Heading out to DisneyWorld for NYE and plan on videoing the fireworks out there. I've got a Canon 6D ii (yeah I know I whined but the built in image stabilization for videoing and the sweet deal over thanksgiving was too good to pass up) and the 16-35 ii f2.8 and the newer F4. Generally I've used the F4 for daylight videos and the F2.8 for fireworks/nighttime stuff. I've also got the 24-70 F2.8 ii and recently recorded part of a nighttime outdoor concert with both it and the f2.8 wide angle because I wanted to get some closeups of the band members. (well - closer than i could get with the wide angle!). Checking the videos I was surprised at how soft the 16-35 was compared to the 24-70. It's not that the 16-35 is bad but there's a definite loss of detail in the shared ranges.
So now I'm rethinking if I want to use the f4 for nighttime videoing and, more specifically, the fireworks for the upcoming trip. I'm going to lose a stop and the 6D ii's sensor is definitely more noisy in darker settings than the 6D i. Ideally I'd just experiment with both but I don't have a solid way of testing before the actual event.
Anyone have any strong opinions one way or the other?
So now I'm rethinking if I want to use the f4 for nighttime videoing and, more specifically, the fireworks for the upcoming trip. I'm going to lose a stop and the 6D ii's sensor is definitely more noisy in darker settings than the 6D i. Ideally I'd just experiment with both but I don't have a solid way of testing before the actual event.
Anyone have any strong opinions one way or the other?