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Jim P - 20 Nov 2007 22:24 GMT

I tried a few different settings on my camera at my sons hockey game.
The 1600 - 800 ISO settings worked pretty good. Some of the pictures were a
little blurred.
Is there somewhere I can post the pictures that came out blurry so I can get
some input on what I might be doing wrong?

Many thanks for all of your help.

Jim P

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DBLEXPOSURE - 20 Nov 2007 22:28 GMT

>I tried a few different settings on my camera at my sons hockey game.
> The 1600 - 800 ISO settings worked pretty good. Some of the pictures were
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> Jim P

Photobucket, SnapFish,Usefilm,Popphoto etc etc.. there are many...

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DBLEXPOSURE - 20 Nov 2007 22:34 GMT

>>I tried a few different settings on my camera at my sons hockey game.
>> The 1600 - 800 ISO settings worked pretty good. Some of the pictures were
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> Photobucket, SnapFish,Usefilm,Popphoto etc etc.. there are many...

Without seeing you stuff, when shooting action in low-light conditions with
a slow lens, learn to pan, use motion blur to your advantage to depict
action. Not every sports shot needs to be a freeze frame...

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Akiralx - 21 Nov 2007 12:14 GMT

>I tried a few different settings on my camera at my sons hockey game.
> The 1600 - 800 ISO settings worked pretty good. Some of the pictures were
> a little blurred.
> Is there somewhere I can post the pictures that came out blurry so I can
> get some input on what I might be doing wrong?

What lens are you using? That'll be the issue, you will need f/2 or wider
really. You may need 1/500th sec or faster to freeze sports motion. So the
issue is getting enough light into the camera, in what are difficult
conditions. You're right to dial up the ISO to 1600 as your camera should
handle that without too much noise. If the shot is correctly exposed high
ISO can look fine.

So look for f/1.8 or even f/1.4 if you can. A commercial zoom which may be
f/5.6 at the zoom end won't hack it, the shots will be blurred, dark, or
both. Not sure how far away you are, but the 50mm f/1.8 is cheap.

A bigger budget would lead to the 85mm f/1.8 or even the 70-200 f/2.8L IS
(not quite as good as the Nikon equivalent, but still a fine lens).

Note that IS (image stabilization) will do nothing for subject motion,
though - only a fast shutter speed will freeze that.

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Ken Hart - 21 Nov 2007 19:51 GMT

>>I tried a few different settings on my camera at my sons hockey game.
>> The 1600 - 800 ISO settings worked pretty good. Some of the pictures were
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> Note that IS (image stabilization) will do nothing for subject motion,
> though - only a fast shutter speed will freeze that.

These are good answers. If they don't go far enough, the next suggestion is
to get to know the action. In most sports, there is a "peak" in the action;
a point at which the action is naturally frozen. For example, when a
basketball player jumps to make the basket, at the height of his jump he is
stopped for a split second. In hockey, when the player pulls the stick back
to make the shot, there is a point where the stick is motionless.

Also, motion coming towards you does not appear to be as fast as motion
going at a right angle to you. (Compare what you see when you look at the
side window of a moving car to what you see through the front window.)

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The One - 29 Nov 2007 10:22 GMT

A bigger budget would lead to the 85mm f/1.8 or even the 70-200 f/2.8L IS
(not quite as good as the Nikon equivalent, but still a fine lens).

> Note that IS (image stabilization) will do nothing for subject motion,
> though - only a fast shutter speed will freeze that.

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You prick, you know nothing.

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The One - 29 Nov 2007 10:24 GMT

> >I tried a few different settings on my camera at my sons hockey game.
> > The 1600 - 800 ISO settings worked pretty good. Some of the pictures were
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
> Note that IS (image stabilization) will do nothing for subject motion,
> though - only a fast shutter speed will freeze that.

Yes shoot a hockey game with a short prime lens. Nikon lenses are not as
good as Canon L. Dummy.

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Paul Furman - 21 Nov 2007 21:51 GMT

> Is there somewhere I can post the pictures that came out blurry so I can get
> some input on what I might be doing wrong?

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