Is there a way to shoot Aperture priority, and have a max shutter speed?

[randomrogue]

With that said a candle lit church is pushing the boundaries of even a semi-pro camera and lens. Test this at home before going to church. Light a candle in your kitchen and see what kind of shots you can get.

It's going to be very tough to keep the shutter speed anywhere close to 1/320 let alone even without motion blur. Your keeper rate will be very low. If you keep it open at 1.4 and can shoot at ISO6400 or higher that's great but they'll be noisy shots.

Might want to consider adding another light source. Something to light up the background a bit more so that you don't end up with a lot of shots where you are exposing for the candle light but everything else is pitch dark. You can expose for the darkness but it'll be next to impossible to get a shot.

 

[Throckmorton]

The D60 I mentioned allowed you to use the Main dial to change shutter speed, and press the exposure compensation button while turning the dial to change aperture. A bit clunky, but it worked. Granted, I was shooting static subjects, so having to fiddle with the exp. button while rotating the dial was not a big deal for me. I now shoot a D7000, which has two dials, both of with also work in concert with various buttons to change almost every setting you would use. If your camera has a Manual mode, it ought to have a way to adjust both shutter speed and aperture with your dial (assuming, of course, you are not talking about the Mode dial on the top).

Right, that's why I'm complaining about having to adjust both settings with one dial. It's clunky and stupid. A dial costs almost nothing.

 

[finbarqs]

taking candids is incredibly difficult. You gotta fake it! Candle lit won't get you worth crap

 

[shortylickens]

taking candids is incredibly difficult. You gotta fake it! Candle lit won't get you worth crap

Yeah its impossible to get a shot like that.
It was originally much brighter and then Shopped.

 

[jhansman]

Right, that's why I'm complaining about having to adjust both settings with one dial. It's clunky and stupid. A dial costs almost nothing.

Which is one of the reasons I moved up to a D7000. Had to re-learn all the controls, but once done, I never looked back.

 

[finbarqs]

Yeah its impossible to get a shot like that.
It was originally much brighter and then Shopped.

here's the original, before the home shopping network (photoshop)

Brightness wasn't a lot more, according to exif, ISO 100 f/22 to control my flash. The image above is how it came out of camera, without any hint of white balancing, post processing (except to convert to jpeg)