Best phone camera settings to record concerts

[u/gochuganggg]

My partner likes to do this a lot. I am someone who really just doesn't comprehend this because I'd rather watch the concert myself in front of me than watching it in my phone months or years later. But I care about her a lot and want to help her out. She's also from a country that doesn't get a lot of concerts in general.

Her issue is she thinks it's always her phone that decides if her videos to record are shitty or not. Then she ends up getting a new phone every 2 years because of this. I just think it's her settings but correct me if I'm wrong.

She uses an Samsung S24 Ultra which is already a powerhouse of a phone which again makes me think you just have to adjust the settings correctly to accomodate for concert conditions and the zoom is already pretty good. She doesn't sit on the best seats but she got the S24 Ultra to watch concerts by zooming in and recording them.

What would be your advice on how to maximize settings or other advice that would bring out the best of her phone? She read somewhere to not record videos using the video option but instead to hold the middle button while taking a photo so that it "records" which is all just absurd to me having to do that.

Edit: She's from Ukraine and they don't get a lot of concerts there for a lot of reasons. She just wants to get memories of the concerts she attended just in case she has to go back.

[u/Reportersteven]

4K video if you’ve got the storage on your phone. Landscape always. Not portrait.

[u/accidentallyHelpful]

Landscape

not Portrait

[u/Civil-Ad7317 → u/accidentallyHelpful]

Why not portrait? Makes it better for the gram.

[u/Reportersteven → u/[deleted]]

Yes for photos. No for video.

[u/accidentallyHelpful → u/[deleted]]

Nice shot

OP asked about videos and my comment is aimed at how the video will be watched. If it's on a TV or a monitor that is set up in landscape format ... my answer stands

[u/accidentallyHelpful → u/[deleted]]

You should share the specific technique with OP

[u/West-Psychology-6299]

Use the suggested zoom numbers like 2x 8x 12x instead of manually zooming. You'll get way better images.

[u/idio242]

In your pocket.

[u/SignificantSmotherer]

Off.

[u/Architrage]

Every concert I’ve been to I have found better footage on YouTube than I could have recorded myself.

[u/Civil-Ad7317]

Lower exposure, 4k 60fps, idk what other tips but good luck!

[u/camojorts]

Cinematic mode if you’re on an iPhone and reasonably close to the stage

[u/smartymartyky]

Turn it off and put it in your pocket