Comments on: Festival Report: Tuska Open Air 2010

By: Apollyon

Apollyon — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:30:19 +0000

FYI: There’s now a collection of 80 new photos on our Facebook-page @ http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=190766&id=101088749390&ref=mf

By: Morris

Morris — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:28:36 +0000

Btw, I just noticed on the Tuska website they changed the festival location for next year. Too bad, but at least it’s still in Helsinki and hopefully the hotels are a bit less expensive in that part of the city. Anything to help pay for those damn pricey beers! :p

By: Morris

Morris — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:20:08 +0000

Cool review. I went there a couple of times back in 07 and 08. Had a really good time. This is definitely an underrated festival that you rarely hear most metalheads in North America talking- or even knowing about. Like you said, you sure can’t beat the location, and even though the bands stop playing at 10pm or so, there’s always the after party shows at the various nearby night clubs to go and check out too.

By: gordeth

gordeth — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:46:31 +0000

Yeah, it’s crazy how much more the IS versions are. But, that wouldn’t help you with concert photography much anyway since the bands are always moving. I can certainly see the appeal of 18-200. It would be great to eliminate lens changes. If that’s what you prefer, you might also want to check out Tamron’s 18-200 or 18-270.

By: Apollyon

Apollyon — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:46:33 +0000

Yeah. Been ready to pull the trigger on that lens a couple of times, but for some reason I’ve skipped it. Probably due to drooling over the image stabilized ones. Unfortunately they’re twice as much (over here anyway).

By getting a 18-200, as it covers much longer range than any of my current lenses, I’d most likely be able to cut off the extra camera from the battle gear — be it the FZ8 or the old Rebel XT I have lying around. Also, it would allow me more time to shoot as I wouldn’t have to concern myself with as many lens changes anymore. But we’ll see.

By: gordeth

gordeth — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:23:34 +0000

You can get a 70-200mm f/4 L for only about $75 more than the 18-200mm. I highly recommend it unless you really need to go wider than 70mm.

By: Apollyon

Apollyon — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:39:25 +0000

Yeah. 7D was snapping most of the time, but I also used the trusty old Panasonic FZ-8 as a secondary (outside). Worked okay I suppose.

I’m thinking of getting one of those ~18-200mm multi-purpose lenses to make my life a bit easier the next time around. Whilst they have their obvious downsides, it shouldn’t be too different from my current set-up’s image quality as I don’t have any L-glass.

As for Devin, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi14DuJ1CHQ puts a smile on my face every time I watch it. Awesome song. Awesome show.

By: gordeth

gordeth — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:19:52 +0000

Great write up and photos, Mikko. Did you use the 7D?

And, I agree that most metal t-shirts suck.

By: Gaia

Gaia — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:00:57 +0000

Really cool to hear about Devin and the Ziltoid sets, I’m looking forward to the dvd that’s meant to be coming out of it. Cool review, I hope to go to Tuska in the coming years, though it’s Hellfest for me next year!