concerts and last night
> I
> decided to do the "pretend Leica" routine. I used the DMC-L1 with the
> 24/2.8, 50/1.4 and 100/2.8 lenses. That was it. Honestly, it does look a
> lot
> like a Leica in those dimmer conditions. The lens selection turned out very
> well and I'm quite satisfied with the results.
>
> But not everything was rosy.
>
> As they don't do any sound amplification, taking pictures with some cameras
> was problematic. You could hear the beeps, blips, twips, songs and fake
> shutter sounds from cameras all over the auditorium. Of course, this is
> accompanied by the glowing rectangles of LCD displays of the people in
> front
> of you taking pictures or trying to video record their precious offspring.
> At some point you just have to laugh. Back when our girls were in private
> school, it was funny because parents would prairie-dog when their child
> would go up on stage--and yes, I'd prairie-dog right with them.
>
> So, making a long story longer...
>
> I took the DMC-L1. Why? Vanity. What camera do I have which would have been
> better? The E-1 is so silent but has that "Chirp-Squeak" sound. The L1?
> "QWA-T-ACK!!!!!" The camera is anything but quiet. Heaven forbid you use
> live-view! You need a forklift to pick up the echos from that thing. The
> OM-3Ti is also very good in this condition too, but digital was selected
> for
> other reasons.
>
> The pictures did turn out great, but I was living in fear of starting a
> riot
> in my section.
>
> Next time, I think I'll leave the L1 at home and use the E-1 or OM-3Ti
> again. The 3Ti, specifically, seems to be about the best camera for the
> task
> and generates a sound which seems so foreign to people these days. No, I
> won't use the MD2 on it--been there done that...
>
> AG (Please, C.H. write something interesting so we don't have to listen to
> these pointless stories) Schnozz
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