 carol vennell |
indoor sporting events I do a lot of sports photography but it has all been outside. A friend wants me to shoot his basketball team indoors. ive tried it once or twice before but I cant seem to get it right. Obviously I cant use a flash so I need to know what settings I should select. I have a D70 with an 80-200 1:2.8D lense. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Kerry L. Walker |
What has been the problem - specifically? Are they blurred, not properly exposed?
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carol vennell |
They are all blurred. I had the iso set at 1000, then 800...neither did the job. I was wondering if it was because I didnt use a monopod with such a big lense...which is very difficult at best for basketball. thank you for responding.
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Kerry L. Walker |
Is the entire photo blurred, or just the subject? If it is the entire photo, the problem is camera shake. if it is the subject, the problem is focusing. Let me know and I will see what I can do to help. If you can, upload a sample.
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Kerry L. Walker |
It appears there are a couple of problems here. Part of it is focus. If you will note, part of the bleachers appears to be a bit more in focus than the rest of the picture. I suspect that if more of the floor was in the photo you would see a spot a little before the bleachers that was in focus. Quit trying to focus on the fly (unless your camera will autofocus EXTREMELY fast). Switch to manual focus and focus on the spot where you expect the action will be. You won't always get the photo to be sharp but you will be closer. Of course, if you can follow the action through your viewfinder and the camera has a continuous focus mode, you can try this.The second problem is that your shutter speed is too slow for the action. Bump up your ISO as high as you can and shoot as fast a shutter speed as you can. If you can pan the action, 1/250 should be sufficient. Even try at 1/125 while panning. Your background will be blurred if you pan but this is a good thing. It will separate the action from the background. Keep practicing and you will get it.
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carol vennell |
Hi Kerry, I just want to thank you so much for taking the time to respond so quickly. I cant tell you how much I learn from people like you on this site. Ill try the things you said and hopefully in time I'll get better. Peace.
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