I am having trouble taking pictures in a lighted stadium at night. I have a digital camera(about 4 months old new) and have tryed everything. Should I use reg 35 mil camera or is there a setting for stadium lighting with my digital camera? I have asked this before, with no answer. Hopefully someone will have insite! Thanks!!

LUNAGODDESS

There are certain f stop setting in analogical cameras 35 mm...high flash usage is necessary and the speed of the film such is high ektachrome are needed for the event you may desire...
Exposures (how long the lens stays opened) are mostly at with exposure times up to 1/60 at f8 handheld ...Film is either Kodak products....Tri-X pushed +2 or Ektachrome 320T, also pushed +2...also, the best camera to use for night work will be 35 millimeter (mm) I prefer an SLR go to Wolf Camera or some other professional camera shop to find more information about cameras and it prices ...I am a purest...so bare with me for this ride... exposure depends on the total amount of light hitting the film and that it is inappropriate if this is delivered in a short exposure at wide aperture - such as 1/1000 at f2(low opening) - or a smaller aperture such as 1/60 at f8 ( large opening)...open the lens wide for night shots... period

For most films this can be relied on when exposures are between perhaps ¼ and 1/1000 seconds, but outside this range it will start to break down...now this a technical view and I know...so to make it much easier... for you are using a digital...and yes I have not forgotten your complaint in that...the reason why a delay in response is because there are still purest amongst and many are slow to change to digital...even some digital cameras need flashes...what is your pixel? If, ... 3.5 too small go larger...

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Thomas1970

Hi Tammer,
I'm not entirely sure how to go about photographing things under those lighting conditions, but suffice to say, even the best digital camera is no match for a quality film camera under lower light conditions. I do a lot of work in deep woods myself -- nature photography -- and there are serious limitations as to what you can achieve quality wise with digital. A degree of grain and color aberration may be somewhat inevitable, even with the bright stadium lighting.

LUNAGODDESS

This is for easier use:

EOS 400 Canon and Powershot A700 Canon...I am most fond of canon cameras and printers and ink for those printers when pulling a picture from a digital camera...the reason for pixel success are due to the new Digic III processor, face detection and image stabilization...which means the higher the pixel capabilities the better the picture looks when resolution (expanded)...even at night and when stadium shooting...suggestion try this camera...but if you are happy with your camera...tell me...what you have and then I will be able to tell you its capabilities of filming at night and with in a stadium... look a 10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor with improved microlens array, fill factor and lower noise...mean less interference when take a picture a smooth and line less picture... when expanding from wallet size to poster size...the higher the pixel the greater the resolution(expansion)...
Website for more information ...goes to detail information: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos400d/
Yes Pentax are just fine...I just have a preference