Preaching for passports

In a evangelical church in Kampala, Uganda, a preacher collects every saturday passports to bless them, giving their owners the devine advantage of traveling more easily to foreign countries ( mainly US or Europe, where it is kind a hard to get a visa to if you are from the african continent ).

Notes:

That was my first "self chosen" assignment to work with my G11. Shooting in house in Africa can be a real pain. The sun light outside is super bright and houses are super dark ( to keep the cold in ). Good ISO performance and a fast lense is prime. So lets see how the G11 is doing its job:

I shot on ISO 1600 and f-stop of 2.8 with a exposure time of 1/60.

The small chip in the G11 of course is pretty prone to noise, but to be honest its not as bad as I first thought. Im no purist and I actually think the images are quiet usable till ISO 800, and sometimes even 1600. 3200 is wild, I admit.

The 2.8f is not mind blowing. A little bit wider would have helped the whole thing, especially with the naturally high depth of field of point and shoots in the first place. I can live with it, but you get in trouble in really dark settings.

The integrated Image Stabilization ( IS ) actually worked wonder on this image, shooting with a quiet low 1/60. Nothing to complain about here.

Im still not really impressed with the autofocus. Thats still an issue. Alex Majoli recommends pre-focusing. I'll try that next time. Im just already a little bit rusty and trusted the excellent autofocus of the D90 and the D2Xs for far too long.