I will be on a construction boom that can go to a height of 60 ft I am shooting with a Nikon d200 What lens could capture that big of a crowd ?
2007-06-13 16:38:37 · 6 answers · asked by fraz 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
I have shot in the past the same thing you are about to shoot except not 1200 people.
You will need a wide angle lens but if you use an ultra wide angle you will run into problems, you will get a lot of distortion of the people on your far left and right.
Try and keep the people as tight as possible and do not go to high because you do not want them having to look straight up in the air. Not sure if you are not worried about seeing people (who they are) but are more or less making a "Logo" or something and just using people to do this.
As for being in the boom, you can work in the area of 1/100~1/200 shutter speed but keep your ISO as low as you can. Make sure you have a good depth of field of at least f~8 or higher this way you will not get to much noise (grain) in your images.
This also works with shooting from helicopters but if you need to shoot on shutter priority because of the rapid changing light.
Hope this helps,
Kevin
2007-06-14 00:34:04 · answer #1 · answered by nikonfotos100 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's going to depend entirely on how spread out they are. I would use my Sigma 10-20mm and carry something like an 18-55mm zoom just in case. Those boom things aren't as stationary as you might think. They can sway in the wind. I suggest using a high enough ISO that you can attain a 1/500 or faster shutter speed with your lens aperature set to f8. A shutter speed of 1/1000 would be about ideal, I think. Put the focus point on the center of the crowd, not on the first row of people.
Kent in SD
2007-06-13 23:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by duckgrabber 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A Wide Angle lens.
2007-06-13 23:42:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need a wide angle. With that many people, their faces won't be recognizable for the most part. You will need a big DOF, too, so might plan to shoot on a bright day.
2007-06-15 08:41:43 · answer #4 · answered by Ara57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends upon how tightly packed your audience is but you could try a 15mm manual focus Nikon 15mm f5.6. They have a 110degree pciture coverage. The bad thing is that the image quality is somewhat spereized. You can find one for a reasonable price at keh.com
2007-06-14 00:15:40 · answer #5 · answered by wackywallwalker 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The widest lens possible sold at Henry's.
2007-06-13 23:41:48 · answer #6 · answered by eugene65ca 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋