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  1. Yeah, they are just awesome!
  2. Just approved a new panoramic picture, awesome too!
  3. I am looking to buy a camera which I could take into Croke Park, any suggestions on what type of camera I should buy, one that will take decent images, so that I can upload on the site afterwards.

    Thank you
    WIRE
  4. There are PLENTY (way too much I'd say) digital cameras up there. Each day more and more cameras are released: less weight, less size, best image quality, bigger memorycards accepted, etc. Anybody can recommend you a good one. Me and my family have 4 digicams and 1 big reflex camera, so I could give you 5 different tips... It depends only on you. Some cameras which are really easy to use, and have a good relation quality-price are the Nikon Coolpix series. I have now a Nikon Coolpix L16, I had before a L5 and a L10. They are light, small, have great optical quality and very intuitive and easy. They can take great pics, you can see my pics from the first Barcelona show of this tour here:
    http://www.u2start.com/photos/search/query//0/0/taken%20by%20me/

  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:There are PLENTY (way too much I'd say) digital cameras up there. Each day more and more cameras are released: less weight, less size, best image quality, bigger memorycards accepted, etc. Anybody can recommend you a good one. Me and my family have 4 digicams and 1 big reflex camera, so I could give you 5 different tips... It depends only on you. Some cameras which are really easy to use, and have a good relation quality-price are the Nikon Coolpix series. I have now a Nikon Coolpix L16, I had before a L5 and a L10. They are light, small, have great optical quality and very intuitive and easy. They can take great pics, you can see my pics from the first Barcelona show of this tour here:
    http://www.u2start.com/photos/search/query//0/0/taken%20by%20me/




    Well if U2 come to Australia at all, I'll be doing photos with my new fancy-pants 3.2 megapixel, as it says on the back. Not huge but the photos are 2048x1048 or something - and perfect lighting too. Video is at 640x480 on a 4GB memory card - and you can take up to 59 minutes per 2GB. So a U2 show possibly would fit on it.

    Hopefully they do. Regardless I'm gonna be testing it at a few good shows this and next year.
  6. Originally posted by WIRE:I am looking to buy a camera which I could take into Croke Park, any suggestions on what type of camera I should buy, one that will take decent images, so that I can upload on the site afterwards.

    Thank you
    WIRE


    Sony, Panasonic, Canon en Nikon make good compacts. And remember, the amount of megapixels is bullshit. It doesn't say anything about the quality of the photo. The lens is important (Leica, Carl Zeiss) and the amount of Noise present with each photo. Megapixels just say what format the picture will have.
  7. I'll be taking pics with whatever I can get hold of at Wembley and Sheffield
  9. Thank you all for your advice regarding suitable camera to buy.

    WIRE
  10. Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

    Sony, Panasonic, Canon en Nikon make good compacts. And remember, the amount of megapixels is bullshit. It doesn't say anything about the quality of the photo. The lens is important (Leica, Carl Zeiss) and the amount of Noise present with each photo. Megapixels just say what format the picture will have.


    Yeah - you can have a 2.0 megapixel camera which a lot of people would call it outdated, but as long as you've got good light, a stable and strong hold when zooming in and not too much noise or gradience, then you should be right. Though a lot of light can actually go against you because it drowns out the subject.

    We've got pictures here where they have five megapixels for the camera yet it's a horrible quality, because of the situation it was taken in.
  11. Drew is right. I was going to say it the other day, but I finally didn't, it had no sense since I was just giving an advice on which camera to buy

    Taking good photos in this tour (specialy from the GA) is going to be tough, because it's not the normal stage, placed on one side of the stadium, with all the lights pointing at it and so... This is a "central" stage where the light comes in from 10 or more different angles, some even in front of the photographer, some from behind, etc.... And therefore adjusting the light correctly is virtually impossible, there will be always some objects over-exposed and some which will stay in the dark... Moreover there are a lot of that grey gases thrown during the show, which make the photo making even harder
  12. Yep, so the light sensitivity (ISO) and white balance comes to mind. And a good sensitive lens (f2.8 or lower) for a DSLR is a must. I'll take my 50mm F1.4 with me together with a wide-angle lens and the telelens.

    With concert photography, especially when you're in the middle of the crowd, you might need to take 100 photos to get 5 good ones.
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