Both days of the festival had some great acts, but for me the Sunday just pipped it.
This
is the first time I've used my Olympus Micro Four Thirds mirrorless
system for a big live act job, and while I had high confidence they'd be
well up to the job, I wasn't quite so sure about battery life with the
heavy shooting demands and 2.5k images I ended up with.
As
insurance I purchased a few spare batteries, and ended up with 12 in
total. As it turns out I need not have worried. The dual battery
configuration in the Olympus EM-1 lasted nearly the whole of day one,
and might well have seen out the day if I hadn't swapped out the
batteries for the final act just to be on the safe side. I think I got
around 1400 images out of 2 batteries that day. Perhaps not quite as
many as my old Canon DSLR system would have got, but plenty enough to
cure me of my power anxiety issues!
As before just for fun, below is how long the photographers had to shoot each of the artists.
The South - 9 minutes
Howard Jones - 17 minutes
UB40 - 13 minutes
Boomtown Rats - 13 minutes
Hazel O'Connor - 5 minutes
Hugh Cornwell - 6 minutes
Flock of Seagulls - 4 minutes
Bonnie Tyler - 11 minutes
Roland Gift - 9 minutes
Jimmy Somerville - 10 minutes
Tony Hadley - 11 minutes
Tom Bailey - 15 minutes
With
my being a big Thompson Twins fan back in the day, Tom Bailey was my
favourite act. Although that said, Sir Bob Geldof and his Rats easily
put on the best show of the day, even if I'm not so keen on their music.
A proper rock star is that Sir Bob!
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