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Thanks again for sharing your knowledge! I really appreciate your time helping me. I registered with FR and noticed you?re an admin over there... I was stalking your websites... Unbelievable shots! I love the shot where the baseball is frozen in time. Wow... They're all fantastic!

One more question I have for you... (sorry)... I've never bought anything used before... What should I expect to pay for an item in good shape if the retail value is like $429??

I doubt my camera has a Kelvin setting... I've read my manual 3 times and never came across that but if it did happen to have one I'd like to borrow my friends color meters. Please think of me if you come across this lens...

:) Angie

Hi Carl. Your shot is so perfect. So now I have to find out what Kelvin temp is...I wasn't kidding when I said I was clueless. :)I agree with what you said about these scene modes...

I like shooting the fights a lot and will eventually invest the money so I can do this right... Its easy for me to get a press pass for these events to get practice too...I'm just not sure if I should spend that kind of money on a lens for my Olympus...Maybe I should hold out until I can scrape up the dough for a better camera... after I learn more... I'm confused about that since I will never be pro I don?t even know if I'd need a better camera... But I do like Nikons D200...

Thank you for your recommendation. I have a feeling your opinion just put me $400 more in the hole...LOL. That lens got good reviews... So QUESTION...What do you think about finding a used lens? Is that a big 'no-no"?

Great Photo Carl Auer... wow... I'm inspired... that is what I, one day would hope to acheive. Last nights shots were AWFUL!!!I'm embarrassed to show but... that's the only way i'll learn... This was the first time I've ever tried anything like this and it was more challenging than trying to round up 5 toddlers for a group shot... But I like a challenge so at some point I'll have to beg, borrow or steal to get the right equipment... wow, this hobby is killing me... Anyway, here are a few of my 'awful shots'...

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when I bought this camera I taught myself by always shooting on M, P, or A... Never Auto... never scene modes... But I have to admit... I did cheat on some shots... these were taken on sports mode to my surprise at an iso of only 400... most of my shots were 800 or 1600... lots of noise...

soooo... (go ahead and laugh at the clueless girl) My options on my camera are... S-AF (which is what I use) C-AF, MF, S-AF+MF and

C-AF-MF. Are you saying I should leave it on Auto focus or change it to Manual Focus?

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for your tips... I notice in a lot of the cage shots (while the fighters are on the ground)the photographer is shooting through the cage and you cant see the cage AT ALL... I want to do that...

Thank you for your responses and for letting me know about the picture posting. My husband is a fighter so promotors always let me get ringside when guys from our team fight. However, standing up over the cage while two beasts slam each other around is not something I'd want to try... Since lighting is the issue here, what would be the second best option I have, using my lenses...and shooting trough the cage. I could always adjust the color in CS2...

This photo was taken with my camera and its just to far, no expression. So, something is better than nothing... keep shooting from far OR through the cage?

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Thanks again for your help!

Hi everyone... I'm new to this forum and very new to photography... I'm looking

for a little help... I want to take pictures of a friends fight this weekend but

he's fighting in a cage. (If any of you have seen Ultimate Fighting you know

there is a cage around the ring) I'm shooting with an Olympus E-500 and I have

14-45mm Zuiko lens and 40-150mm Zuiko lens. I'm looking for any tips to help me

get some decent shots.

I'm looking to acheive something like this...

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Thanks in advance for any help!!!