craig_morton

Thanks! BTW, what do you use for AF settings? I have been using Back Button Focus with AF-C Dynamic with 25d and AF15 (instead of 55). I also set Focus tracking with lock-on with Block shot AF response on 2 and Subject motion Neutral. I got way too many back focusing issues last time out. Any suggestions? (P.S. its not the lens. Focusing on still objects is perfectly fine)

Good advice. I'll have to spend a little more time trying to get the RAW images where I like them. I went back to shooting JPG, mainly for the convenience of getting high contrast, saturated pictures right off the card. The RAW files look flat, with no contrast or saturation until you tart them up with Lightroom. Part of the inconvenience (for me) also has to do with my aging laptop...so there that to consider too. Again, thanks for the advice on variable light in gyms..I'll commit to a Manual setting next time and see how it goes.

Thanks for the reply. I'l check out OpticsPro but I'll probably need to upgrade my laptop first.. :-)

I used a 50mm 1.8G. At best, I had to use 1/500 wide open at 1.8 and the AutoISO was ranging between 2000-3200 (I set it at 3200 max). I shot JPG Fine. I think most of the images were maybe a half-stop underexposed, which I know exacerbates the noise issue.

Hi all, Been a while since I posted on Photo.net. I like the new web interface. I was shooting basketball with a Nikon D500 last week and was unimpressed with removing noise with Lightroom 6. Many years ago I used a plug-in called Noise Ninja which had a cumbersome workflow but at the time the results were a huge improvement over what I was getting with the earlyversions of Lightroom. Jumping to the present, I was wondering what is popular these days to remove noise that is inevitable from shooting in dimly lit high school gymnasiums? Thanks

<p>Hello,<br> I have a very rare opportunity to shoot a Division 1 ACC men's basketball game this weekend. I am not a professional photojournalist, hence the rarity of this experience. On the contrary, I am a high school teacher by trade, but indulge my passion for photography by shooting local high school sports and submitting my work (pro bono) to a weekly newspaper in rural upstate New York.<br> Long story shorter-- one of the student athletes from our school district eventually earned a starting role for Syracuse University. I parlayed my connections with his former school district and local newspaper into obtaining a "media credential" for two games at SU this season. My second game is coming up this weekend. <br> I got my typical percentage of usable images from my first attempt at the Carrier Dome last November, but I want to up my "game" for this weekend. The light in this facility is brilliant, very unlike the usually high school dungeons I shoot in...So that is not my problem. <br> Instead, I would like to hear from D500 sports photographers regarding the AF custom settings you typically use for basketball or other indoor sports. For example, AF- area mode, AF-C priority selection, Blocked shot AF- response, Subject Motion (a1, a3, a7 etc)<br> I am moving up from a D300, and I'm feeling I am still shooting within the parameters of my old camera and have not even begun to harness the potential of the D500. Yes, there are tons of "user-generated" websites out there on the Internet (Youtube et al.)...so much so I could spend a dozen Sunday mornings trying to separate the wheat from the chaff....However, I don't have time for that.<br> If any forum participants have any direct personal advice on D500 custom settings, or recommendations to 3rd party sources (books, ebooks, websites etc), I would be deeply appreciate it.<br> A few more details:<br> I will be shooting from the baseline with a Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 OS and/or Nikon 50mm f/1.8D<br> One of the specific questions I have about the Sigma lens above is whether or not its better to shoot with or without the OS on.??<br> I had a higher than expected amount of "back focused" images my last time out.<br> Again, any help would be appreciated. I want to make the most of this experience!<br> T.C. Morton</p>