Indoor Party Shots

[ratebeer]

I'm considering a super zoom and know they're lossy in low light/high ISO conditions. However, I love the zoom for travel photography and like the low price, ease of use and relative portability of the super zooms quite a bit. Basically, I'm set on a super zoom. :p

HOWEVER, I really would like to know how they work with group shouts indoors with and without a flash.

I haven't found any gallery shots that display holiday, party, social pictures. I'd really like to know how various super zooms will perform under what seems to me to be a generally very common condition. :confused:

Please direct me if I'm missing something!!!!

[aparmley]

I'm considering a super zoom and know they're lossy in low light/high ISO conditions. However, I love the zoom for travel photography and like the low price, ease of use and relative portability of the super zooms quite a bit. Basically, I'm set on a super zoom. :p

HOWEVER, I really would like to know how they work with group shouts indoors with and without a flash.

I haven't found any gallery shots that display holiday, party, social pictures. I'd really like to know how various super zooms will perform under what seems to me to be a generally very common condition. :confused:

Please direct me if I'm missing something!!!!

I think the answer to your question is pretty obvious if we are talking point and shoots here. . . . ;)

[BowerR64]

Most supper zooms have a pop up flash and they are easy to control with paper or tape or anything you can find. Practice with it before you head to the party so yo can get an idea how to control it.

You can get some pingpong balls and cut a little slot in them and they slip right over the flash. When the flash pops it lights up the whole room, not just what its pointing at. Thin paper over the flash can also help, just to fill the room with the flash. It also softens the flash so its not blinding.

If you have the money, they sell these bulbs on e-bay. You can screw them into any light socket, and they have an infered sensor on the underside. When you fire your flash on yoru camera ir will detect that flash and then it will fire its own. They are similar to an external camera flash but can be put anywhere and hidden fairly easy. Ive been wanting to get some, but ive already spent a ton on lighting and i havnt needed them yet. You could screw them into a lamp, an overhead or anywhere you can fit it into a socket. No one will know till you take a shot and the whole room lights up. lol!