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

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I saw it, thanks, someone posted about it to the Aussie list last night. It was incredibly blah, Richard Wilkins isn't a great interviewer, and there was nothing of note in it. I don't think Howie said one word during it, heh.

[misha-bsb.livejournal.com]

Could you ask your friends on the list to send an email to this station?

http://www.mix1065.com.au/misc/unfiledarticles.asp?articleid=7390

Apparently they interviewed AJ last Friday. They have some podcasts on their site, so maybe they will post the interview if there's demand. I tried to email them but their site filters out some non-Australian email sites.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I'll pass it on!