Sunday, February 13, 2011

camera advice

SB bought me the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens for my 50D camera.  I needed something better for my night, action pictures and this is probably that and more.  I tried to use it for the first time this weekend to mixed results.

I wish that I hadn't deleted the images so someone could walk me through it.  Basically, I had issues focusing.  When I did get a focused subject, the rest of the shot was too contrasted or blurred.  I tried looking it up and wonder if the blurred background was caused by using f3.

I then read more and it seemed that I may need to close the aperture to around f5.6-7.1 to get a uniform depth but that means lowering the shutter speed more than I think I should.  From there the only way to shorten the shutter speed is by increasing the ISO but I think that I was at 3200 already so... difficult call.

I  do not want to use a monopod if possible.  Does anyone out there have any advice on settings to use for a nighttime rugby match?

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