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Okay, horrible pun up there.
I'm going to be bringing my Canon 30D dSLR, a small handful of lenses and a tripod while I'm wandering around PAX. I did something very similar last year (If any of you remember the guy with the tripod and the grey wool fedora, that was me - the JoCo concert especially) and had a blast, getting great pictures. This year I'll know how to use my camera more and have an ultrawide zoom, so I'm expecting even better results.
All that aside, who else is going to be doing PAXtography, and where are you going?
I'm planning on being at the Pre-PAX Pike's Place Breakfast, the Triwizard Drinking Tournament and any other events I can sneak or bribe my way into as well, of course, as PAX itself. Woohoo!
I'm going to be bringing my Canon 30D dSLR, a small handful of lenses and a tripod while I'm wandering around PAX. I did something very similar last year (If any of you remember the guy with the tripod and the grey wool fedora, that was me - the JoCo concert especially) and had a blast, getting great pictures. This year I'll know how to use my camera more and have an ultrawide zoom, so I'm expecting even better results.
All that aside, who else is going to be doing PAXtography, and where are you going?
I'm planning on being at the Pre-PAX Pike's Place Breakfast, the Triwizard Drinking Tournament and any other events I can sneak or bribe my way into as well, of course, as PAX itself. Woohoo!
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Oh yeah,
You should all join http://www.flickr.com/groups/pax/
DO IT!
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
I actually didn't have a problem without a flash - my lens maxed out at f/3.5 last year, but with ISO 1000-1600 I got more than a few perfectly usable photos. I'll be going around with f/2.8 gear this year, so hopefully the ISOs won't have to be so high - but if they do, Noise Ninja ahoy!
I only really used my tripod at talks and concerts, when I had to get the camera way above my head AND keep it steady to get good pictures. I have some great ones from just doing that.
Also, joined the PAX group!
Somebody already posted an "official" PAX08 flickr group for all of us to use, but it doesn't hurt to have another I guess. :P
I'll also be bringing my camera (nothing special, it's not an SLR) and be taking pictures of just about everything, recording videos as well. I'll also try to record Chris Taylor's mini-keynote at the Pre-PAX Dinner, as well as moar pics! xD
Yeah, it's worth it. '06 was my first year but I only went for 1 day because I had only heard of it a week prior to the event lol. I grabbed a friend and went down for a day, and at least I was able to see it while it was still in Bellevue, however all I had was a camera phone, so I got about 7 pictures. That turned into 400 for last year, plus enough videos to add up to 10 gigs of epic win when it was all said and done. This year I'm hoping to smash that, going from a 1gb SD card last year to two 4gb cards this year to store a bunch more at a time.
I do kinda wish I had a tripod though. But oh well
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
I have an f/2 50mm but still my camera isn't much of a low light performer. I'm still on the fence. Maybe I'll just bring it one day.
I joined yours pretty much for that reason, it was a question I came up with when the other was posted lol. Now if there's a section on there for '07 I'll go ahead and add my 400 pictures. (even though a good chunk of them are already on my Photobucket album) XD
That is all.
... Don't go exposing yourself now. :P
I'm trying to get admin so that pax group can actually have some sort of organization.
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
High praise.
Please don't expose yourself at PAX.
Arrangements can be made if you really must. I have a room at the Sheraton.:winky:
Also, joined both groups, just in case.
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
I'd prolly opt for the f/1.8. You can typically foot zoom but you can't magically make more light. Plus primes tend to be better quality (no clue on your two though, just in general).
If you really don't want to swap lenses, I'd also vote for the nifty fifty. You'll get great interior shots and the exhibitor room will be plenty easy to take with that kind of wide lens. If you're not in the neckbreakers for panels or concerts, however, you're going to be very disappointed - 50mm really won't reach far. The 28-200 will give you enough reach to hit presenters from a mild distance (I did the JoCo concert with a 28-135 and got some good shots) but the 3.5-5.6 will sting in the exhibitor's hall especially. I don't think the D50 can crank up to insaneo ISOs, which is why you'll be wanting a wide lens in the dark.
That's exactly what I was thinking...that I'd need the speedy lens, but at the same time, I'm going to need something long for the concerts. Unfortunately, I don't think any lens at f/5.6 is going to be any good in the concerts, so I'll probably stick with the 50mm lens and use my cell phone (blegh) for concerts/video.
Pax plus my trip to Canada in Nov is making me want to buy more camera gear.
Of course if I had this, I wouldn't have to worry about anything (except perhaps my back breaking)
EDIT: I just saw that I could rent that lens for $30 for the whole weekend....it's tempting...
My lens (Canon 28-135 f/3.5 - 5.6 IS USM) at 135mm and f/5.6 got this shot at the JoCo concert last year at ISO 1600 with a good tripod so I promise you, yes it will work:
Bigger version: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2758546124_01a20d88c6_o.jpg
I didn't say with a tripod. :P~ That adds a good few stops effectively. Also, what were you shooting with? Looks a bit better than a D50? Hard to tell though.
I shoot with a Canon 30D, and I didn't have a problem hauling my tripod around - I have a Bogen 3021 and ballhead, it's pretty light.
Edit: For a point of reference, how far back were you in the theater when you shot that at 135? Cropped at all?
edit: and by please, I mean do it
That picture was actually completely uncropped, only slightly sharpened, then colour saturation and contrast boosted by about 10%. It has not been put through Noise Ninja, so no PP denoising on that.
The tripod really did make all the difference in the world - I could NOT have gotten that shot handheld. Also, the tripod let me get above the crowd, since I'm kind of short.
I think I was maybe...50ish feet from the stage? I could stand where I was if I was in the room, but it's been a year since I took the shot...
Previous massive image reduced, link provided to gigantor version.
If only rental places carried Olympus gear.
Nope, I didn't have a single complaint - it's long and spindly, and people were waving their DS's that high anyway.
How short are you? :P My tripod doesn't quite get to 6 foot and thats with extending the fiddly bit.
I'm 5'8" (which feels goddamn short at times), and my tripod gets to be about seven feet with the centre column extended. Hardly fiddly, though.
You're making me want to do the same! I have a 85mm /f1.8 (I chose putting money in glass over camera) on my D40 and I haven't had the chance to shoot an event outside some sports and portrait. (too bad it doesn't autofocus on the D40, man I wanted a D80 so bad!)
yep, man, that's the reason right there I'd never buy a D40. I bought Nikon specifically because of compatibility with older lenses, and the D40 completely screwed that up.