I frequently have to shoot without flash at affairs where it is not allowed. Here are some examples taken with my D700, hand held, all at ISO 3200, the first shot with the Nikon 24-70 f2.8 and all the rest with the Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR:
http://www.photosbycommodore-don.com/2012WRTOSActivities/Lauter-Concert-Buster-Keaton/21121768_5zpQ8v#!i=1681575650&k=WvBw95GI started in photography in Jr. High and owned a Leica IIIC while still in high school. I graduated in Jan. 1952. Back then film speeds were very slow, as low as ASA 25, and you had to learn to hold a camera very steady. What I learned back then still works today.
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