Oooh, I like my new camera.

[johno]

Long story short...

On our last day, at the last place we visited in Yellowstone, I fell and my Nikon D70 took a nose dive and stopped working.

So at Best Buy, on a 24 months, no interest, plan, I purchased a Nikon D300.

I've spent the last couple of weeks learning what it can do.

Here is one of the first shots I took that really shows off it's low light capability:

20080903-193410-d300

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johno/2839082192/

JohnO posted a photo:

SUGAR - Orchestra Member
Stage 1 Theatre
Newark, CA
www.stage1theatre.org
Sept 6-June 13-28, 2008

For the photo geeks:
Shot with available light.
A little stage wash, but mostly the music stand light only.

Nikon D300
Nikor 50mm/f1.8

Exposure time: 1/50
F-stop: 2.5
ISO speed: 2500

Other then then cropping it down a bit, I've done no post processing

My Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/johno
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Comments

[foxgrrl]

That's almost the same setup I've been using since January. Except that I use the 50mm f/1.4 lens for everything. (The extra 2/3 of an f-stop really does make a difference.)

I just upgraded to the D700, and OMG! It's the best camera evar! Full 35mm sensor, and no noise until you start to hit about ISO 6400, (It goes all the way down to ISO 25600 — I was taking photos of the stars at night, from a car going 65MPH down the highway. At f/1.4 ISO25600 (1/60s?) The stars came out as pinpoints.)

But yeah, anyway, taking photos with the available light, and not using a flash, is the best way to do things.