The Lumix DMC-ZS3 from Panasonic (aka the DMC-TS7 in Europe) is one of the most popular cameras at Snapsort, and for good reason: very few camera’s its size have as much zoom (12x) while still having a good wide-angle lens (25mm), let alone also do 720p HD video and overall great pictures.
Here are some great photos taken by Wonker at concerts. Taking good photos at a concert is one of the most challenging tasks for a camera because you’re often far away from the performer, there isn’t much light, and to get an awesome shot you have to turn off the flash so you capture the mood and lighting of the even.
- f/3.3
- 25mm
- 1/20s
- 800 ISO
This shot (above) was taken at 25mm (you can’t really go wider with a point and shoot, some do 24mm which is only slightly wider), and really puts the concert in context, I love the curve of the dome above which seems to frame the stadium below.
To be able to take a good photo in the dark like this, the photographer used ISO 800 and the f/3.3 (the fastest aperture the camera shoots), and 1/20s shutter speed, probably the minimum shutter he could use without introducing blur from camera shake. The ZS3 seems to do a decent job at ISO 800, if he’d left it at ISO 100, his shutter would have been 0.4s, which would have required a tripod.
- f/4.9
- 200mm
- 1/250s
- 320 ISO
Here the photographer got up nice and close using 200mm (about 8x zoom). If you only had a 3x or 5x zoom you couldn’t get a shot like this (unless you were really close to the action!)
- f/4.3
- 100mm
- 1/25s
- 800 ISO
From the same concert as the shot above, this time using a high ISO again to make sure he avoids blur from camera shake.
Learn more at Snapsort
- Check out the Panasonic DMC-ZS3 in detail
- Learn more about other travel zooms like the ZS3
- Read about wide-angle lenses and telephoto zoom
- Discover how to use ISO to avoid blur in low light conditions