{"id":1084,"date":"2010-09-17T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/wellington-cantonese-opera-shooting-with-nikon-70-200mm-f2-8-vrii-and-tc-14e.html"},"modified":"2012-02-25T10:51:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T21:51:01","slug":"wellington-cantonese-opera-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wellington-cantonese-opera-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellington Cantonese Opera – Shooting with Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII and TC-14E"},"content":{"rendered":"
A few day ago, I shot a Chinese stage theatre using the best Nikon combo; Nikon D3 + 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII and Nikon D700 + 24-70mm f\/2.8. Why did I choose to put the 70-200mm f\/2.8 on the D3 and not the 24-70mm f\/2.8? It is simply because I want to minimise the weight as I shoot mostly using the 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII. Putting it on D3 weights a bit less compares to putting it on the D700 + MB-D10 grip. Also I brought along the Nikon TC-14E to give me those head shots show casting the stunning face painting. While I am not familiar with Chinese Opera and this is the first time I have been to one, I am honoured to experience the tradition culture through the lens.<\/div>\n

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When I arrived I did some light metering and luckily the stage wasn’t as dim as I anticipated. I was able to settle at ISO1600 to keep the aperture at f\/4 and shutter speed at 1\/100s – 1\/200s. I was shooting from the second row. Here is a shot showing the stage lights and the distance to the audiences.<\/div>\n
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Shooting with the 70-200mm, I could frame the full body at 200mm from where I was at and with the use of the TC-14E (1.4x teleconverter), I was able to achieve a much tighter shot (about half body), but limited to aperture f\/4 only. I was very impressed with the contrast and sharpness of the images, the AF was fast and VRII worked exceptionally.<\/div>\n

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Here is a collection of the characters portrayed during the Opera – Taken using the 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII + TC-14E. I didn’t feel any performance or image quality disadvantage when fitted with the TC-14E, however, I didn’t pixel peep or did any lab test either.<\/div>\n

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A few day ago, I shot a Chinese stage theatre using the best Nikon combo; Nikon D3 + 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII and Nikon D700 + 24-70mm f\/2.8. Why did I choose to put the 70-200mm f\/2.8 on the D3 and not the 24-70mm f\/2.8? It is simply because I want …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,4],"tags":[228,3],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-gear-talk","tag-70-200mm-f2-8","tag-nikon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t