I can imagine it is alot harder then you would think.
To be honest I hate having to increase the ISO as I found you dont really get away with as much as everyone says, maybe that has something to do with my lens, I dont really know but I hate having any amount of noise in my pics. I do have Neat Image which works wonders with noise.
I dont have a flast gun yet as I really have no knowledge of using off camera flashes, to be honest im still struggling to get used to the settings on the built in flash, it is something I plan to purchase in the future though, but I will have to learn abit more about them first.
As for panning, I live beside the Curragh plains in Co. Kildare, which has a railway track crossing it, this provides perfect practice for panning, I have been using the trains to get used to this, it has also proved harder then you would expect!
Thanks for the advice Cathald.
John.
You will have no bother using the 300 at 1600 iso and still see hardly any noise, especially on damp winter days.
Have shot footie at 3200 and pics still very usuable depending on what they are for etc. Dont be feared to bang up the iso.