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Shooting fast action in low light I am trying to take pictures of my son's marching band. They are in huge competition now and I cannot take a class now, and NEED HELP! What is hard to accomplish is the low light situations of the night field shots and the fast actions and this band REALLY moves. I have been experimenting with using a 60 shutter speed and no flash. I am using a Manfrotto tripod with a pistol grip and a remote shutter button. I am new to adjusting apertures, shutter speed etc. I have been using this camera on automatic mode and learning more of composition. I hope someone can help me I need to know more advanced techniques quickly as they have a huge out of state competition next Saturday. Thank you for any and all help!!!
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Bob Cammarata |
Try setting your ISO to a higher setting,(around 800)...or one which will allow for a shutter speed of 1/125 second or faster in the available light with which you have to work. That should be fast enough to freeze the action of the participants. (unless they start jogging.) ;) If you're comfortable using auto,..try setting to "shutter-priority" and set it at 1/125 second, and let the camera's meter determine the appropriate aperture setting. Good luck.
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Jon Close |
You need to get a faster shutter speed. What ISO setting are you using? In the basic exposure modes ISO is set automatically and the highest setting is 400. If you shoot in the "creative modes" (P, Av, Tv, M) you can manually select higher ISO levels of 800 or 1600, which will get you 2x and 4x faster shutter speeds (1/125 or 1/250 instead of 1/60). The trade off is higher digital noise. The only other alternative is to use a larger aperture lens. You're probably already using your 100-400 lens at its maximum aperture (f/5.6 or f/6.3 at 400mm). At f/4 your shutter speed would be 1/125 instead of 1/60. At f/2.8 you'd get 1/250.
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Jon |
thanks for the question Diane, I have a similar problem. I am using a canon 10d that I just bought with a 28-135mm lens trying to take pics of my step sons football game under stadium lights. blurry pics I will try what was said here, friday is their last game and I will be on the field
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Diane Weightman |
Thank you very much for all your help. I will be studying up on how to make these adjustments. I sure apprecite all the suggestions. :-) I will get back to you with my results. Diane
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