abe_hollander Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I'm a newbie, with 2 months of mostly indoor experience with a Pentax K10D, and my son's first soccer practice of the season is next week, and I can't WAIT to get out! Just ordered a Sigma APO 70-300/4-5.6, and plan to make monopodding my norm, as my basic Quantaray tri is too heavy & clumsy. At least my basic Quant mono I can leave on and still run around. Since this is all new, I can create both good and bad habits now. Any tips from the crowd? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton-chris Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 From my baseball experience, I would say that you should shoot lots of frames. Decide what you want to focus on first - your son, the entire team, what ever, so that you have a plan going into it. Shoot manual - probably jpeg seeing as it is new to you and only practises - that way, you won't have to spend tons of time in pp to look at your results. Don't forget to check what your camera is telling you, in terms of exposure, ISO, etc. Keep your speed above 400. For me, the monopod seems to give me a false sense of security when used with my 40D and 70-200/2.8 and I get more keepers without using the pod. Sure did get sore arms though, after using pod exclusively for a year. I shoot soccer with 200-500 on a tripod - aluminum Manfrotto, and it works well, but don't shoot much - just when soccer is happening at same location as baseball. I always have a seond body with shorter lens, so that helps too. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_morris Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Hi Abe I find the light will be a problem .So when I photographed kids football.I used flash . This picture was taken at 1600 ASA at 250th f4 .<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abe_hollander Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 @Marc: our season will all be outdoors, but I'm impressed at the low noise on a 1600 shot... how do you do that??? Of course, that's the max ISO setting on my K10D, but still... Thanks! Keep the tips coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_morris Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Hi If you have good light then shoot over 500th with a high F stop . This was shot at 200ASA @ 800th @F8.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel_harris Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I have found I get better action from behind the endline with the action coming at me. Shot today. I was positioned befind the end line near the corner.<br> <a href="http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh102/gaelson/photnet/? action=view¤t=soccer076-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http:// i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh102/gaelson/photnet/soccer076-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake_crews Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I have to agree with Daniel. If you can, get on the end lines. Depending on the league, field, and Referees, some won't let you, so if you are back there, catch errant balls and they don't get as angry. The best shots are coming at you with the goals, forward passes, etc. I tend to put it in high speed multi shot, servo focus while shooting manual. Happy shooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_morris Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Maybe inside the goal :-)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel_harris Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Awesome shot marc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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