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Taking pics of dancers in a ballroom

Started Nov 13, 2017 | Questions thread
Alastair Norcross
Alastair Norcross Veteran Member • Posts: 9,874
After looking at the EXIF on your linked shot

I see it was taken with the 500D. I also see that the lighting isn't all that bad. The EXIF says 1/60 at F1.8 at ISO 640. The M6 with 50 STM would cope easily with that lighting using servo AF. I would probably bump the ISO to 1600 and shoot at 1/125 at F2. I'm sure any of the latest Rebels would also cope easily with that. Whether you should get a Rebel or the M6 depends on how much you want the smaller form factor of the mirrorless. I'm loving my M6. It won't replace my 7DII for fast action, or for very low light (much lower than what you're looking at), but for everything else, it's great.

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