Here is the situation let me know what you think:
Setting:
Dance recital with 50 numbers with 175 total students. Wife is the director so I will have some say in lighting. I'm solo shooting the rehearsal and the actual recital to hopefully generate a little income to help pay for the hobby. I have shot dance competitions in this theater for the past 4 years mostly free hand or on a monopod.
Equipment:
D2X(w/RRS L-bracket), 70-200mm vr, 17-55mm, 85mm 1.4.
IBM T41p laptop 1gb ram and 9hour battery
4GB and 2GB sandisk Ultra 3 cards and a lexar pro 2gb card + reader
Coming in Monday or Tuesday a Markins M-10 ball head and a RRS BH-55 ball head. I ordered the Markins before I found the RRS ballhead. I am thinking about just selling the Markins because of the stocking fee and I have a feeling that I am going to like the BH-55 better??
I am going to order a tripod first thing monday morning. I am leaning toward a Feisol because it is in my price range and I cannot find a used Gitzo G1228. Does anyone have any other recommendations around the $200 mark?
I know I don't have enough compact flash cards to just shoot the whole event that is why the laptop is coming. If I can get my settings dialed in at rehearsal I might shoot compressed raw at the rehearsal. I will probably shoot the 70-200mm for tight shots of the dancers. I was told that this is what parents want.
I plan on useing a site like prophoto to offer the pictures for sale. Any other recommendations are welcome.
Is there anything that I'm missing? Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks,
Larry
Setting:
Dance recital with 50 numbers with 175 total students. Wife is the director so I will have some say in lighting. I'm solo shooting the rehearsal and the actual recital to hopefully generate a little income to help pay for the hobby. I have shot dance competitions in this theater for the past 4 years mostly free hand or on a monopod.
Equipment:
D2X(w/RRS L-bracket), 70-200mm vr, 17-55mm, 85mm 1.4.
IBM T41p laptop 1gb ram and 9hour battery
4GB and 2GB sandisk Ultra 3 cards and a lexar pro 2gb card + reader
Coming in Monday or Tuesday a Markins M-10 ball head and a RRS BH-55 ball head. I ordered the Markins before I found the RRS ballhead. I am thinking about just selling the Markins because of the stocking fee and I have a feeling that I am going to like the BH-55 better??
I am going to order a tripod first thing monday morning. I am leaning toward a Feisol because it is in my price range and I cannot find a used Gitzo G1228. Does anyone have any other recommendations around the $200 mark?
I know I don't have enough compact flash cards to just shoot the whole event that is why the laptop is coming. If I can get my settings dialed in at rehearsal I might shoot compressed raw at the rehearsal. I will probably shoot the 70-200mm for tight shots of the dancers. I was told that this is what parents want.
I plan on useing a site like prophoto to offer the pictures for sale. Any other recommendations are welcome.
Is there anything that I'm missing? Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks,
Larry