Hi folks, I've tried with both my 11-16 and 50mm and the shots came out blurred or too dark. Do I need to do some special settings or are these lenses not suitable for such a fast game?
Hi folks, I've tried with both my 11-16 and 50mm and the shots came out blurred or too dark. Do I need to do some special settings or are these lenses not suitable for such a fast game?
might need flash or even higher ISO..
though i'd not be sure if flash will be allowed in badminton matches (if you are taking badminton matches)..
if you were using UWA and the 50mm prime i'd expect you to be very near the action? usually sports photographers take badmintom matches with telephoto lens i believe.. like 70-200..
Was there any minus conpensation dialed in?
Photos look ok on my screen. Is your monitor calibrated?
you used full manual? hmm... then the camera set to spot metering probably doesn't mean much.. does it?
in indoor situations.. 1/125 is probably not sufficient to let in enough light for a proper exposure..
maybe you might want to use aperture priority mode first in future to get a feel of the "camera metered" shutter speeds and work around the ISO/shutter/aperture range from there..
I used f/2, iso 800, shutter 1/80-1/100.... was fine, noise was ok on my cam just have to watch the focus as if there is anything to contrasty in the background for me the focus would jump
Yeah I played around with A mode but found the shutter speed too slow to capture the players in action, which was why I switched to manual.
I was told spot metering was better in terms of focusing on the target better (usually in the centre right?). Sorry, I'm still green when it comes to action shots and playing around with metering.
But thanks anyway for your help!
Here is what I am assuming when it comes to manual settings, if there is plenty of light for the naked eye to see everything then I don't think I need to raise the ISO to higher than 800. My D50 only goes to 1600 and it looks terrible. I figured that the lower the ISO the sharper it is going to be, but with the lens that I was using I didn't think I need to raise the ISO level so high.
I was hoping to set the shutter speed to around 1/800 or 1/1000 but failed terribly. Maybe I should have used flash?
Here is what I am assuming when it comes to manual settings, if there is plenty of light for the naked eye to see everything then I don't think I need to raise the ISO to higher than 800. My D50 only goes to 1600 and it looks terrible. I figured that the lower the ISO the sharper it is going to be, but with the lens that I was using I didn't think I need to raise the ISO level so high.
I was hoping to set the shutter speed to around 1/800 or 1/1000 but failed terribly. Maybe I should have used flash?
hi ts, from the photo u posted, they looks ok lay.
if u need to pp to get the photos from ur current setup, than do it. as long as u get the result.
looking ur write up, already at aperture f1.8, there are only a handful of lens than is faster than that, so assuming cant use flash for indoor games, u r left with 2 other choice :
1) get the authority to brighten the hall with more lights.
2) use a camera that has better noise control at iso 1600 or even 3200.