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#21 yes that is Eric Fish with Subway to Sally on NEON Ekustik-Tour

 

All Images developed in LR6 from RAW-files - first and second with Acros Film-Simulation.

 

ISO 800 / ISO 1250 / ISO 3200

 

Settings on Auto-ISO up to 6400, Spot Metering locked with AF, Fuji XF 56mm with f1.2 to f1.4

 

More of the Concert also with FF Nikon

 

https://mformat.wordpress.com/2016/03/12/neon-ekustik-tour-2016-subway-to-sally/

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Really cool, thank you!

At least with those image sizes, high ISO with low light seems to be absolutely no problem for the new sensor, and honestly, I can't even guess which of those are Nikon or Fuji.

But this thread is not about gear and I don't want to derail it, therefore I'll leave it with that. So my compliments, I really like those images, composition, contrast, the right moment.

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Very fun subject for me. My visual cortex always lights up like a christmas tree when the bands get properly syncronised after a few songs, this is when the camera comes out.

 

I post for the benefit of the musicians and their fans so I include technically imperfect shots to help tell the story of the event and to be sure all band members are represented.

 

When low light gets in the way I have made composits instead. Some day I will remember to convert to sRGB as well. All the performing art stuff is shot with Fujifilm X-M/E1/E2

 

 

 

Josh Rowand and The Pit Bulls of Blues

https://boundarylayers.smugmug.com/Music/South-Florida-Blues-Greats/Josh-Pit-Bull-of-Blues-and-Kat/i-rKBPdss/A

 

Debbie Duncan Quartet with audience participation (she is great and it shows in the ausience):

https://boundarylayers.smugmug.com/Music/Twin-Cities-JazzBluesRB/Debbie-Duncan-Crooners/i-z5RsfHK/A

 

Stop in the name of Love: The Roxy Hall Band with Leslie McKee singing:

https://boundarylayers.smugmug.com/Music/Roxxy-Hall-BAnd/Roxxy-Hall-Band-and-Friends/i-RtZXpnX/A

 

boundarylayers.smugmug.com/music

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After +10 years of running around with Canon 1D's I have lately found myself using Fujis more and more for concert photography with the reasons being:

+ quicker access to social media

+ less too carry = easier to move around in the photo-pit

+ live-preview of wildly changing white balance is quite nifty

- focus, still not good enough

- live-preview not quick enough if you are in the middle of a mosh-pit...arms/legs/crowdsurfers may suddenly be a lot closer than they appear

- fragile compared to 1D + L-lenses

 

Examples - so far so good...will be interesting to see how they cope with the outdoor summer festivals the coming months:

 

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I haven't posted in a while, but my wife and I saw Enter Shikari in London ON a couple months ago, and I brought my X-E2 with the 18mm and 35mm. I figured the smaller size might help get me into the venue in case they didn't like cameras. No one batted an eye, and in hindsight, I probably would have gotten along with the 23mm better, if anything for the more consistent low light AF. Between the low light and backlighting, both the 18mm and 35mm were struggling.

 

26881397634_90ceb21486_c.jpgDSCF0114 by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

 

27456195476_dfc64be83b_c.jpgDSCF0123 by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

 

27418796411_a6ac74a778_c.jpgDSCF0386 by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

 

27456194186_694cf10e08_c.jpgDSCF0137 by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

 

27456193066_c644c21153_c.jpgDSCF0157 by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

 

27418801941_6950d57af3_c.jpgDSCF0383 by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

 

27213845630_4d041b7ce0_c.jpgDSCF0465 by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

 

27213841090_6ebe1f47b2_c.jpgDSCF0524 by Phil Babbey, on Flickr

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... just a few more withe the X-Pro2 and the XF 56mm

 

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For the last year i have been shooting concerts with Nikon d4s and d750. Since everyone was going crazy over the X-T2, i thought i should check it out so i bought it with the 16-55mm f/2.8 and brought it to a show.

 

No doubt i was suprised as well as impressed,but there was three tings i really did not like. 

 

The EVF and autofocus went crazy when there was a lot of backlighting and no frontlights; a familiar situation where my Nikon-gear never had a problem. It meant that i had to shoot "a different way" and it took some time getting used to. This was a concert with fairly good lights and i fear that the x-t2 will have a huge problem on darker show on a smaller venue. 

 

The second problem i found was importing and working with the files in Lightroom; they are fare heavier than the Nikon-files and i used far more time both on importing and processing. 

 

The third problem i found was the level of noise. Pictures taken on ISO 3200 to ISO 6400 had a lot of noise and as a result some pictues lost so much detail in certain areas that they were unusable. On the more positive side many of the underexposed pictures really shined when i pushed the exposure in Lightroom. Probably not the best solution against loss of details, but it's seems to be a viable option for concert photo.

 

It's to soon to conclude afte just one concert, but i am somewhat sceptial about the X-T2 for concert shooting. It's far better than i feared, but i really don't know if i can work with the focus-problems and the level of noise...

 

More pics her: [LINK]

 

The following three images are three of the better ones. 

 

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Also still learning the XT-2 as an amateur.

 

In a small club with por and bad lighting

 

34037404831_30a27882ed_b.jpg_DSF5949 live by miltos, on Flickr

 

34037096441_1d43761ba3_b.jpg_DSF5486 live by miltos, on Flickr

 

34127244676_4835d7a470_b.jpg_DSF5573 live by miltos, on Flickr

 

33356525183_6afb094520_b.jpg_DSF5526 live by miltos, on Flickr

 

33325783434_c0dffdc388_b.jpg_DSF5926 live by miltos, on Flickr

 

the following jpeg' s ootc are quite good, given the situation

 

34142653696_bbf1a16ee4_b.jpg_DSF5485 by miltos, on Flickr

 

33798893260_d0b3f9fdbc_b.jpg_DSF5600 by miltos, on Flickr

 

34182995975_34396b3399_b.jpg_DSF5975 by miltos, on Flickr

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