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What Camera Shooting Function Is Best For A Concert?

I am going to Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball in March, and I just bought a FujiFilm FinePix Z35 camera, and I was just wondering which shooting function that is available, would be best?
-Manual
-Auto
-Scene Regognition
-Natural Light
-Portrait
-Landscape
-Sport
-Night
-Night (TriPod)
-Sunset
-Snow
-Beach
-Party
-Flower
-Text
-Picture Stabilization
-Macro

First of all, you may not be allowed to bring a camera into the venue, I’d check first.

Next problem is that concerts are a low light situation, usually also coupled with much movement as well as a fair distance from the subject.

All up, that makes it EXTREMELY challenging. The only hope of half decent concert photos are good DSLR cameras and even for those you need very good and very FAST lenses.

Little P&S cameras can NOT keep up in that situation, least of all if you’re not right in front of the stage.

If you can’t have a good camera with you, at the very least make sure you learn how to you use what you have, so you can make the most out of it. Read your manual several times, attend a class, read some books on photography – it will help a lot.

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