>>3411006>What kind if shutter speed and lens are you using?Searching Lightroom for shots I took at 25,600, a lot of them are at 1/125th (my usual default to the Minimum Shutter Speed setting) or 1/250th (my default when I'm shooting a performance where people are dancing or moving around or whatever).
I shoot mainly with a 50mm, but with 85mm as a close second. Performance shots, a lot of them are at various points along the range of my 24-70 f/2.8.
So, in answer to the question you're dancing around: Yes, I could often drop the shutter speed and open up my aperture more and shoot at less than 25,600, but that comes at a cost. If I have time to control my breathing and get centered, I can easily shoot 1/focal-length. If I have something to lean against, shutter speeds like 1/20th are easy. And I've got f/1.8 lenses that I usually shoot at f/2.8 or f/4
But if I'm shooting quick candid shots, I don't have time to have absolutely perfect form because the world is moving and my subject is moving and I'm breathing and good expressions are fleeting. So I prefer a little extra high ISO noise over motion blur (from shooting at slower than 1/125th) or misfocusing (from shooting wider than f/4). And even then, sometimes I legitimately am shooting 25600 at f/1.8 and 1/50th or less on my 50mm, but usually I don't like those shots well enough that I keep a smart preview on my laptop, so I can't show you any.
Attached was from a burlesque performance. 1/250th, f/2.8, ISO 25600. Lighting in the venue was shit. Couldn't go under 1/250th because she was dancing and that would just fuck me with motion blur. Couldn't go less than f/2.8 because I was shooting with my f/2.8 zoom. So, ISO 25600.
