Bill Owens wrote: > > Friday just gone, I had an immediate use for a DSLR, to > take photos of > > my youngest in a school 'play' (she's 5 next week, so it was only a > > small part), but I used the MX and Chinon flash for two reasons; > > firstly I can > use > > the MX to provide good results without thinking and I'd not > used the > > *ist > D > > before and two; - and I freely admit this is a bit sad - is I am so > stunned > > to have something new I wanted to view it in the box for a bit. > > This is an ideal setting for the *ist D, especially if you > can get on the stage before the performance. Take a white > sheet of paper (the whiter the > better) on the stage and manually set the white balance for > that lighting. > Then, when you return to the audience, set the ISO to > whatever will give you a decent shutter speed for the > conditions. 1600 and 3200 may be noisy, but still a decent > image. The noise can be cleaned up with some 3rd party > programs if it's really objectionable, but I find it no worse > than film grain.
Thanks Bill, As I have the Christmas concerts coming up for all three children (!), I will have ample opportunity to try this out. Many of our relations would like the images sent by e-mail. As I'm bloody minded, I'll still take pictures with the LX/MX and send prints..... Malcolm
