Interesting. Some people are saying use the 1.2s wide open.

I added that the wide lens is a 14-24mm 2.8 Sigma with an FTZ converter.

You think it will be too dark for the 70-200mm 2.8?

1/125 sounds reasonable. I can hand hold that easily enough and is slow enough to gather light. I will try that tonight when I test the event site. Thanks.

I think I need to use a flash. I do have two 1.2 lenses that I am eager to try at this event.

Yeah, just with a lot less light. :)

There is some Christmas lighting over the road. I am going to visit the site tonight to see how much. There will be cars on the road, so I can test on them. If I can do them, I can do the parade :)

I have a light meter I will use.

I do have a flash and have used it before. I have a Magmod diffuser I will use.

Thanks. The 14-24 2.8 should be good for establishing shots.

I want to do people shots, but unclear if flash will make a good photo. When I have used flash for crowd shots you see the light fall of in an unpleasant way. I guess flash is best just for a few people and crop out the rest?

I currently only have one body.

I have the 24-70mm as well, but only the one camera. I’m not a fan of changing lenses either, but I will if I have to.

I have used the 1.2 lenses for indoor dinner events when the lights are down for a presentation and they worked really well.

I will go to the location the night before.

Unfortunately, I only have the single camera so I have to change lenses. I’m waiting for the next gen Z9 to come out before I get another camera.

Going to the location the night before is a good idea.

Sorry, I misunderstood the issue.

If you are on Windows, you can use the free program Tinta to cull many of the images. Set the thumbnail size to one of the large options and delete the ones you don’t like with the delete key.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PLKRM9N4Z47