night club photos (NWS)

Well what is the average zoom for you guys? Do you ever go more that 35mm? I was looking to purchase another Prime and I wanted to see which I should go with.

Taurance wrote in post #9421155
Well what is the average zoom for you guys? Do you ever go more that 35mm? I was looking to purchase another Prime and I wanted to see which I should go with.

I have the Tamron 17-50mm and I love that lens. I have not touched the 50mm end in a while. I usually keep mine at about 17 to 20mm

DwightMcCann wrote in post #9420490
I made my first $100,000 in photography shooting jpegs. I made the second $100,000 shooting RAW.

Hah, nice. I shot JPG for years. Went RAW exclusively last year, when I upgraded from positively ancient computing hardware to something more recent. When I had the hardware, glass, and so forth, I didn't see a reason to shoot JPG anymore.

Over in RED-land, the basic premise is that you shoot with the maximum quality available to you at the time. Basically, if you can afford a RED, you can afford the storage.

Conversely, if you can deck yourself out with a DSLR and good glass, you can afford to shoot RAW and back yourself up with the hardware to deal with it.

Vanthel wrote in post #9420849
You will likely find the 50mm too long, else you can get great results with a 50D and 420ex

Yea thats why i was confused when someone here earlier on asked if the 55-250mm lens or an equivalent was good for night club photo's

Hey another question, I have the opportunity to buy myself a new lens this weekend. I did some reading and it seemed going with the 50mm 1.8 (which I ordered last week)was good but from the recent replies I might want to get something else for club shooting. I can afford the Nikon 12-24 f/4 or the Tamaron 17-50 2.8 but I was thinking of getting a prime like the 20/24/28/35mm 2.8 as it saves me a couple hundred for now. Finally I can also get a 10.5 fisheye.

What ever I get it will be my main nightclub shooting lens and I think shooting 100% in fisheye will get really boring really quick.

As well I will try and expand my portfolio so I will be shooting models (hopefully) and I going with an Aliens Bees setup. I have about $800 to spend and the lighting setup will cost about $650 for a storbe+Battery+other

The second question is should I go with a better lens or lighting (Currently have an SB-600). It's going to be a 50/50 usage split and I plan on doing both pro bono (to build my website or to build my portfolio) any help would be great. Sorry for the long post.

Taurance wrote in post #9426002
Hey another question, I have the opportunity to buy myself a new lens this weekend. I did some reading and it seemed going with the 50mm 1.8 (which I ordered last week)was good but from the recent replies I might want to get something else for club shooting. I can afford the Nikon 12-24 f/4 or the Tamaron 17-50 2.8 but I was thinking of getting a prime like the 20/24/28/35mm 2.8 as it saves me a couple hundred for now. Finally I can also get a 10.5 fisheye.

What ever I get it will be my main nightclub shooting lens and I think shooting 100% in fisheye will get really boring really quick.

As well I will try and expand my portfolio so I will be shooting models (hopefully) and I going with an Aliens Bees setup. I have about $800 to spend and the lighting setup will cost about $650 for a storbe+Battery+other

The second question is should I go with a better lens or lighting (Currently have an SB-600). It's going to be a 50/50 usage split and I plan on doing both pro bono (to build my website or to build my portfolio) any help would be great. Sorry for the long post.

The 17-50mm should be your next lens. Shooting fish eye at a club *all* the time will get really boring

Agreed with above, fisheye all the time will get very drull.

Sigma 10-20 F/4-5.6 OR Sigma 18-50 F/2.8?

Might have myself a first gig.
Maybe both lenses and use the other one for the other 1/2 of the night?
I can't decide. Opinions?

Leaning more for the 18-50 F/2.8 all night so the aperture wont change. I like consistency.
F/4 on the 10-20 is noticeably soft anyway.

kay188 wrote in post #9427106
Sigma 10-20 F/4-5.6 OR Sigma 18-50 F/2.8?

Might have myself a first gig.
Maybe both lenses and use the other one for the other 1/2 of the night?
I can't decide. Opinions?

Leaning more for the 18-50 F/2.8 all night so the aperture wont change. I like consistency.
F/4 on the 10-20 is noticeably soft anyway.

I don't find this true unless i'm wrong? The last photo's I took quite a few of them are f/4 using the 10-20mm f/4-5.6 . What other settings are you using?

This for example..

f/4, ISO400, 1/5sec.

Radders wrote in post #9427365
I don't find this true unless i'm wrong? The last photo's I took quite a few of them are f/4 using the 10-20mm f/4-5.6 . What other settings are you using?

This for example..
f/4, ISO400, 1/5sec.

It's not the matter of my settings.
I know wide is very fun, and F/4 is more than enough, however, compare F/4 to F/8. There's a huge difference between the softness of the photo from my own experiences.
Try it, you'll notice stopping down gives more of a usable sharpness.

kay188 wrote in post #9427106
Sigma 10-20 F/4-5.6 OR Sigma 18-50 F/2.8?

Might have myself a first gig.
Maybe both lenses and use the other one for the other 1/2 of the night?
I can't decide. Opinions?

Leaning more for the 18-50 F/2.8 all night so the aperture wont change. I like consistency.
F/4 on the 10-20 is noticeably soft anyway.

I say go with the 18-50. I used that lens for nightlife for a good amount of last year until I got my 16-35L. Lens is cheap and it's sharp.

choNy wrote in post #9428689
I say go with the 18-50. I used that lens for nightlife for a good amount of last year until I got my 16-35L. Lens is cheap and it's sharp.

im selling a 10-20, let me know if you are interested.

choNy wrote in post #9428689
I say go with the 18-50. I used that lens for nightlife for a good amount of last year until I got my 16-35L. Lens is cheap and it's sharp.

Agreed. the faster constant aperture will serve you more effectively than going all the way out to 10mm.

choNy wrote in post #9428689
I say go with the 18-50. I used that lens for nightlife for a good amount of last year until I got my 16-35L. Lens is cheap and it's sharp.

The 16-35L is cheap? For who? Haha!