I have the 70-200 2.8 IS lens but I never shoot on a tripod. That's the reason that I bought the lens....because I handhold everything I shoot and the internal stabilization is a god send for me. I often shoot at slower shutter speeds (to utilize available light) then I would if I didn't have the IS feature on my lens. Using the IS feature "and" a tripod together doesn't make much sense to me. Either one or the other will work fine :winkwink:

Hey, I aint the one with the problem :1orglaugh

Look around mang, it didnt start with me and you know I love the dance as much as they love the cock.

available light doesn't mean you cant supplement the source...this has been overlooked here for the most part but you can put lights outside the window, thus lighting through the window as natural light does.

I've shot a lot of low light situations along with flash as well..

The noise levels on the D70 suck, and I speak from experience, even at 400 is still hurts my photos... So i tend to strictly shoot 200 unless I need to.

I use Noise Ninja for most of my prints and anything that might get published in a magazine that might require it (subtle noise, maybe i bumped the RAW image too much and it created some noise)

Available light is hard to shoot, but done right can yield great results, but its best to use the fastest lens you've got, I tend to use my 50mm 1.4D Nikon when I need that extra stop. But like you mentioned before, you sacrifice overall focus of the image when you're shooting on a fully wide open F stop.

Here is a 50mm Prime shot of my best friends new wife, low light, she was actually squating down just before she was about to walk down the aisle (we're in a stair way)..

http://www.mackeydesigns.com/photogr..._full/u004.jpg


this is a shot with the same 50mm but with proper lighting indoors...
http://www.mackeydesigns.com/photogr..._full/v002.jpg

and again, the same 50mm using one portable light kit in an outdoor situation with a gold bounce..
http://josh.soulcash.com/dian/dian-test-03.jpg

The lens of choice should always be your fastest.

But remember, just because you can hold you camera steady, doesn't mean your subject can too.

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Those are some great shots Mackey.

Gold Foil outdoors rules, they set a beautiful tone on a subject:)

Yea, it brings out tones that are normally hard to get without a little PS work..

Thanks for the compliment! :thumbsup

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