tresap23 wrote:
I have the same camera, and I am no where near "professional", but do have experience using this camera. I too, have shot sports photography of my granddaughters softball games in the daytime, basketball games indoors, and soccer games outdoors at night. If you are not comfortable with manual mode, I suggest you use P mode, which allows you to change your ISO, but sets the aperture and shutter speed for you. This way you can adjust the ISO accordingly. For myself, when shooting outdoors, in daylight, sunny conditions, an ISO of around 2000 (for me) gives me pretty good pictures, without too much noise. The higher the ISO, can sometimes mean more noise (graininess) to the pictures. Also, you can shoot in HDR and turn on noise reduction. HDR takes several images at different exposures and merges them all together, to give you the proper overall exposure. But I'd suggest live view when doing this, not using the view finder. I "read" as much as I can. I actually read more than I get to practice, as I am busy all the time and do the reading at night, after I have done all I have to do for work and home. There are "many" articles and You Tube videos, all you have to do is google them. When you do, make sure you put in your camera make and model, then your question about shooting sports photography under different lighting situations, so you get the best advice for "your" camera, and not just basic generalization. Take some notes on index cards for different settings and different lighting situations, laminate them, and put them on a metal ring, and hang them from your camera bag/belt or whatever is easiest, and carry them with you. That way you can refer back to them. There is a such thing as "information overload", and it is hard to remember everything you have read. If you have time, I'd practice, "before" an important game, maybe go to one of her practices, or a local game near you, and play with your settings. I am "still" learning, and I still mess up. But I "make" myself shoot in manual and work with my settings as much as possible, so I can learn. I hardly ever shoot in Auto anymore. Hope some of this helps, and good luck with your photography! Please share some pics with us!
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Correction: Added an extra 0 to the ISO! My ISO on a sunny day is lower.