DLUX8 for concert photography

[igotid]

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Looking for a camera for concerts. Since most venues don’t allow detachable lenses, the DLUX seemed like a decent option. 
 

best reviews I’ve seen outside of Leica has been  for the Sony RX100 VII

[TL3]

I do wonder how it will do in low light.  I've just been using my phone with decent results in the past.

[SrMi]

It should do as well as D-Lux 7 or LX100 II. You may search online for concert images with those cameras.

[jankap]

The Sigma fp would be a noise free solution, but gives banding at higher "shutter" speeds. Modern lighting installations do not use bulb lamps any more.

[stuny]

If you stay in jpeg m ode, you can select iZoom from the menu.  That extends the long of the zoom to 150 MM equivalent, using a virtually lossless algorithm too do so.

[giganova]

User ColdShower posted JPG and DNG images in his “2000 photos” thread. Some are taken at ISO 6400 (which you’ll probably need for indoor concerts) and there is a lot of noise in the photos. 

[Le Chef]

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You can always use a denoise program.

[Rokkor]

vor 19 Stunden schrieb Le Chef:

You can always use a denoise program.

What would be good options to denoise? Also some good options on the iPhone? Thank you. 

[stuny]

These are shot at a Graham Nash concert from the front row using the iZoom function on much earlier Digilux, the DL5

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[ianforber]

7 hours ago, Rokkor said:

What would be good options to denoise? Also some good options on the iPhone? Thank you. 

For DNG I find DxO PureRaw4 to be astonishingly good. For jpeg or DNG Topaz PhotoAI is good but not quite in PR4 league. 

[Le Chef]

Or you can use the Denoise sub-program in Lightroom. Both DXO PR and LR Denoise work well.

[Le Chef]

On 6/26/2024 at 4:22 PM, igotid said:

Looking for a camera for concerts. Since most venues don’t allow detachable lenses, the DLUX seemed like a decent option. 
 

best reviews I’ve seen outside of Leica has been  for the Sony RX100 VII

The challenge with the Sony is that menus feel like they were put together by someone using Letraset in a high wind. Whereas the Leica menus feel very organized in the way you shoot, like "Mise en Place".

In low light the Sony images look like granola. I'm sure with both cameras and a Denoise program they should be usable to at least 6400.

[Einst_Stein]

I have never found camera’s IQ matters in special color balance lighting conditions such as concert, except high ISO and wide aperture. The end pictures have weird color tone anyway. 

[Foxtwo]

Seems to me that the right tool for the job would be better served with a Q2 or Q3. The lens isn’t detachable, so the venue police can’t bust you for your photographic efforts.