Lens suggestions

[Foxtrot]

Hi ladies and gents,
I am new to the forum, but have a bit of photography knowledge behind me...I do a lot of concert photography And I was wondering if anyone else has done much of this and if so what are you using?

I have a 28-135mm F3.5 IS lens for my Rebel XT, which works fairly well when I have no idea where I will be standing in crowds, and I get some solid results out of it. If I can get closer I like to use my 50mm F1.8 Wide open even though the pictures seem to have less color saturation than the 28-135, I like the depthe of Field that I can get from it.

Any suggestions on Lens's ....or even filter ideas...I just use either UV or a polarizing filter right now.
thanks - foxtrot

 

[keith204]

Hi ladies and gents,
I am new to the forum, but have a bit of photography knowledge behind me...I do a lot of concert photography And I was wondering if anyone else has done much of this and if so what are you using?

I have a 28-135mm F3.5 IS lens for my Rebel XT, which works fairly well when I have no idea where I will be standing in crowds, and I get some solid results out of it. If I can get closer I like to use my 50mm F1.8 Wide open even though the pictures seem to have less color saturation than the 28-135, I like the depthe of Field that I can get from it.

Any suggestions on Lens's ....or even filter ideas...I just use either UV or a polarizing filter right now.
thanks - foxtrot

85mm f/1.8 if you can't always get close.

Also... Welcome!

 

[Warhawk]

I also do alot of concerts and i currently use the Canon 24-70mm f2.8 on my 40D. The reason for this is that when im on stage with a band performing, a 70-200mm lens is a bit to much.

If its not a band performing, but something like a Opera that you have to take photos of, i suggest the 70-200mm, this way you can get out of the crowds and still get good shots!