I’m going to a music festival Friday-Sunday, and I have passes to be in the photo pit for three songs. My grandma is sending me with her Nikon d3300 to take pictures, but I’ve never really used a camera before, aside from my cell phone. I’ve practiced taking pictures of my cats for the last few days, but I’m sure there’s some settings I will need to adjust for the concert. I have two lenses; an 18-55mm, and a 55-200mm but I only have space to bring one. Does anyone have any tips for me? Should I just ditch the camera and use my cell phone?

  • spider-marioBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Bring earplugs, sometimes festivals will provide them, but just in case it might be good to get your own pair.

    Definite +1 to this. I shot a rock concert for fun a few months ago (just for myself) and my watch measured an average of roughly 94 dBA over 2 hours, which would have been in the danger zone had I not been wearing protection. Even just 20 dB of protection means an attenuation by a factor of 100, meaning that it would take 25 hours for it to be as dangerous as it is in 15 minutes with naked ears.