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Indoor Sporting Events/Lighting While trying to take photos of my daughter's high school swim team in action, there is never enough light registering off the water. This is an indoor pool with lights of undetermined nature around the perimeter of the pool only. I've changed film speed to 400 and still can't get enough light to register. Any suggestions?
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Ken Pang |
Not a lot you can do in these kinds of situations unless you get some very expensive, very fast lenses. A 50mm 1.8 is usually pretty cheap, but you have to be pretty close to use it. Also, try Fuji Super HG 1600. Expensive, (about 2x "normal" film) but *very* fine grained for it's speed. That will give you 2 extra stops.
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Mark A. Braxton |
Hi J, First of all, I wouldn't go above 1000 ISO film due to graininess. Try the NHG 800 Fuji. Excellent color and grain for such a high speed film. Second, never meter off of the water being that it will trick your camera's meter. Try your camera on aperture priority and spot metering with the lowest f-stop lens that you own. Open your aperture all the way (set it at the lowest f-stop). If metering off of the heads of the swimmers doesn't work you can push the film. Say for instance setting the ISO of your camera manually. For instance, if you use 400 speed film set your camera's film speed to 800 and tell your processor what you have done. These are some cheaper alternatives. If money is no issue try some low-light/high speed lenses with a f-stop of 2.8 or lower. Keep in mind the lower the f-stop the better the lens, the lens usefulness, and along with those comes the price.
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