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Best Film for Sports Photography
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Blaine T. McCartney |
I use 800 speed Fuji Film, I work for a newspaper and it turns out pretty adequate. Blaine
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John A. Lind |
Blaine's answer provides a good starting point. In general you want to use the slowest film speed possible. This will depend some on how fast your lens is (widest aperture) and its focal length (how "long" it is) in combination with a suitable shutter speed. For hand held work, the slowest shutter speed before camera shake becomes a problem is usually 1/[lens focal length]. This means if you are using a standard 50mm lens, about 1/60th is the slowest you can use. If the focal length is 200mm (a long lens), then about 1/250th is the slowest shutter speed you can use. With some bracing (using seat backs, etc.) and practice you might be able to use the next slower speed than this guideline. Some exposure guidelines based on the typical amount of light found in basketball arenas: ISO 800: ISO 400: ISO 200: Examples: I did not cover shutter speeds below 1/60th second. At that speed you might have some motion blur if you are photographing fast action. This could be desirable if it's slight and only certain parts of a players body are blurred from motion (hands/arms, feet/legs or basketball). Shutter speeds slower than 1/30th usually have too much motion blur. -- John
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