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Thoughts on XF 90mm f2 for concert shooting

Started Feb 3, 2016 | Discussions thread
georgehudetz Veteran Member • Posts: 6,299
Re: Thoughts on XF 90mm f2 for concert shooting

forpetessake wrote:

TheArtVandelay wrote:

any photographers out there using the 90mm for concert or night photography? I know traditionally I should be using the 50-140m but I'm not shooting as many concerts anymore and wouldn't mind saving some money by getting the 90mm instead.

The problem with 90mm lens is that it's quite long lens and not stabilized. For concerts, and similar slow events

Slow? I suppose that depends on the type of concert. Classical perhaps could be classified as "slow" but then if you don't want blur in the conductor's hands or the bows of stringed instrument musicians, you'll need more than 1/60th of a second, I suspect.

No doubt OIS will still help in certain circumstances under those conditions, but if you need to shoot at 1/100 most of the time anyway, the extra stop of light at f/2 basically cancels the added benefit of the OIS on the 50-140, at least at 90mm. As for the 55-200, it looses two stops of light at 90mm, so it's OIS isn't enough to offset the faster glass in the 90, even at 1/60th of a second.

At longer focal lengths, or just regular street photography where you can shoot at 1/60, however, I agree the OIS is very important.

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