cameras, concert photography

[erilyn]

I'm considering getting a new camera for my 30th (which is approaching far too rapidly). Does anyone have recs/anti-recs for a compact or ultra-compact? What do you have, how have you found it? I currently have a three year old Canon A85.

I've been going through a few sites (like Digital Photography Review - very useful for feature search and side-by-side comparisons) but am feeling overwhelmed by choices and options. Good video is essential (especially for concerts *g*).

Speaking of concerts - my photos are often very hit and miss (with greater emphasis towards miss). If you take photos at concerts, what settings do yo tend to use? Fully auto, a specific mode, or do you manually adjust aperture and ISO speed etc?

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Thanks to very useful info from babygotbass (eg the sold out message is an error, and check your order history when it times out during processing), I have conquered the FBR store and ordered the deluxe edition of Pretty. Odd. \o/

I really need to make a proper To Do list for February. I don't have uni for the next 3 1/2 weeks, and I'll be working a bit but not full-time (afaik), so it is Time To Get Shit Done.

Also, the mystery of Pete and Patrick's apparent trip to Europe and Russia is solved! I hope they go to Paris a lot "".

Comments

[bluna81.livejournal.com]

ooh never choose kodak, it suxx, well just my bad experience ...

i for myself would by one with a high optical zoom

my current well and my prefered one is a olympus z740 ... where you can do your own settings 2 ... it depends on the light but for concerts i use sport modus without the flash (you need a a calm hand for that) and multi pictures, iso is automatic and i play around with the light, when it suites i use it for all pictures

[bluna81.livejournal.com]

by - buy

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info! :)