I do many hundreds of live band shots every year. Take the 70-200/2.8 and the 50/1.8
(you can put this 50/1.8 in your pocket easily). My normal film for this kind of
shooting is Fuji NHGII 800. I regularly shoot it rated at ISO 1250 and develop it with
a +1 push.
The stage lighting at the prom will probably not be the greatest. If there is not
enough light to shoot at f2.8 @1/60, you will have to use a flash.
1/60 is really the slowest you can go and still get acceptably sharp pictures. Unless
they are seated, they will be more movement than you can stop with any longer shutter
speed.
Also, at f2.8, you don't get much depth of field. So, if you want what's in focus to
stay in focus by the time your camera trips the shutter, avoid taking the shot if they
are swaying forwards and backwards (side to side is OK).
For more information, go to photo.net and look in the tutorial sections about concert
shooting.
--Roger
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Roger Wong, Writer & CodeWarrior Metrowerks / Motorola
Gamecube/PlayStation2/68K/PalmOS/MIPS http://www.metrowerks.com
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