Four Nations Basketball and a question

mushy

Am not going to bore you with lots of pictures all from the same angle as i was working and could only shoot from one spot. But i have a question which i need some help with. Before the game started i assumed as it was being telecast that the lighting would definitely be bright enough for me to play around with different settings, but instead i had to put the ISO to 400, i had the apeture as wide as possible and the shutter speed down to about 1/60th with the exposure to about plus 2 just to get enough light on the sensor. here is an example
The camera is an Olympus C8080 can anyone explain what fundamental photography lesson am i missing here?
Cheers in advance for any help

Steve Cavigliano

mushy wrote:

Am not going to bore you with lots of pictures all from the same angle as i was working and could only shoot from one spot. But i have a question which i need some help with. Before the game started i assumed as it was being telecast that the lighting would definitely be bright enough for me to play around with different settings, but instead i had to put the ISO to 400, i had the apeture as wide as possible and the shutter speed down to about 1/60th with the exposure to about plus 2 just to get enough light on the sensor. here is an example
The camera is an Olympus C8080 can anyone explain what fundamental photography lesson am i missing here?
Cheers in advance for any help

Mushy,
Indoor lighting is never THAT good. If you are lucky, and the lighting is Pro?major College level, you might be able to shoot wide open using ISO400 and get maybe 1/200 speeds. Most of the time you'll be forced to use ISO800 or ISO1600 to get motion stopping speeds Yeah, I know that's a tough task for the 8080

BTW, using exposure compensation will only slow the speed down more.

This is a tough job for any camera. Usually too tough for a non-dslr. You have to make too many compromises when using a pro-sumer. Even if you crank the ISO to 800, the speeds may still be in the 1/125-1/250 range. Too slow to capture action unless you make sure you are catching people at the top of their jump.

You need to understand that you are shooting in EV7/EV8 type lighting (Check out the "Exposure Factor Relationship Chart" in this link) Which means using ISO800 and F2.8, proper speeds will be in the 1/60 - 1/125 range. As an example, I use ISO1600 and F2.0 to get 1/400-1/500 speeds at basketball games. I understand that you can't get there with the 8080. That's one of the main reasons I moved to the 20D from the 717/828 :cry

Steve

mushy

Thankyou so much for the response to my question Steve, hopefully some time early next year i'll make the change to a true DSLR.

Thanks Again
Mush

wxwax

Mushy, there's a reason the pros put strobes in the ceiling. Indoor arena lighting is brutal.

These were shot at 1600 ISO, f4.