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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 217249" data-attributes="member: 8705">We keep hearing this claim being made and for some scenarios I would agree that it could happen, however not for all by a long way.Last night my son and partner had their engagement party in a dimly lit and noisy room above a bar in Manchester. The younger people probably thought it was bright and quiet!I took my D800, 24-120f4 and my SB900 flash. I've already seen photos on Facebook from camera phones and I've now posted mine. The phone images&nbsp; are so dark and grainy you can barely see people, whereas mine are nicely lit and balanced images that really show the place off. At ISO 800 I could light the room with the SB900.It was also so dark in the corners of the room that I couldn't actually make faces out through the viewfinder, but the camera AF in conjunction with the SB900 red AF light was fast and accurate.Ok I had over £3000 of gear and they had multi function devices, but nonetheless I know which won the day. I do appreciate the fact that I lugged a heavy camera around all night and as it's my hobby that's ok, however if phones ever take over it will be another Concord retirement moment where we move backwards in our evolution.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 217249, member: 8705"] We keep hearing this claim being made and for some scenarios I would agree that it could happen, however not for all by a long way. Last night my son and partner had their engagement party in a dimly lit and noisy room above a bar in Manchester. The younger people probably thought it was bright and quiet! I took my D800, 24-120f4 and my SB900 flash. I've already seen photos on Facebook from camera phones and I've now posted mine. The phone images are so dark and grainy you can barely see people, whereas mine are nicely lit and balanced images that really show the place off. At ISO 800 I could light the room with the SB900. It was also so dark in the corners of the room that I couldn't actually make faces out through the viewfinder, but the camera AF in conjunction with the SB900 red AF light was fast and accurate. Ok I had over £3000 of gear and they had multi function devices, but nonetheless I know which won the day. I do appreciate the fact that I lugged a heavy camera around all night and as it's my hobby that's ok, however if phones ever take over it will be another Concord retirement moment where we move backwards in our evolution. [/QUOTE]

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