Concerts and Parties: 35mm or Medium Format

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Ok, so here I am troubled with a question, which is fairly basic I think.

I have a fair amount of experience in landscape photography but never ventured into the field of indoor events.
I dont want to do it comercially, just a bit of fun now and then.

What do I want to shoot?
As mentioned, indoor concerts and events mostly. I also want to use the camera for some outdoor B&W photography.

Why film?
Because I feel like it. I had been shooting pictures with quite a few 35mm cameras years ago and I miss it.

What choices am I considering?
Pentax 645n, Bronica SQ-Ai or ETRSi and then... As much as I would love to get into medium format maybe 35 is a better option?

Any ideas?
I want to spend around £500 on the camera+lens

Cheers
 
Hi and welcome to the forum!

Concerts & parties? - 35mm no question!

Kit? - I'd get a Canon EOS3 (about £70 secondhand), an 85mm f/1.8 (£240) or perhaps a 70-200 - trouble is you could do with an f/2.8 70-200, but your budget is more geared towards the f/4. Another possibility is the 70-300 'IS' - the image stabiliser will help hold it still, but won't help with the higher shutter speeds required for freezing movement.

Phil
 
Another big thumbs up for the EOS 3.

Fantastic camera at a bargain price these days.
 
for that kind of gig, and if you want to shoot on film, then the EOS-3 is a fantastic body for the money. AF that's only equalled by the 1D/7Ds, works with all the modern EF glass (note - NOT the EF-S crop sensor stuff!), and is just spot on reliable.

I've a mate who used a brace of them to shoot on the cruise liners. He never tires of repeating this... "20 rolls of 36 exposure film, 5 days a week, 48 weeks a year for 18 months - lost frames due to to the camera 0 - Failures of cameras - 0" Pretty good hit rate I reckon - 259,200 frames, and the 2 cameras look pretty much like they did out of the box, but with a little smoother hand-grip!

I certainly wouldn't be without mine. Only problem is its at it's best with the fiendishly expensive L lenses, which you aren't going to get for a £500 budget :(
 
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