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I do a fair amount of portraiture, candids and action, so speed is of the essence
Huh, I used to shoot indoor theatrical shots with 800 speed film. Very low light. I'd have to be careful to have a stable shooting platform, but I always got lots of very good shots. Certainly not every shot, but that's why I'd always shoot lots of coverage.
dcp had a TZ-3 at the F2F. He was complaining about the poor low-light performance, too.
Are there cameras that will take low light photos near the quality of the D80, but that will fit in my pocket like my Panasonic did
I tried to find some and never really did. I had to move up to the Rebel XTi for really good low light stuff.
The simple version, is the f-stop is lens focal length divided by aperture diameter.
Even that makes my brain hurt.
sits next to Megan, hands her the open bottle of aspirin.
I need to get a good tripod. I really like taking shots in dim natural lighting conditions, but especially with my digital camera, most of my shots are useless because I just can't hold still enough.
I find that if there's something I can brace my arm (the one holding the camera) against, I can take pretty good low-light or zoom shots without a tripod.
Even that makes my brain hurt.
That's the reason that it's expressed as an f-stop. Basically if you choose F4 on a 135mm lens and on a 35mm lens it should behave pretty pretty close to the same way, even though the size of the aperture letting light to the image sensor is different. If it was just a direct reference to the size of the aperture opening you'd be consulting a chart every time you put a lens with a different focal length on your camera.
The simple version, is the f-stop is lens focal length divided by aperture diameter.
Even that makes my brain hurt.
You just gotta remember that f-stop represents the opposite of what you might think it does....
eta: for all values of "opposite" = "inverse"....
dcp had a TZ-3 at the F2F.
I love this sentence.
He was complaining about the poor low-light performance, too.
Glad it's not just me.
I tried to find some and never really did.
How long ago was this? (hoping, probably in vain, that there's a newer option for me)
I used to shoot indoor theatrical shots with 800 speed film
Sounds reasonable. I don't see how it contradicts my point.
One thing I have never had is a good flash setup. I've been trying recently to expand in that direction, but I don't like travelling that heavy, and I hate on-camera flash and that standard held out to the left as far as possible lighting angle.