One of the things I was looking forward to doing with my new equipment was using it on Walt Disney World’s dark rides. For the dark rides I set up my camera for spot metering and Auto ISO to go as high as 6400 with the slowest shutter speed of 1/125th of a second. I then put on the Nifty-Fifty, the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 lens, before going on the Great Movie Ride in Disney’s Hollywood Studios for a trip through the history of movies as only Disney can do it.
One of my old time favorite Hollywood musicals is Singing in the Rain with its famous scene of Gene Kelly singing and dancing in the rain. Disney Imagineers re-created the scene using audio-animatronic technology.
An audio-animatronic Gene Kelly is Singing in the Rain during the Great Movie Ride.
Nikon D700/50mm, 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO 4000, EV -0.3
The D700 did not disappoint allowing the fast shutter speed with little digital noise even at an ISO of 4000.
Did you use a flash to get the photo of singing in the rain?
Scott replies: Hi, Jessica! No, you are told not to use flash in the Great Movie Ride. The D700’s ISO range is much greater than my old camera which allowed me to photograph this scene using a very high ISO with only the lighting supplied by Disney.