Man, I want the krav people to tell ita her results, but I can't think of any way to coerce them.

Photography question for people who sometimes (or always) use their manual settings, instead of the automatic pre-sets:

If I want to shoot indoors at the Aquarium (lots of reflective surfaces -- which means the flash can be more of a pain than a help), what's the best manual option that will allow me to turn off the flash and get reasonably lit photos?

I was thinking higher ISO (like 400), and larger aperture (f 2.8), and let the shutter speed automatically adjust itself. Yes/no?

Are you thinking changing the ISO or buying higher speed film? If it's changing it, you'll need to tell the processors. If it's buying higher speed film, go faster than 400. You can get up to 800 with reasonable lack of grain. I haven't shot high speed colour in a while, so I can't talk about the films faster than 800.

Your camera has a built in meter, it looks like. I'd get fast film and tweak the shutter speed as fast as possible (your subjects may very well be in motion) and let the aperture adjust accordingly.

I'm handling the result-waiting very poorly. I mean, if they'd just tell me when they were going to tell me, it'd be a relief.

I was thinking higher ISO (like 400), and larger aperture (f 2.8), and let the shutter speed automatically adjust itself. Yes/no?

Not an expert, but I'd say "yes." Although you might end up with rather slow shutter speeds, so you might want to try to find a way to brace the camera as you take pictures. Sometimes I'll lean against something, and place one arm against what I'm leaning against to brace it and then hold the camera carefully with both hands.

eta: ita's answer is better....

Are you thinking changing the ISO or buying higher speed film? If it's changing it, you'll need to tell the processors. If it's buying higher speed film, go faster than 400. You can get up to 800 with reasonable lack of grain. I haven't shot high speed colour in a while, so I can't talk about the films faster than 800.

I should have mentioned that my camera is digital, not film, if that makes a difference in your recommendation.

(MY recommendation is that the krav people TELL YOU NOW.)

Digital? Well, I don't know. I mean, I know they're faking some stuff, like ISO, so I'm not sure what they accomodate. I tend to just switch the flash off and hope for the best.

Not with good results, I should mention. But I'm way too lazy to brace properly--it's tripod or nothing for me.

I just ordered pizza from the good Italian place nearby (Panino's, in the Evanston Plaza).

Thin crust; sausage, mushroom, onion and green pepper....

ita, maybe getting the results is a test also. To see how seriously you want to know the results.

MY RECOMMENDATION is that you go over to the person's house who knows, and krav her til she tells you.

Here are some pictures I took in the Chicago Field Museum with my digital camera: [link]

I didn't use the flash in any of these.

Also, extra added bonus pictures of ChiKat and P-C!

MY RECOMMENDATION is that you go over to the person's house who knows, and krav her til she tells you.

You're talking about the woman who's cracked two protective groin cups with her kicks. I mean two belonging to the same guy. Not sure how many others she's cracked. For her birthday she got a card with a photograph of bruised testicles inside--testicles she'd bruised herself, through another groin cup.

She kicks women in the groin just as hard ("Why not? It hurts.") so she's allowed to keep secrets.

It's funny--there's one part of my brain that's reading into things, but it's being fed by my surety that I sucked, not because there are actual things into which to read. Often I can let it just run off and do its thing, but sometimes it starts to clamour for my full attention.

Maybe I should go learn PostgreSQL or something.