Will F4 cope with gig?

[ding76uk]

Hi as add on to previous post, photographing a famous girl band on Sun, will a 70 200 F4 cope? I have photographed a lot of bands who are more my scene and shot almost totally f2.8 or below, but wondering as this is major band whether I can expect lighting to be good enough to cope with f4? Not strictly necessary, but could give me more scope to try when staple shots out of way.

Cheers guys.

 

[david1701]

if its a big gig with a lot of light you should be ok, just think iso 3200 where you would be using 1600, I remember once stopping f2.8 glass down to 3.5 for DoF and that was in a tiny place.

With light you'll be fine if its dark you're screwed

 

[purpleclouds]

Stopping down at a gig...that's some lavish light you must have had

 

[david1701]

hell yeah f3.5 iso 1250 1/320th :O

 

[purpleclouds]

Niiiiice! Was it at a festival on a sunny Saturday afternoon?

 

[blue max]

Would you kick yourself if you let the opportunity pass with blurred pics for a mere 1.5k?

Graham

I'm full of bruises myself!

 

[david1701]

Niiiiice! Was it at a festival on a sunny Saturday afternoon?

nope the aggy in braunton dark as hell in the club but they nailed the power on the stage lights

that is until the last 3 tracks where it was almost all dead flicking to full power - MEGA pain as you time shot right for an awesome expression and the lights go out grrrr lolz

 

[ding76uk]

Would you kick yourself if you let the opportunity pass with blurred pics for a mere 1.5k?

Graham

I'm full of bruises myself!

I am getting married this year, so the bruises are kicks mixed with thumb marks, haha.

That is the obvious step if and when funds allow.

 

[kingbling11]

I think 2.8 is simly going to be too much depth of field for an event like that. F4 is about what i'd use, even if i was using 2.8 glass.

 

[inaneredstripe]

again, depends on the available light. gig venues can vary so much.
ive shot anywhere between f8 at 800 to f2.8 at 3200.
and between 1/250 and 1/60.