Martin's Limelight Gigs Page
What Camera?
I sometimes get emails asking why I now just use the Nikon D100 instead of the the Nikon AND the Ricoh i-500 like I did in the first few shows on my site...... Well its because I get more usable results more often, and, I can zoom in further to get better close-ups.Lets consider the Limehouse Lizzy gig. Here is a typical shot from the D100...
As a test, and to give an idea as to what you can get with just a plain digital camera, I also took the following 3 'normal' digital cameras into the gig...
Kyocera S5 , Ricoh RR30 and the Praktica DCZ4.1
So that you can see a comparison, here are 2 shots from each of the above cameras. Please note... you get less good shots from an 'ordinary digital' than you do from an slr digital like the D100, so you need to take loads more pictures just to get one or two good ones.... well here are the results.....
The above shots are all with the Kyocera S5 digital camera - 5 million pixels
The above shots are all with the Ricoh RR30 digital camera - 3 million pixels
The above shots are all with the Praktica DCZ4.1 digital camera - 4 million pixels
As you can see, most results are not too bad at all. The Ricoh seemed to have the hardest time with the lights, but I have got better results in the past with this very camera. To get the above shots, I kept to my normal rules as explained in my 'howto' page. Remember, if you don't mount the camera on something solid, you will get this, or even worse.....
Have fun with your photography, and don't get upset if it doesn't work ok first time..... look at where you went wrong and LEARN, then try again!
P.S. If you relly want to see the difference between what a 'consumer' type camera and a 'proffesional' one can do, just compare the 2 'in the Cage' gigs that I have taken. The early one is with the Ricoh i-500 and the later one is with the Nikon d100. Same group, same location.
Martin
UPDATE.... as of Nov 2005, I now use a Nikon D70 as my main camera body with 17-55 f2.8 or 28-70 f2.8 Wide zooms and an 80-200 f2.8 telephoto
