Good setting for concert/night scenes WITHOUT flash

john5100 · 11-24-2012, 09:55 AM

Okay I see. How are manual lenses for shows?

snake · 11-24-2012, 11:42 AM

Originally posted by john5100

Okay I see. How are manual lenses for shows?

I use the M85 for closeups. It's superb. Has other issues, but with CIF and stop-down metering (green button), it works really well.

The key is kind of knowing where the focus will lie and trying to slightly slow down at that point so you don't get focus shift during the exposure.

I more so only have issues with flare due to older coatings (even with a hood) or soft focus and shallow DoF when I'm shooting close to wide open.

This concert has some M85 examples in it:

DELUGE PHOTO: Other Lives

Technically, I could have done better on this one, but I still like it:

john5100 · 11-24-2012, 01:21 PM - **1 Like**

Well with the manual lens you did well. Focusing has to be the hardest part. I need to try my manual lenses; they all work really well.

I have used the DA 12-24mm successfully too.

But the DA* 50-135mm has been my bread and butter lens

One that's getting more use is my Sigma 24-60mm F2.8

Laurentiu Cristofor · 11-24-2012, 07:51 PM

Originally posted by john5100

Okay I see. How are manual lenses for shows?

They work great. Here are a few shots with the K-7 and the Cosina 55/1.2. ISO 1600 f/1.2 - this was about as much as I would want to push the K-7:

1/200

1/160

The B&W versions remove the distraction of the lights:

11-24-2012, 11:42 AM	#17
snake Banned Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: NY/Germany Posts: 1,183	Originally posted by john5100 Okay I see. How are manual lenses for shows? I use the M85 for closeups. It's superb. Has other issues, but with CIF and stop-down metering (green button), it works really well. The key is kind of knowing where the focus will lie and trying to slightly slow down at that point so you don't get focus shift during the exposure. I more so only have issues with flare due to older coatings (even with a hood) or soft focus and shallow DoF when I'm shooting close to wide open. This concert has some M85 examples in it: DELUGE PHOTO: Other Lives Technically, I could have done better on this one, but I still like it: Last edited by snake; 11-24-2012 at 12:10 PM.

11-24-2012, 01:21 PM - 1 Like	#18
john5100 Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,725	Well with the manual lens you did well. Focusing has to be the hardest part. I need to try my manual lenses; they all work really well. I have used the DA 12-24mm successfully too. But the DA* 50-135mm has been my bread and butter lens One that's getting more use is my Sigma 24-60mm F2.8 Last edited by john5100; 11-24-2012 at 01:37 PM.

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11-24-2012, 09:55 AM	#16
john5100 Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,725	Okay I see. How are manual lenses for shows?

11-24-2012, 07:51 PM	#19
Laurentiu Cristofor Banned Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: WA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,055	Originally posted by john5100 Okay I see. How are manual lenses for shows? They work great. Here are a few shots with the K-7 and the Cosina 55/1.2. ISO 1600 f/1.2 - this was about as much as I would want to push the K-7: 1/200 1/160 The B&W versions remove the distraction of the lights: