BASKETBALL PICTURES

[MIDNIGHTMANONE]

HEY ALL

I shot some basketball pictures last night. 10D, canon 70-200mm 2.8L. some of the
pictures came out alright but most of them were a bit blur. most look like i was focusing on the crowd across the way. 1ST time out with this lens. any help?:cry:

[lomond]

I think we might need a bit more info.
Camera settings etc, maybe a sample image.
I'm no expert on indoor sports, but I would have thought the 70-200 f2.8 would have coped well with the low light.

[MIDNIGHTMANONE]

i was shooting av mode 2.8 apeture shutter speed was auto ISO 800

let me know if you need more info

[lomond]

i was shooting av mode 2.8 apeture shutter speed was auto ISO 800

let me know if you need more info

What sort of shutter speeds were you achieving ?
Did you have AF set for the centre point or all seven points?

[MIDNIGHTMANONE]

1/160 was one that stand out. A/f center

am i correct that you can not choose shutter speed in av?

[pcasciola]

Correct, shutter speed is automatically calculated in Av. Try ISO 1600 or even 3200 for the action shots. The noise may worse than ISO 800, but it beats blurry pics

Also, did you try AI Servo mode? By default you would still have to have your subject in the center AF point to start, but then the camera will track that subject as he moves if you hold the shutter halfway down.

Another thing I do when I have the problem you described is to use the Canon software to view my focus point overlayed on to the original picture.

[lomond]

1/160 was one that stand out. A/f center

am i correct that you can not choose shutter speed in av?

Yes, you are correct about the shutter speed in AV.
However if you had the the aperture set to 2.8 then you will already be shooting at max shutter speed unless you up the ISO to 1600.

If you check the AF point in each of the photos you have a problem with using the Canon software (File Viewer) and click on "Display AF Points" you will at least know where the camera was trying to focus.

[lomond]

Ooops. Too late. :)

[donlavange]

I usually shoot Shutter priority @ 1/ 250th @ISO 1600. Center point focus and get good action stop and usually enough light @f2.8 or slightly wider.