 Charles E. Mann |
Tips for shooting football inside I am going to shoot the little football championships here on Saturday at our pro football dome; Ford Field any suggestions, I have a 80-200 @2.8 len, shooting digital & a good flash. is there a way to stay out of 1600 & get some images
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Raymond H. Kemp |
Forget the flash. You probably won’t get close enough for that to be of any use. The 2.8 80-200 lens is a step in the right direction and the 2.8 will help you to keep your ISO setting lower. Not knowing the intensity of the indoor lights, I know many of the outdoor football fields at night I would operate in the ISO 800 – 3200 range using my 2.8 300mm lens or my 2.8 70-200 VR lens. My guess for indoor is you will be around 800 –1600 ISO. You will need this in order to use a fast enough shutter speed to steady your 80-200 lens and freeze the action. What type of camera will you be using?
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Charles E. Mann |
thanks ray, sorry, I will be using a nikon d50 &/or a friends d1h. I will also be on the sideline & endzones. i've shot at 1600 before trying get better grain. i've used the flash with the dih & 2.8 but at 250 flash sync seemed like the pictures blurry or really bright
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Raymond H. Kemp |
You may want to stay with the D50. It can handle noise much better then the D1H. I have a friend who shoots for one of the papers that I string for and he uses a flash on his D1X from time to time when the action gets closer to the sidelines and he gets very good results. What type of flash will you be using? If you’re using an SB-800 or SB-600 try setting the flash to TTL-BL for a balanced fill. This will help keep the ambient lights in play and give you some flash on the foreground subject to snap out some detail and color. Also the flash will help “freeze” subject movement. Ray
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Charles, if possible, go onto the field or very close to it and get a light reading. I suggest either a gray card or cupping your hand about 6 inches in front of the lens to get your reading. Then shoot on manual at the highest speed possible. If you are back in the stands or out of the main lighted areas, your camera meter will be fooled.
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