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<blockquote data-quote="kevy73" data-source="post: 481044" data-attributes="member: 23493">Ok - so super sharp focus across whole rows of people isn't massively important... as long as the first 1, 2 or 3 rows are in focus and the rest is recognizable as a crowd leaving a stadium, this will be ok.&nbsp; You will need to be up pretty high to get the desired shot I would imagine.Stadiums at night should have sufficient ambient lighting for your camera to pick up the back of the crowd if the SB-700 highlights the first... Depending on light and speed of movement, you may even be able to slow your shutter speed down a tad and have the flash freeze them in place...For night time - I would start with ISO 640/800, Shutter 1/60th, Aperture as close to 4 as you can keep it - as long as you are getting enough depth of field and the flash on manual set to 1/4 or 1/2 power depending on distance to subject and the speed they are moving.&nbsp; The closer you are, the less flash power you will need.That would be my starting setup and I would tweak as necessary.&nbsp; If the front people are super bright and the back fading away into dark, up the ISO a tad, slow the shutter a tad and lessen the flash power.... If the people are moving very fast, you will need a faster shutter though.&nbsp; But generally leaving a stadium, speed can be quite slow from the crush of people.You have chosen quite a difficult scenario with lots and lots of different variables to take into consideration.&nbsp; Good luck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kevy73, post: 481044, member: 23493"] Ok - so super sharp focus across whole rows of people isn't massively important... as long as the first 1, 2 or 3 rows are in focus and the rest is recognizable as a crowd leaving a stadium, this will be ok. You will need to be up pretty high to get the desired shot I would imagine. Stadiums at night should have sufficient ambient lighting for your camera to pick up the back of the crowd if the SB-700 highlights the first... Depending on light and speed of movement, you may even be able to slow your shutter speed down a tad and have the flash freeze them in place... For night time - I would start with ISO 640/800, Shutter 1/60th, Aperture as close to 4 as you can keep it - as long as you are getting enough depth of field and the flash on manual set to 1/4 or 1/2 power depending on distance to subject and the speed they are moving. The closer you are, the less flash power you will need. That would be my starting setup and I would tweak as necessary. If the front people are super bright and the back fading away into dark, up the ISO a tad, slow the shutter a tad and lessen the flash power.... If the people are moving very fast, you will need a faster shutter though. But generally leaving a stadium, speed can be quite slow from the crush of people. You have chosen quite a difficult scenario with lots and lots of different variables to take into consideration. Good luck. [/QUOTE]

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