Alright, I have a Kodak V5500 (http://www.dcviews.com/reviews/Kodak-V550/Kodak-V550-review.htm) and I use it to take to concerts in small venues around the state. I have trouble when I try to take pictures, though. I am usually about 20 feet from the stage, but I cant seem to get any good pictures. Here are a few of the ones i took recently:







I've tried using flash - but obviously with such a small flash, it doesnt capture much of the action...

So i've tried it without the flash, trying to utilize the natural light from the stage lights - but still i cant seem to get a good picture. when i turn the camera on and look at the LCD screen, i can see through the camera what i see with my own eyes, but when i go to take the picture, the whole screen goes dark and the pictures turn out really dark.

Is there a setting that i should be using - a certain ISO or exposure setting? Thanks for the help...

8/20/2006 10:59:47 PM

it's your camera. concert photography usually requires camera/lenses that can shoot @ low light. i.e a dslr with a 50mm 1.8 or better yet 1.4. you might be able to get an OK shot if you were closer using your flash (your flash is indeed too small) but usually concert photos come out are better without using flash plus flash @ concerts are rude and may distract the performer. I have good results using my FUJI F10 which is P&S that can capture useable mages at high ISO (1600). set your iso to the highest possible that yield useable (not very grainy) pictures.

8/20/2006 11:21:35 PM

oh im sure he could stand perfectly still long enough to get a lovely night shot with a lower iso

8/20/2006 11:25:24 PM

get in good with the staff so you can get between the crowd and the stage


then use a stand and take your low ISO shots

8/21/2006 3:13:17 AM

turn on teh lights

8/21/2006 4:07:58 AM

Don't know if your kodak has manual settings but when I'm taking concert photos with my canon s80, I set the aperature wide open, shutter around 1/40 - 1/100, and iso to 400 or 800 depending on the amount of stage lights. No flash. Despite being a few exposure steps under what the camera's automatic mode comes up with, it usually takes sharp pictures that are bright enough

8/21/2006 9:31:04 PM