settings for surf photo?

[Justin Holl]

hey, to who here shoots surf,
jus asking what would be the best settings to use for surfing in bright daylight on a canon 350d?

[DAUMO]

id like to know also

[SurfKahakai]

Full daylight: ISO 100 - f5.6 - 1/1250th

Those are generic settings. Play around from there.

[Justin Holl]

Full daylight: ISO 100 - f5.6 - 1/1250th

Those are generic settings. Play around from there.

thanks mate, ive jus been using sports mode hehe seeing i dont know much hopefully this will go better.

thanks

[hooookup]

Full daylight: ISO 100 - f5.6 - 1/1250th

Those are generic settings. Play around from there.

Exactly.
You can also try iso100 f8 1/800"

[silvex]

None of these setting will freeze action. The starting point is 1/500 as a BARE minumum 1/1250 being the one to get water crisp. I suggest manual exposure. Start with the widest aperture the lens can take. The adjust shutter speed until the "needle" is in the middle while focusing on the water. Then decide how much of the "white" portion of the water will be blown. Then shoot away. If you can get 1/1250 then start bumping ISO from 100-400-800.

Good luck.

[ChunkyDA]

I'm not the surf pro photog but here are some suggestions:
Longer telephoto=better shots
AI Servo focus mode. Center point focus. Widest aperature your lens will allow. faster that 1/1000 shutter. Set a bit of overexposure in camera, the meter will try to make 18% gray and the surf is probably white.
Keep your lens and camera out of the salt spray as best as possible. Bring a lens pen or some other quality lens cleaner to wipe the spray off the lens every now and then.
Keep the sand away from everything. Bring a towel, chair, or something to set your stuff down on.
Bring a hat or something to block the sun so you can see the histogram.
Pay attention to where the sun is and which way the waves break, try to avoid backlighting and surfers backs, you want face. Shot #2 would probably wind up in the delete pile.
#1 Below is not cropped, just resized, 200mm + 1.4TC on 1.3 crop body
1/1600 f4 ISO 100

[Jaewhy]

Full daylight: ISO 100 - f5.6 - 1/1250th

Those are generic settings. Play around from there.

yes, a good starting point


None of these setting will freeze action. The starting point is 1/500 as a BARE minumum 1/1250 being the one to get water crisp. I suggest manual exposure. Start with the widest aperture the lens can take. The adjust shutter speed until the "needle" is in the middle while focusing on the water. Then decide how much of the "white" portion of the water will be blown. Then shoot away. If you can get 1/1250 then start bumping ISO from 100-400-800.

Good luck.

not sure i agree with this approach. i would stick with the 1/1250th - f5.6 - ISO 100 to keep things simple.

[orena]

[QUOTE=SurfKahakai;8394039]Full daylight: ISO 100 - f5.6 - 1/1250th

Those are generic settings. Play around from there.[/QUOTE

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