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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 306109" data-attributes="member: 14443">Auditorium will most likely have bad lighting, but only you will know. watch your white balance. personally, Id take a monopod and 70-200 2.8. since its a hefty price tag, consider renting. I highly doubt the 55-200 will be enough and I highly doubt itll be fast enough focus wise. thats my opinion only. prime might work but since you dont know where youll sit in relation to the people giving the diplomas and how close/far youll be, youre taking a chance. if youll be able to walk around then the 50/85 may be the way to go. if theres a stage and its higher than the front seats, youre screwed. if you go up to get a level shooting position, youll have shake from zooming in. think sports (freeze motion at roughly1/200 shutter), bad lighting and youll get the idea. both the 55-200 and 70-200 are meh lenses. all I can say is shoot a lot and raw. bring extra cards and battery.you need proper tools to do a proper job. and the gear is a bit lacking for low light and freezing movement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 306109, member: 14443"] Auditorium will most likely have bad lighting, but only you will know. watch your white balance. personally, Id take a monopod and 70-200 2.8. since its a hefty price tag, consider renting. I highly doubt the 55-200 will be enough and I highly doubt itll be fast enough focus wise. thats my opinion only. prime might work but since you dont know where youll sit in relation to the people giving the diplomas and how close/far youll be, youre taking a chance. if youll be able to walk around then the 50/85 may be the way to go. if theres a stage and its higher than the front seats, youre screwed. if you go up to get a level shooting position, youll have shake from zooming in. think sports (freeze motion at roughly1/200 shutter), bad lighting and youll get the idea. both the 55-200 and 70-200 are meh lenses. all I can say is shoot a lot and raw. bring extra cards and battery. you need proper tools to do a proper job. and the gear is a bit lacking for low light and freezing movement. [/QUOTE]

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