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Originally Posted by Orcher
Yeah, I've done the same. That's why I shoot only in sunny days, otherwise the shutter time would be too long and subjects will be either blurry because of motion or noisy as hell. Obviously dslr is out of the question, it attracts too much attention. People are less afraid of small toyish camera than professional looking dslr with a massive external zoom lens. Besides, photoshop can in fact reduce noise pretty well, so I'll be shooting this kind of pictures with my trusty old small superzoom probably as long as it works.
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Nice start. A DSLR does not attract too much attention if you're in a tourist area as you appear to be. Everything I've shot, Andy's shot and Jay's shot have been on DSLRs. And I think most of Spud's too. (If you don't know who Andy is, most of the best sitting upskirts on this site were taken by him.) Lenses attract much more attention than bodies. A compact zoom lens on a DSLR will not attract undue attention as there are so many of them out there these days. Behavior is much more important than camera size.
Until you decide to use a flash, you should learn how to use spot metering and exposure compensation. We don't care if the highlights on someone's thighs are a bit blown out if the panties are properly exposed. And if you have normally steady hands, focal length should about equal exposure time to avoid effects of lens shake. Adjust ISO and aperture to get there. Image stabilization will give you about another stop to play with. You should never, ever use automatic exposure mode.
If you're willing to take the risk, there's no reason to not get the technically best shots you can.