<p>This is the reason I'm where I am in photograpy today. I consider myself an advanced, internet educated, self-taught, photography junkie (does that translate to enthusiastic hobbyist?). My primary subjects are fast action (dance teams) in poorly lit high school gymnasiums (sodium lighting I think). I have two of the lenses (Nikkor) mentioned several times by previous contributors, the 70-200mm f/2.8 and the 85mm f/1.4, and both have been great. However, the overall quality of my results is better with 85mm but there have been a few compositions that I've missed because I was either too close (especially the group shots) or not close enough. </p>
<p>Since quantity of light is always an issue for these conditions and I want to freeze the action, I have found that I get overall better and more consistant results when I shoot Manual, open the aperture as wide as it will go, set the shutter speed to about 1/250s (there's still some occasional blurring of the hands) and then let the ISO go on auto. </p><div></div>
Zoom vs. Fixed for indoor sports?
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<p>This is the reason I'm where I am in photograpy today. I consider myself an advanced, internet educated, self-taught, photography junkie (does that translate to enthusiastic hobbyist?). My primary subjects are fast action (dance teams) in poorly lit high school gymnasiums (sodium lighting I think). I have two of the lenses (Nikkor) mentioned several times by previous contributors, the 70-200mm f/2.8 and the 85mm f/1.4, and both have been great. However, the overall quality of my results is better with 85mm but there have been a few compositions that I've missed because I was either too close (especially the group shots) or not close enough. </p>
<p>Since quantity of light is always an issue for these conditions and I want to freeze the action, I have found that I get overall better and more consistant results when I shoot Manual, open the aperture as wide as it will go, set the shutter speed to about 1/250s (there's still some occasional blurring of the hands) and then let the ISO go on auto. </p><div>
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