Low light, small stage filming - Going to work?

[Kevin D'Haeze]

Does anyone have "boots on the ground" tips for shooting the Scarlet-W in dark live concert conditions - small stages in various locations, small house stage lights - where adding additional lighting will not be allowed? Obviously a faster lens helps. But will something in the f1.8/2 range be sufficient with the Standard OLPF? Or should I definitely have the LL OLPF? Or am I kidding myself and it would be best to run with a different camera with higher light sensitivity in this case?

 

[Douglas Villalba]

Most stage work I wouldn't consider low light. Sure the room is dark but the stage is hard lit. A good example of this is shooting the moon at night, it is dark around it but the moon itself is as bright as daytime.
800 ISO at +- f2.8 should be enough in most cases.

 

[Nick Morrison]

I'm going to guess you'll be ok. If you're really worried, go Lowlight.

But Scarlet-W is looking considerably cleaner than Epic-Dragon and Scarlet-W, so my hunch says it def worth a long look.

Here's a VERY RECENT Scarlet-W sample shot 3200ISO on Standard OLPF at 1.4, by Luigi. Should give you a pretty good idea of the cam's lowlight potential!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7XaujRxB3rxMW03cXFaY21RYW8/view?usp=sharing

let me know if it works the link!

 

[Kevin D'Haeze]

Thanks for that sample and other info - I hadn't seen that yet. Looks very promising!