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Oct 6, 2014 12:03:24 #
I need help, I am using a nikon d5000 camera with a tamron sp 70-300 f/4-5.6 lens I am lhopeing somebody can give me he best setting to get good shots. Thanks
Oct 6, 2014 12:25:22 #
Lastonestandiing wrote:
I need help, I am using a nikon d5000 camera with a tamron sp 70-300 f/4-5.6 lens I am lhopeing somebody can give me he best setting to get good shots. Thanks
this is a very complex question you are asking. would depend on..
1-what you are shooting
2-when you are shooting
etc!
I am going to assume {I hate assuming} that you are new to photography.
my suggestion would be to put it on "auto" to get used to the camera at first
then as you get use to it, move on to a manual setting.
there are a lot of good tutorial on
www.youtube.com
about camera settings
maybe find an online course to help teach you.
hope this helps and good luck
Oct 6, 2014 12:46:14 #
Lastonestandiing wrote:
I need help, I am using a nikon d5000 camera with a tamron sp 70-300 f/4-5.6 lens I am lhopeing somebody can give me he best setting to get good shots. Thanks
You can't recommend settings without knowing how much light there is. Your lens isn't very fast, so I would assume you are going to have to shoot wide open. I would do some tests at different high ISOs to see how much noise you are willing to accept, and then use the highest one you feel looks good enough. Then it is just a matter of how high a shutter speed you can use and get good exposures.
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Oct 6, 2014 12:55:25 #
Oct 6, 2014 12:58:12 #
Lastonestandiing wrote:
What I want to shoot are pictures os a hockey game in an arena.
Pro hockey? From the seats?
Oct 6, 2014 12:59:24 #
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Oct 6, 2014 13:16:54 #
When I shoot my grandson playing hockey I look for a couple things at the rink. Is there an opening in the glass that allows photographers to shoot through? Can I get up high enough in the stands to shoot over the glass? If the answer to both is "No" it's not going to be easy. Shooting a long lens requires some type of support for me. Monopod seems to work best. Higher ISO settings are a must in order to get the speed up to a point that you can capture motion. The light in ice rinks is usually a white balance problem and the glare from the ice causes underexposure. My grandson is a goalie so I can manually zone focus on him and be fairly sure I will get most of the action. Good luck!
Oct 6, 2014 13:18:46 #
Lastonestandiing wrote:
No school ice hockey
Community ice arenas where schools typically play ice hockey are notoriously poorly lit.
Your best bet would be to use the widest opening of your lens and select an ISO on your camera that will allow you to get a shutter speed of 500-1000 to stop action.
You might need to under expose a little and then hope to bring it back later.
If you can get that to work fine, if not, the arena may just be too dark for quality action images.
You can slow the shutter down a little for non action scenes if required.
Oct 6, 2014 16:32:03 #
Yhank you for clueing me in on things to be aware of and I will have to keep changing things until I het a decent shot.
Oct 7, 2014 01:10:59 #
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Oct 7, 2014 06:29:00 #
I shoot men's basketball for a community college and a local University of California. I'm not a pro and consider myself a "learner". I get close to the basket and use my F1.8 50mm lens and a shutter speed of at least 400. This works very well for me in a variety of gymnasiums and some with terrible lighting.
I my opinion, it's all about the lighting and your lens. Your lens is considered a "slow" lens (high F) and is a good outdoor lens where the lighting is good, I use one like it for college baseball . You may get to much grain in your shots trying to do long telephoto shots in bad lighting with a high ISO setting. I recommend buying a "faster" lens. The question is money and how much you are willing to spend. Sometimes when I'm shooting, I'm next to the local newspaper sports photographer and he has a camera and very fast lens that costs $18,000. Way more than I can spend. A fast 50mm lens will not brake the bank. If you can't buy a new lens, try using your present lens at 70mm and work with the ISO to get the best out of it.
I my opinion, it's all about the lighting and your lens. Your lens is considered a "slow" lens (high F) and is a good outdoor lens where the lighting is good, I use one like it for college baseball . You may get to much grain in your shots trying to do long telephoto shots in bad lighting with a high ISO setting. I recommend buying a "faster" lens. The question is money and how much you are willing to spend. Sometimes when I'm shooting, I'm next to the local newspaper sports photographer and he has a camera and very fast lens that costs $18,000. Way more than I can spend. A fast 50mm lens will not brake the bank. If you can't buy a new lens, try using your present lens at 70mm and work with the ISO to get the best out of it.
Oct 7, 2014 08:50:12 #
Hello.
I too photograph my grandsons games and post to a team wen site.
First off....I am a amateur.
My cameras are a D7100 and D90. Sigma 70-200mm lens.
First few games this season I use the D90 and last few games the D7100.
I shoot through the glass if no open areas are available.
My settings on the D7100 at 1/500. f2.8 - f3.2. I set my ISO high. Around 2000...
I also use the 1.3 crop on the D7100
Focus is set a "Continuous"
White balance is set prior to shooting.
I take so many photos that I batch process everything. I use Picassa for cropping and exposure.
I use Nikons ViewNX2 for sharpening.
The photos are not professional but more than adequate for a team web site.
You can check it out at www.jimbabbish.com/sting
Hopes this helps.
Don't get discouraged...hockey photography is very hard.
I too photograph my grandsons games and post to a team wen site.
First off....I am a amateur.
My cameras are a D7100 and D90. Sigma 70-200mm lens.
First few games this season I use the D90 and last few games the D7100.
I shoot through the glass if no open areas are available.
My settings on the D7100 at 1/500. f2.8 - f3.2. I set my ISO high. Around 2000...
I also use the 1.3 crop on the D7100
Focus is set a "Continuous"
White balance is set prior to shooting.
I take so many photos that I batch process everything. I use Picassa for cropping and exposure.
I use Nikons ViewNX2 for sharpening.
The photos are not professional but more than adequate for a team web site.
You can check it out at www.jimbabbish.com/sting
Hopes this helps.
Don't get discouraged...hockey photography is very hard.
Oct 7, 2014 08:55:25 #
Lastonestandiing wrote:
I need help, I am using a nikon d5000 camera with a tamron sp 70-300 f/4-5.6 lens I am lhopeing somebody can give me he best setting to get good shots. Thanks
I play hockey and with the bright lights on the ice, its should not be a problem with lighting. Only problem would be to have a fast camera to catch the speed of the players in action.
Oct 7, 2014 10:51:15 #
herbdecker wrote:
I shoot men's basketball for a community college a... (show quote)
Only in California would this be considered mens basketball
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