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<blockquote data-quote="AxeMan - Rick S." data-source="post: 106314" data-attributes="member: 1746">First off DON&quot;T SEND THE LENS BACK unless your upgrading to the Nikon equivalent.&nbsp; No matter what you do down the road with a camera&nbsp; body your going to need it because it's a 2.8 lens and that IS what your going to need for the events you want to shoot.&nbsp;As for camera settings you need to come out of auto ISO, and you're going to have to set it by hand (read your manual to see how this is done)&nbsp;I'm going to guess your ISO is going to &quot;cap out&quot; (start to show grain) around ISO 800-1000 ISO.&nbsp; You could go higher but you run the risk of more grain in your photos.&nbsp;If your thinking about upgrading the camera body I think the D5100 would be a good move for you.&nbsp; I would like to recommend the D7000 however in your original post you stated your just a beginner and I think the D7000 might be a little too much camera for you, but I could be wrong.&nbsp;Either camera would be a better match to that lens than the D3000.&nbsp; I'm sorry I don't have that many good things to say about the D3000 and higher ISO's&nbsp; Don't get me wrong it a good camera until you start moving into low light situations, then it starts to show it's short falls.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AxeMan - Rick S., post: 106314, member: 1746"] First off DON"T SEND THE LENS BACK unless your upgrading to the Nikon equivalent. No matter what you do down the road with a camera body your going to need it because it's a 2.8 lens and that IS what your going to need for the events you want to shoot. As for camera settings you need to come out of auto ISO, and you're going to have to set it by hand (read your manual to see how this is done) I'm going to guess your ISO is going to "cap out" (start to show grain) around ISO 800-1000 ISO. You could go higher but you run the risk of more grain in your photos. If your thinking about upgrading the camera body I think the D5100 would be a good move for you. I would like to recommend the D7000 however in your original post you stated your just a beginner and I think the D7000 might be a little too much camera for you, but I could be wrong. Either camera would be a better match to that lens than the D3000. I'm sorry I don't have that many good things to say about the D3000 and higher ISO's Don't get me wrong it a good camera until you start moving into low light situations, then it starts to show it's short falls. [/QUOTE]

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