The local band “Natural Born Loser” celebrated their new album “Cold Days & Whisky” and the formation’s ten year anniversary at this year’s “Kreuzlinger Kulturwochen” in an old circus tent on the shore of Lake Constance.

As the Nikon 70-200mm 2.8 VR, which would have been predestined for shooting the gig, is in short supply, I had to settle for the only tele lens I could find on short notice - a Sigma 120-400mm 4.5-5.6 OS. Clearly not the perfect glass for low-light shootin and a deviation from my nikon-only policy. I decided to make the best of the situation and see whether the D3’s high-ISO miracle + the Sigma’s OS would let me get away with it. Turns out - it did! I didn’t have to use the 24-70mm 2.8 I had brought for emergency purposes at all - the Sigma performed like a charm and since the D3 gave me near noise-free images at ISO 3200 I took some of my best ever event shots this evening. You can find some of them in the events section.