It had been spending lot’s of Money on camera stuffs, lens, camera body, new lens, upgrade…etc.
Yes and Yes, they cost more then thousands every “upgrade” i made. WHO CARE, I LOVE IT.
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| Some shoot i took with Nikon 70-200mm vr2 ED |
Before the concert “Musical Rendezvous”, i had been asked by the head of MIA music department Mrs. Yeo (we call her Doctor Lok now) on being a photographer on this concert. YES !! Another excuse to upgrade!
Upgrade? What should I upgrade? lens? new camera body? Computer?
spending money is a easy task, but earning back the amount is what dragging me to decide which thing i have to buy. Every decision i made will have different outcome of pictures quality.
this part i have to write in Chinese
“有時的衝動是值得的”. It means "Is worth if you give it a try with no reason."
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| some old pictures i took with the old 70-200 sigma lens, without OS ( VR in nikon) |
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| took by sigma 70-200mm |
So, after few days of searching web review, opinions, youtube, I finally decided to upgrade my sigma lens to Nikon Vr2 70-200mm F2.8 ED, a long name and it cost high price, luckily i found a camera seller which accept trade in for my old lens, it just have to add on another 4xxx on it…..(now u know how much this lens roughly cost)….
some comparison of Nikon VS Sigma lens.
took by Nikon 70-200mm VR2 F2.8 ED
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| took by Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 |
So now, I have the lens focal length from 24mm to 200mm for the nikon lens, which from the nikon “holy trinity 3” lens, i had covered 2 of them, won’t go and think about 14-24mm for now…is price plus, i had the Tokina 11-16mm which, i am satisfy with that.
some pictures i took during the concert with the Nikon 70-200mm VR2 ..
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| Mr Soloman Ending post |
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| Bass harmonica player. |
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| tuning... |
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| Mr Fang Hau was satisfy on his performance. |
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| leng lui Ah Joh |
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| Mr Alex and Jun yi on singing duet, Superb! |
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| Angie's super post. |
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| Mr Zhao Lin on ? harmonica? |
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| Mr Joe on vocal singing |
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| Ms ZiYi Yee |
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| Ms Yuet Shuang performing on classical guitar. |
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| Flare! |
Luckily, the concert hall had a wonderful light setup, well balance of light were pour on each performer good looking face, Majority of the setting on my camera is -
S : 1/125s - 1/160s (thanks to the vr2! all the pictures i took was hand held, and is crispy clear and sharp!)
A : Mostly in F2.8, i need more blur on the background, unless there is some groups photos in the end of the concert .
ISO : With that low shutter speed, I was able to shoot in the range of 1600 - 2500 with my nikon D7100 and is still clean! ( too high iso range will have some “noice”, which destroy the image quality)
some photos i took with Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 and Tokina 11-16mm.
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| The FOH group. |
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| this is our orchestra conductor Mr Yeo. |
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| final warm up before concert. |
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| no comment... |
My opinion on this Nikon 70-200mm Vr2:
- It produce Fantastic image quality, probably because of the "ED".
- FAST focus speed and quite focus motor which is helpful in concert photography for catching the face expression of the performance.
-Thanks to the VR, i was able to shoot in 1/125s - 1/160s to get more balancing exposure without rising the ISO, good for concert photography too if the light setup condition were poor.
-Is god damx Sharp and superb image colour quality, specially on the lens flare.
-Is God Damx EXPENSIVE, but it worth.....
I was lucky, as a concert photographer, I was able to listen and watch the whole show with free admission, the night end well with the fantastic performance.
Although i am “working”, sometimes..there is moment which.. I will stop the shooting and watch the performer expressing their “word” through the music they perform, for me…
There is the moment, I don’t want any distraction, including the camera itself, I just want to be in the moment.
Lastly, A big group photo ends the Music Rendezvous Concert.
By MosesLim Photography
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