D800 does dance recital...

[Hangman]

Did you have the camera on a tripod? What were your ISO settings? I'll need to shoot my daughters recital in a few weeks.

Handheld, no tripods or flash allowed in the theater as it is a safety hazard.

The I shot in A mode with auto iso on. The iso ranges for my pics from 1600 to 6400 depending on lighting.
I shot between f/2.8 and f/4.5 depending on the scene and the dof I wanted.
I set the camera to auto select the shutter speed with bias adjusted to be 2x focal length with minimum shutter set at 1/125 and the camera would adjust according to how much zoom the lens was at.

I also used spot metering and selected my focus point to cover the faces. If you are shooting Canon and if your camera has spot metering, be careful with spot metering as the Canon bodies do not tie spot metering to the selected focus point, they only spot meter in the center of the frame.

-Hangman..

[tbui1178]

I don't think my 7d has the Minimum shutter speed setting :( ... if it did, that would be awesome.

[LooksLater]

Great shots, Hangman!

[Hangman]

Thanks Lookslater..