Indoor events - low light, lots of motion, my worst nightmare...

[Marko]

very good advice in this thread

I'd just like to add NOT to be afraid of higher ISOs with the camera you have. 800 or 1000 are speeds that I frequently use when I have to. Keep in mind that the higher ISO the easier it will be capture the indoor ambient background light when it is available. If the image is for the web or smaller reproductions, you'll likely be fine.

Posting the actual shots will get you even better and more precise advice.

Hope that helps

Marko

[Ben H]

I'd just like to add NOT to be afraid of higher ISOs with the camera you have. 800 or 1000 are speeds that I frequently use when I have to. Keep in mind that the higher ISO the easier it will be capture the indoor ambient background light when it is available. If the image is for the web or smaller reproductions, you'll likely be fine.

Yep. The reason I haven't gone up that high is simply I haven't done enough testing to be confident in those settings. My old camera (Fuji S5500) was unusable at 400 due to noise, so I'm wary of going higher. Of course the Canon is *much* better - but the lesson for me here is to understand the performance at those settings and make sure I'm happy with the results, rather than shooting at a setting I'm not familiar with and end up with unusable results.

So, I definitely need to do some more low light shooting and testing to get a handle on what ranges work best with my particular setup.

Posting the actual shots will get you even better and more precise advice.

I'm sure - at this stage though, the general advice is enough to point me in the right direction - when I've put much of this stuff into practice and I feel I'm achieving closer to my best, *then* I'll put the shots up for more focused critique