Indoor Soccer first time shooting.

[redoor]

Just bought this Canon 40D and 70-200 IS 2.8..I welcome all feedback.

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[redoor]

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[Llama]

Perhaps try attaching them to the post directly? Its the little paper clip on the post form.

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[redoor]

I shot these at 2.8 apature and 1600 ISO. but the shutter speed was low at 250...so with these lighting conditions it would be too low. Any Ideas how to get the shutter speed up with this lighting?
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[khall]

I would suggest upping the ISO to the max for starters. Looking at the shadows the pitch has quite a few lights, but just how bright??
You could run your exposure meter around to see if any part is better, if so try and concentrate on shooting in that area.

[Cadwell]

I am afraid you are finding out what many people do on their first foray into indoor sports shooting. Whilst f/2.8 might be fast for a zoom it isn't really fast enough for many indoor sports venues. The only real answer is fast glass...

[jonlee]

Agreed. Bump up the ISO another stop (to 3200). That would get you up to 1/500 sec shutter speed and help freeze some of the motion blur displayed in your samples above. At least on my 30D, ISO 3200 is very usable when exposed correctly, and avoiding dark shadows in the frame. Also, it looks like the WB is off. Try shooting RAW and playing with the WB in DPP.

[redoor]

Thanks for the C&C...I will try again this weekend. Here are some I took today at WEM in Edmonton.
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[dschach]

For indoor soccer, the 85 f/1.8 or 135 f/2.0 lenses will work better. F2.8 just isn't fast enough for poorly light gyms. You will also get better results if you shoot raw instead of jpg. For better colors, get an expodisc or a gray card and set a custom white balance.. Finally, forhigh iso work, invest in some good noise reduction software like NeatImage or Noise Ninja.

[T0DD]

Is it just me or do all of the photos look a bit on the soft side?

I'd expect better from a 40d - 70-200m F2.8L IS combo.

[redoor]

Is it just me or do all of the photos look a bit on the soft side?

I'd expect better from a 40d - 70-200m F2.8L IS combo.


Ok Do you think the lens might need calibration?

[redoor]

Is it just me or do all of the photos look a bit on the soft side?

I'd expect better from a 40d - 70-200m F2.8L IS combo.

Ok Do you think the lens might need calibration?

Ok is this sharp...I think it's fine?...maybe I need my eyes checked. But I think your right on these soccer ones.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=404489

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[T0DD]

Ok is this sharp...I think it's fine?...maybe I need my eyes checked. But I think your right on these soccer ones.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=404489

219792

It's hard to say off that picture too. It looks like the "foot" is crisp (to me). You would hope that the lens doesn't need to be recalibrated, but I had a lens that I sent back to get recalibrated and it made a world of difference.

Just do some test shots in good lighting to see how the lens performs. I "think" that the soccer shots just needed a higher ISO setting and faster "shutter" speed.... (like most suggested).