Posts for: Dexter56
Oct 9, 2017 17:45:26 #
[quote=Thomas902]Dexter56 I feel your pain... been there with the D500, that is until I found wisdom from Nikon Professional Services (Global) Technical Solutions | D500 TIPS: Sports AF Edition... I would strongly suggest you invest a day or so reviewing and getting your head around the savvy knowledge latent within... http://nps.nikonimaging.com/technical_solutions/d500_tips/af/
Nice pics. I am glad you replied as I know you have had experience with the D500. I agree that it is a beast of its own. I have not had this much trouble getting action shots in focus with any of my other Nikons. I know it is me, I just need to get used to the camera. I am definitely going to check out the information you passed along. Thanks again.
Nice pics. I am glad you replied as I know you have had experience with the D500. I agree that it is a beast of its own. I have not had this much trouble getting action shots in focus with any of my other Nikons. I know it is me, I just need to get used to the camera. I am definitely going to check out the information you passed along. Thanks again.
Oct 9, 2017 17:40:32 #
ronichas wrote:
I would suggest group focus, which is a Nikon feat... (show quote)
I was hoping someone would tell me about their experience with Group. I am going to try single point and Group at the next game. It was my understanding that Group switched to the closest subject? do I have that wrong?
Oct 9, 2017 17:38:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Buy this book and wonder no more.
Jerry, I did not see the name of the book in your reply. Am I missing something?
Oct 9, 2017 17:36:34 #
another vote for single point. thanks for the reply
Oct 9, 2017 17:35:31 #
I always use BBF. You are right, much easier to use. Single point was my next try. Going to use it for a quarter on Friday night. Hopefully I can keep that single point on the intended target. Thanks for the reply
Oct 8, 2017 11:45:51 #
Looking for advice on which AF-Area mode to use with my D500 while shooting high school football under the lights. With all of my other Nikons, I have had pretty good luck using dynamic area focusing d9. The D500 has a minimum number of points of 25. I notice with my D500 that I have a lot of shots where I will have the subject in focus in a few frames, then the focus will jump to another player. Not sure if that is because the number have focus points is higher, therefore increasing the area the camera is looking to focus. I have thought about using single point or switching to Group Area focus. The problem with Group area, from what I read, it chooses the subject closes to the camera. Does anyone have experience with the D500 shooting football? In custom shooting menu a3 I have focus tracking set to "3" and subject motion set to "erratic". Thanks for any help you can give me.
Oct 5, 2017 21:30:57 #
For what it is worth, I have both the D500 and the D750. On the D500 I have a Nikon 300mm 2.8 on a monopod and on the D750 I have a 80-200mm 2.8 that I keep on my side for when the action gets close. I use this setup for HS football under the lights. I usually have to bump the ISO up to 6400 on both cameras to stop the action. In my opinion, the image quality and low light performance is better on the D750. Not by a huge margin, but better. I also found that the high frame rate of the 500 wasn't as important to me as I thought it would be. The 6 frames per second of the 750 is usually adequate. If I could only have one camera, it would be the 750. One thing about the 500 that I am having trouble with is the focus. I'm sure this is my fault, but I have more trouble getting as many in focus shots with the 500 as I do with the 750. I have tried different focus modes for action but havent figured out which is best for football under the lights. The 500 just doesn't react the same as the 750. I'll figure it out eventually.
Dec 7, 2016 16:01:06 #
after looking at all of these, I can sell my cameras.
Dec 6, 2016 20:01:37 #
I thought so too. You can play with the different types of lighting you encounter and makes you think about what you have to do with your shutter speed, ISO and aperture to get a good photo. How much blur is acceptable, how much noise or how shallow a depth of field etc.
Dec 6, 2016 19:35:11 #
Found this while I was cruising the internet. I thought it was a pretty neat tool to help explain the exposure triangle and how the different variables (shutter speed, aperture, ISO) affects the photo. Try it and see what you think.
http://photography-mapped.com/interact.html
http://photography-mapped.com/interact.html
Aug 21, 2016 17:07:42 #
SteveLew wrote:
Rather than spend $2,000 on a new lens. If I were you I would spend less than half of that on a used or reconditioned d5200 or d7100 crop sensor and use your 80 to 200 on this crop sensor camera. This would provide you with more reach than your d750 full frame and you would have a back up camera. I have the same lens and even though it is an older lens it is very sharp.
You are right, the 80-200 is a great lens. and with the AFS, focus is almost instant. will never get rid of that lens. Still have my old D200. Maybe use it. the only problem was all the noise after ISO 800
Aug 21, 2016 17:05:45 #
klouis wrote:
Hi Dexter, br br I am crazy about sports (being a... (show quote)
Just got done looking at your website. Beautiful pictures. that is what separates pros (you) and armatures (me). Those night photos were with the Tamron and 750?
Aug 21, 2016 16:43:22 #
klouis wrote:
Hi Dexter, br br I am crazy about sports (being a... (show quote)
What you are saying is interesting. I too have the Tamron 150-600. Just never thought about using it under the lights. Maybe I am not taking enough advantage of the ISO capabilities of the 750. May as well give it a try. Nothing to lose. I was considering the D500 as well. Since you have used both the 750 and the 500 for sports, do you feel there is a big difference between the two for shooting sports?
Aug 21, 2016 16:27:50 #
Pic did not attach the first time.
Aug 21, 2016 16:24:37 #
rdgreenwood wrote:
I've been following this discussion all day, and t... (show quote)
well, if I had to make my living shooting sports, I would starve. I do it for the fun of it and the kids and the kids parents get a kick out of it. Just like any other hobby though, you want to be the best you can be. This was shot Friday night at a scrimmage, under the lights. Had to crop the photo to get it to look like something. Didn't have time to zoom all the way in as I was focused on the QB before the throw, then had to focus on the receiver as he caught the ball.