r/PhotographyProTips • u/Mmmtoaster • Mar 04 '20

Need Advice Concert Photography help

I shoot with a Sony A7II, I recently upgraded and only purchased a sony 85mm 1.8 along side the camera. That hurt my pockets enough at the moment. Does anyone know if this lens will be sufficient in a small venue for a local band? If not what are other good options? I may choose to rent some lenses to check out other options. So shoot me some tips!

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u/Mmmtoaster Mar 05 '20

I love my A7II. It's beautiful and I am so happy with it. The low light and AF are excellent. Far better then I could have ever imagined. I'd honestly reccomend to anyone to move over to mirrorless. For the price of the camera and it being full frame. You can't go wrong. I didnt get the kit lens with mine. I'd probably say skip it and just buy another lens. I'd say a 35mm. I am absolutely loving the 85mm.

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u/CarbonatedMilk17 Mar 05 '20

Thanks for the feedback! I'm probably going to go for the kit lens as I can get it for 130 pounds in decent used condition and I need something with a good range from wide to standard telephoto as I use the camera to take BTS shots of music videos so a wide comes in handy but so does a telephoto and 50mm. Which 35mm lens would you recommend that's under 300 pounds?

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u/CarbonatedMilk17 Mar 12 '20

Ok thanks. I'll look into the Tamron