Friday a week ago, I covered the VCU School of Nursing's December Graduation ceremony. Not too much different than the May event, so I was a little less nervous. One thing was better. Since the full graduation excercises were the following day (in the Siegel Center instead of the Coliseum, as in May), the lighting was noticeably brighter. Not great, but better than before.I am really getting to the point now where I need a new camera. Low-light situations like these are really bringing me down. For web use, the photos look ok, but if large prints are ever needed, the grain in the darker areas will look awful. Of course, they all look awful to me anyway (graininess, not composition) because I'm my own worst critic. I usually end up shooting at ISO 1600 (the Rebel Xti's maximum) and only between 100-160th shutter speed. And I'm almost wide open at around 3.2 or 3.5. A tri-pod would be a hindrance, so I'm ready for something better.
With that in mind, I have been listening to Scott Bourne, Ron Brinkmann, and the gang at TWiP, hoping for one of them to tell me which Canon body is best suited to my needs. Most of them use Nikon predominately, though. So if I'm willing to buy another $3 grand in lenses, I will look at the D3, but in the meantime I need someone to point me in another direction.
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The Rebel's about as good as it's going to get in that pricerange in terms of low light sensor capabilities. So either move up to a 5DII or over to a Nikon D700. But better yet is get a new lens - get a 50mm f1.4 and get in closer!
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