I used an 85mm f1.8 tonight to shoot middle school cheer in a basketball gym. D80, ISO set to 640 (I played around with this a little and found the pictures to get grainy with higher ISO), shutter priority set to 60, wb set to fluorescent.
The pictures turned out good for relatively still photos (better than the 50mm, f1.4 lens I bought previously). the action during flips was very blurry. I was considering buying an f1.4 lens but should I just crank up the ISO and try again? I am going to try to use a monopod for the next go round.
I have been shooting outdoor football and baseball for 2 years and thought I was pretty good but now I am thinking that any chimp could do that.<div></div>
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I used an 85mm f1.8 tonight to shoot middle school cheer in a basketball gym. D80, ISO set to 640 (I played around with this a little and found the pictures to get grainy with higher ISO), shutter priority set to 60, wb set to fluorescent.
The pictures turned out good for relatively still photos (better than the 50mm, f1.4 lens I bought previously). the action during flips was very blurry. I was considering buying an f1.4 lens but should I just crank up the ISO and try again? I am going to try to use a monopod for the next go round.
I have been shooting outdoor football and baseball for 2 years and thought I was pretty good but now I am thinking that any chimp could do that.<div>
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