I really need help with the setting on my camera for my son's karate tounament night , I recently started using the manual mode and I would love to hear any suggestion for all the settings .
I have Canon 60D and my lenses are 18-135mm with 3.5-5.6f
the second lens is 55-250mm with 4-5.6f
the third lens is 50mm with 1.8f
Thanks
As with anything else it is going to depend on the lighting conditions.
Since this involves movement, i would set the camera in tv mode, dial in 1/250 of a sec, set ISO at 400, take a test shot and check the histogram and LCD to review the exposure and then be prepared to adjust your ISO until you get an exposure that is acceptable for you.
The 50mm lens certainly is going to give you an opportunity to use a lower ISO; however, as the fstop gets larger the DOF gets shorter which may interfer with your vision .
How close can you get to the matts? That will decide the focal length needed to fill the frame with your son
foghornleg90
Loc: All over USA - Medford, OR & Knoxville, TN
1/250th isn't usually fast enough... 320 is, unless they are demonstrating weapons or just ULTRA FAST. There's one guy I've shot that can't be fully stopped at 1000.
When I shoot sports action... I go to full manual... set shutter speed first, most open aperature second, then adjust for the ISO (with indoor stuff - usually 1600 to 6400). With the 60D, you have the ability to crank the ISO, but will start to get a bit of noise after about 1600... so noise reduction will be helpful in the post processing. But 6400 works beautifully. (ALL of these were 250, f3.5 to 5.6, 6400 ISO:
http://mercer.smugmug.com/OtherSports/2011-11-11-SMedford-vs-Centenn/SMedford-vs-Cenntenial-TOP/20091907_cMG3kB/1585137208_CGvzMRB... you can see a bit of blur on the ball in some frames, and 320 would have stopped that in all but the kick offs... but the lighting wasn't bright enough to allow that, and I would have lost more of the other shots).
Also, consider either center spot focus points OR all... with AI Servo, and use the focus button at the back of your body while shooting (your thumb should reach it - and just hold it down during the action). Best of luck...
I shoot MMA and the setting i find that works best Is TAV Mode I choose Shutter and aperture and the Camera selects the iso This shot was with my Pentax K5 28-75 f2.8 This shot was set at F2.8 1/400 iso6400
www.badboysofmma.com to see more pix
foghornleg90
Loc: All over USA - Medford, OR & Knoxville, TN
foghornleg90 wrote:
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Wow Wow those are great shots I looked through all of them , you'v got an amazing talent , I'll try my best tomorrow wish me luck , may be i'll post some (may be) if i see something worth posting
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