Shooting Indoor+Dark Setting (Dimmed Light)+Banquet

[iKwak]

If you were at a dinner banquet where the light is not sufficient but dimmed, what are the settings that you would use on your camera?

I can't imitate the setting to practice so I would appreciate to get some advice from experienced users.


OBJECTIVE: Take nice shots of the people in the setting described above. Thanks in advance.

[iKwak]

I just noticed that pcphotoreview.com and photographyreview.com was the exact same site.

[another view]

Depends on what you want - the safe route would be 400 speed film, bounced flash and about a 1/20-1/30 shutter speed (a little on the long side to try to bring in some ambient light to the background - but be careful to not show too much motion blur). Another route - depending on how dark - might be 3200 speed black and white film, shot at 3200 with a very fast prime lens like a 50 f1.4. It will still take a steady hand because you'll likely be in the 1/15 range wide open...