wheelchair sports- what setting

magicpicmagicpic Registered Users Posts: 527 Major grins
edited February 2, 2007 in Sports
Tomorrow I am taking photos of my students in their wheelchair hockey game and I would like for the photos to be good...I have my new used 20D and a 50mm1.4, or 75-300 5.0 lens,,,,what ISO,flash?,etc..setting should I use...i an taking photos in a very well light YMCA gym...I am new and trying to improve my photos (within the next month I will be getting good glass in a 70-200 2.8 IS) but for now i do not have it so I am hoping to hear...I will post the photos tomorrow night...thanks widget
(2) Canon 20d, (1) canon 30d, 70-200is 2.8, tamron 17-50,canon 50mm 1.4
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  • pahlpahl Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2007
    I don't have any advice for you as I am new.
    But I do look forward to seeing your photos.

    Your 70-200 2.8 should be awesome!

    Have fun and enjoy..
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    50mm-f/1.4
    10-17mm fish-eye
    18-55mm kit lens
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  • magicpicmagicpic Registered Users Posts: 527 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2007
    pahl wrote:
    I don't have any advice for you as I am new.
    But I do look forward to seeing your photos.

    Your 70-200 2.8 should be awesome!

    Have fun and enjoy..

    (within the nest month I will get the 70-200 but right now I have to use the 75-300 so I do not know how good they will be...
    (2) Canon 20d, (1) canon 30d, 70-200is 2.8, tamron 17-50,canon 50mm 1.4
    http://www.photographybywidget.com
  • pahlpahl Registered Users Posts: 107 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2007
    magicpic wrote:
    (within the nest month I will get the 70-200 but right now I have to use the 75-300 so I do not know how good they will be...

    yeah, I should have said it will be awesome when you get it. :)

    Unless your going to use the flash I would say go with the 50mm lens.
    http://pahl.smugmug.com

    Pentax istDL
    50mm-f/1.4
    10-17mm fish-eye
    18-55mm kit lens
    Sigma EF-500 DG Super Flash[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][/FONT]
  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2007
    magicpic wrote:
    Tomorrow I am taking photos of my students in their wheelchair hockey game and I would like for the photos to be good...I have my new used 20D and a 50mm1.4, or 75-300 5.0 lens,,,,what ISO,flash?,etc..setting should I use...i an taking photos in a very well light YMCA gym...I am new and trying to improve my photos (within the next month I will be getting good glass in a 70-200 2.8 IS) but for now i do not have it so I am hoping to hear...I will post the photos tomorrow night...thanks widget


    F1.8 @ 1/800
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,942 moderator
    edited February 2, 2007
    It's all about exposure.

    You will need a higher shutter speed to capture action. So I'd forget the
    70-300 and go instead with the 50.

    Set your shutter speed as high as you can. To get higher speeds, set the
    ISO between 400-800. 1600 if you must but realize the higher the ISO,
    the more noise you are likely to get. Then set the shutter/aperture according
    to the lighting conditions you find at the gym--remember for the stop action
    you want for the game, you will need shutter speed so set the aperture as
    wide open as you can then adjust the shutter as required.
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