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Fuji x100 low light

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Re: Fuji x100 low light

A couple of things:

Short bursts instead of single shot. It's a good way to make sure you get the best facial expressions and body positions while people are dancing. If you are shooting groups of non-moving people then a burst will let you get one photo that is sharper than the others if you need to use a slower shutter speed.

Shoot Raw because it will let you underexpose by one or two stops when shooting, so you can have a faster shutter speed or lower ISO, and push the exposure afterwards with no extra noise.

Be prepared that your F have have a harder time acquiring focus if you try to get it on something lower contrast like faces so use something like the person's clothing and focus and recompose. You may even choose to shoot a little wider so you can crop afterwards. If you still cant acquire focus, angle the camera a little and then recompose.

There is nothing about your X100F which makes it fundamentally worse than an X-T2 for this kind of shooting. An f1.4 lens wouldn't be better because what good is faster aperture when it means that some people will be soft due to the shallower depth of field.

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