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Cybnew
23rd of September 2006 (Sat), 01:20
I got my 20d on Wednesday, and so tonight, i took it to our football game (im a senior) so...anyway...did a little playing around with it (lense isnt great...its a tamron that i am borrowing) and uh....sorry about the noise! (1600iso) but the good news is...we won!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y190/Enkonta/IMG_1071.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y190/Enkonta/IMG_1064.jpg

Interception...then a touchdown!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y190/Enkonta/IMG_1088.jpg
cgratti
23rd of September 2006 (Sat), 08:36
They look a little dark, and the shutter should be faster.
Skip Souza
8th of October 2006 (Sun), 00:45
Pretty good considering the equipment that you have on hand.
A faster shutter would freeze the action and a faster lens would give you more light, but you already know that.
Keep snapping.
DwightMcCann
8th of October 2006 (Sun), 01:03
Well, at high school fields the lighting is never gonna be great so you just have to accept it. I know there's a lot of thoughts, but when I shoot I do what a Pro who used to shoot NFL told me to do: ISO1600, 1/350th, f/3.5 with 580EX set for HSS. I get fair pictures.
Cybnew
8th of October 2006 (Sun), 01:05
Thanks for the tip Dwight!
DwightMcCann
8th of October 2006 (Sun), 01:15
Thank Skip for the bump ... I missed these when they went up.
MazerRakhm
9th of October 2006 (Mon), 09:59
I know there's a lot of thoughts, but when I shoot I do what a Pro who used to shoot NFL told me to do: ISO1600, 1/350th, f/3.5 with 580EX set for HSS.

That's a really good baseline, close to what I start with actually. Some HS fields are really dark though, don't be afraid to up the ISO to 3200.
Cybnew
9th of October 2006 (Mon), 13:39
Yeah...3200 kinda scares me. Im fine with film, but Im not so sure about all the noise. Mazer, Do you like Ender's Game? I have read it 7 times (once each year since 6th grade)
MazerRakhm
9th of October 2006 (Mon), 13:44
I've probably got you beat in sheer times read. :wink:


Allow me to do my comic book guy from the Simpsons impression.
Favorite. Book. Ever.

With the 20D the noise shouldn't be that bad, and IMO I'd rather have a little noise in a good shot, than a dark and blurry shot. You can always run it through an image cleaner like Neat Image (which I use) or Noise Ninja.

You'd probably get less noise at 3200 than I used to get with my DRebel at 1600. :wink: