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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 222205" data-attributes="member: 14443">f/7.1?&nbsp; you mean you should have shot at 8 or smaller? why dont you&nbsp; use the speed of the lens?&nbsp; these nikon primes are razor sharp from one stop down. and 2 stops down its just amazing.&nbsp; in that situation I would shoot at most f/5&nbsp; and most of the time I would shoot at f/4. shutter never goes higher&nbsp; than 1/160 when im on the dance floor and usually at 1/125 since youre&nbsp; shooting a wide angle lens and movement isnt as pronounced as from 85mm&nbsp; and up. so that setup is more than enough speed and depth of field. the&nbsp; lighting would be much more balanced between flash and ambient light.&nbsp; on the d3, I shoot at 4-5000 iso on the dance floor but in a ceremony,&nbsp; 3200 is no issue if the exposure is good. do you use slaves for&nbsp; off camera flash? I use 2. commlite G430 which has a ttl pass through&nbsp; hot shoe and will fire the off camera flash in manual. and I have the&nbsp; yongnuo 622n for ttl control but mainly use it for hss flash outdoors&nbsp; when I shoot the BG. with the commlite, I would use my yongnuo 560III on&nbsp; the commlite and use a small flash base/shoe and just place it&nbsp; somewhere in the area im shooting and bounce it at the ceiling. that and&nbsp; the on camera flash and at aperture of up to f/4.5 and it would be a&nbsp; nice soft lighting. everyone does what they feel is right but&nbsp; I dont think it would be an issue to get pictures with no flash shadows&nbsp; at all in that place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 222205, member: 14443"] f/7.1? you mean you should have shot at 8 or smaller? why dont you use the speed of the lens? these nikon primes are razor sharp from one stop down. and 2 stops down its just amazing. in that situation I would shoot [B]at most [/B]f/5 and most of the time I would shoot at f/4. shutter never goes higher than 1/160 when im on the dance floor and usually at 1/125 since youre shooting a wide angle lens and movement isnt as pronounced as from 85mm and up. so that setup is more than enough speed and depth of field. the lighting would be much more balanced between flash and ambient light. on the d3, I shoot at 4-5000 iso on the dance floor but in a ceremony, 3200 is no issue if the exposure is good. do you use slaves for off camera flash? I use 2. commlite G430 which has a ttl pass through hot shoe and will fire the off camera flash in manual. and I have the yongnuo 622n for ttl control but mainly use it for hss flash outdoors when I shoot the BG. with the commlite, I would use my yongnuo 560III on the commlite and use a small flash base/shoe and just place it somewhere in the area im shooting and bounce it at the ceiling. that and the on camera flash and at aperture of up to f/4.5 and it would be a nice soft lighting. everyone does what they feel is right but I dont think it would be an issue to get pictures with no flash shadows at all in that place. [/QUOTE]

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