Last night we went to a concert at Red Sky Tapas & Bar to see the Dueling Pianos.

I am pretty sure this is how the light was in those caves at the beginning of time. Even with the LED spotlights, there wasn’t a lot of light in the room.

Fuji X-E2, 55-200mm, ISO 25600, ƒ/4, 1/240, Kelvin 10000

Low light is an excellent example of why Fuji designed their X-E2 to shoot at ISO 25600. Without the ability to use such a high ISO, you would not be able to shoot a handheld photo with the Fujinon XF 55-200mm, which at its most extended zoom is a ƒ/4.8.

I am shooting across the room, and right now, Fuji doesn’t have a ƒ/2.8 lens, so I have to crank the ISO up.

I cropped close to 100% of the photos above.

Even looking at the photo at close to full resolution, I am not displeased with the result. I think it is an acceptable resolution for publication in a magazine. I think it would have no problem being a two-page spread photo.

Fuji X-E2, 55-200mm, ISO 25600, ƒ/3.6, 1/400, Kelvin 10000

I could not go and get a custom white balance, so I started by dialing the white balance to Tungsten, and it wasn’t close. I noticed after a while that the lights were LED lights. I then chose to use the Kelvin setting and dial it to 10000. I thought this Kelvin setting would be a good starting point, and I decided the colors look pretty good.

Fuji X-E2, 18-55, ISO 25600, ƒ/3.6, 1/350, Kelvin 10000

The conclusion is if you ever find yourself in situations where the room is so dark that you need to shoot at a high ISO, be sure your camera can go as high as the Fuji X-E2, which at ISO 25600 made these photos possible.