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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 15767" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>I have taken shots under the same circumstances, hugh church auditorium very well lit and I had to shoot from the upper balcony. The best f/stop I had was f/3.5. I did get good shots using a SB800 flash. It mounts on top of the camera and does not cast shadows even with a 18-105mm extended. The natural light shots did not work out. Either the shutter speed had to be much too slow or the ISO had to be way too high. F/3.5 does not work very well in low light. The SB800 lit up the auditorium with enough light that a guy shooting video next to me asked me to stop shooting because I was blinding his video camera. I don't own the D3000 so I can't say for sure about the high ISO quality. I've heard some not so good comments. Only way to know is to take some high ISO shots and see how it performs.</p></blockquote><p></p>