Help choosing a camera for shooting sports!!!!!
Nov 21, 2012 12:30:03 #
I need serious help with trying to get a good camera that will shoot good sporting event shoots. My son plays basketball and most of the time my pics are blurry, to late or just bad. I am so overwhelmed with the choices for cameras, some please help!!!!
Nov 21, 2012 12:42:28 #
Wabbit
Loc: Arizona Desert
KRISTIL wrote:
I need serious help with trying to get a good camera that will shoot good sporting event shoots. My son plays basketball and most of the time my pics are blurry, to late or just bad. I am so overwhelmed with the choices for cameras, some please help!!!!
Hey Doc ..... Nikon D300s with a 70-200 2.8 lens .....
Nov 21, 2012 12:48:57 #
I do not have alot of knowledge on setting on a camera, so I just usually choose the sports setting on the camera. Does this camera have those settings?
Nov 21, 2012 18:49:38 #
If you don't trust yourself dialing in the shutter speed, apeture ect. The "sports mode" on any DSLR camera should work fine. Depending on how far away your going to be from the action, a lens with a decent zoom would help. Really depends on how much your willing to spend.
Nov 21, 2012 19:31:55 #
deanc2006
Loc: lancaster ohio
fast glass is the key 70-200 f2.8 for a larger field of view 50 f1.8 is very fast for the price $125ish great low light lens
Nov 21, 2012 19:40:55 #
A little punctuation may help:
deanc2006 wrote:
Fast glass is the key 70-200 f2.8.
For a larger field of view 50 f1.8 is very fast for the price.
$125ish, a great low light lens
For a larger field of view 50 f1.8 is very fast for the price.
$125ish, a great low light lens
Nov 21, 2012 20:11:32 #
Wabbit
Loc: Arizona Desert
KRISTIL wrote:
I do not have alot of knowledge on setting on a camera, so I just usually choose the sports setting on the camera. Does this camera have those settings?
Hey Doc ..... from this response I think you'd be happier with a Nikon D5100 where you could choose scene modes and for shooting sports inside I still recommend the 70-200 .....
Nov 21, 2012 23:07:52 #
KRISTIL wrote:
I need serious help with trying to get a good camera that will shoot good sporting event shoots. My son plays basketball and most of the time my pics are blurry, to late or just bad. I am so overwhelmed with the choices for cameras, some please help!!!!
I would go with the d7000 39 point auto focus vs .11 on the 5100. Six frames per second vs. 4 on the 5100. Both major considerations for sports.
Nov 22, 2012 00:59:59 #
High school sports- like the man said, fast glass and a high ISO. What camera are you using? If its a point and shoot or even a bridge camera, you might be out of luck. Even an entry level DSLR may not support a fast enough ISO. You will need at least 3200 unless your high school is highly unusual.
Nov 22, 2012 05:40:21 #
elandel
Loc: Milan, Italy
Yes. The right way is high iso and fast glass. If you don't like ti fuss wih settings then must choose cameras with the sports mode: D5100 - D7000 I think would be fine. Don't know Canon equivalents but surely there is something as good to choose from.
Nov 22, 2012 05:53:14 #
To the original poster: What is your budget?
To the rest of us: How often have we seen posts like this, often from a new user, that generate 10 pages of responses offering advice for camera systems ranging from $500 - $5,000 and more, before the OP ever returns to state that they cant spend more than $200? It seems to me that questions this general should generate two quick questions. What, if anything, are you using now? And, how much can you afford to spend? Just a suggestion . . .
To the rest of us: How often have we seen posts like this, often from a new user, that generate 10 pages of responses offering advice for camera systems ranging from $500 - $5,000 and more, before the OP ever returns to state that they cant spend more than $200? It seems to me that questions this general should generate two quick questions. What, if anything, are you using now? And, how much can you afford to spend? Just a suggestion . . .
Nov 22, 2012 06:36:25 #
I agree with TchrBill. What are you using now.
You need fast glass and/or a high iso. It depends but we need to know what you are using now and include your current setting. You may not need to buy another camera.
You need fast glass and/or a high iso. It depends but we need to know what you are using now and include your current setting. You may not need to buy another camera.
TchrBill wrote:
To the original poster: What is your budget? br ... (show quote)
Nov 22, 2012 06:48:18 #
High schools back east must cheap out on lighting. Here in Montana I'm able to get decent action photos without having to go to ISO 3200. Right now I'm shooting with a Nikon D3000 and the kit 18-55 zoom as well as a Tamron 70 to 300, neither one of them is especially fast. I would like to upgrade to some faster glass in the future.
The first digital I used to try to shoot sports with was a Canon Point & Shoot. I shot my nephew's U16 baseball team at a tournament and got some surprisingly good shots. I was right on the at the edge of the backstop and in order to get shots of the batter or pitcher in action I would try to anticipate pitch and start shooting in continuous mode a second or two before the ball was thrown. I ended up with a lot of extra shots that just got deleted, but I also got some keepers.
Here are a couple of the shots I got with my Nikon:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5206/5369669765_b9d31cbc64.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5291/5426349934_78b8dacd3f.jpg
The first digital I used to try to shoot sports with was a Canon Point & Shoot. I shot my nephew's U16 baseball team at a tournament and got some surprisingly good shots. I was right on the at the edge of the backstop and in order to get shots of the batter or pitcher in action I would try to anticipate pitch and start shooting in continuous mode a second or two before the ball was thrown. I ended up with a lot of extra shots that just got deleted, but I also got some keepers.
Here are a couple of the shots I got with my Nikon:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5206/5369669765_b9d31cbc64.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5291/5426349934_78b8dacd3f.jpg
Nov 22, 2012 07:15:33 #
I agree with TchrBill - For what it' worth though, Canon 7D - Serious camera for sports photographers, has dual processor and give you 8fps. I take alot of Kickbxing photos. The one's i'm posting were taken with a mediocre 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens, where lighting was very poor.
Nov 22, 2012 07:32:58 #
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