MiLB - Low Light, High ISO...Help??

[cstewart]

With the evenings getting darker sooner and our night games not starting until 7PM, I find myself shooting at 3200 ISO very early and struggling to get decent results. By the time it is full dark and lights are only source of lighting, I am lucky to be getting 1/500 shutter and it varies across the field. Some results are posted below that I am happy with given the situation.

I know there is a point where I should just pack it in, but when my assignment is to catch the action and it is full dark by 4th inning, it is tough to get most of the game. As such any tips would be appreciated...(other than new gear!!)

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http://www.cjscons.com/seals/aug7/photos/IMG_5017.jpg

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http://www.cjscons.com/seals/aug7/photos/IMG_5008.jpg

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http://www.cjscons.com/seals/aug7/photos/IMG_5097.jpg

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http://www.cjscons.com/seals/aug7/photos/IMG_5124.jpg

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http://www.cjscons.com/seals/aug8/photos/IMG_5705.jpg

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http://www.cjscons.com/seals/aug8/photos/IMG_5591.jpg

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http://www.cjscons.com/seals/aug8/photos/IMG_5538.jpg

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http://www.cjscons.com/seals/aug8/photos/IMG_5826.jpg

[Sauk]

To be honest these look great man. If your shutter is getting to low for the action, shoot more stationary type stuff or end of the swing type stuff where they are not as fast and it will be in focus.

But to be honest these look great

[silvex]

There is nothing wrong with these. Low lights needs ISO and WIDE apertures. Maybe getting a longer lens 300L f/2.8 will help fill the frames. Maybe also getting a different body (5DMkII for ISO) and 50D for crops.

[cstewart]

There is nothing wrong with these. Low lights needs ISO and WIDE apertures. Maybe getting a longer lens 300L f/2.8 will help fill the frames. Maybe also getting a different body (5DMkII for ISO) and 50D for crops.

Yes...all on my wish list!!

Thanks Matt...these of course are the better ones...there are some really lousy ones as well! I guess if I can keep pulling the odd good one out of the lot I should be happy!

Off to Seattle tomorrow to see Mariners...will try and get camera in to get some shots as well as visit camera stores to look for deals on gear!

Cheers!

Chris

[Aaagogo]

to regular eyes, they can't spot the noise.

with the right exposure off the camera and minimal cropping, high iso is not a big deal.

the shots looks fine. don't worry too much.

and +1 on what Sauk said.

[namasste]

Christian, I'm with the crew here. They look great and I'd be happy if I were on the receiving end of them.

[SportsOnFilm]

I agree with the concensus - these look great considering the conditions.

[clarence]

Yep... great shots. You're doing the right thing by shooting wide open at 3200 to get the fastest SS you can.

Noise is less of a problem when you resize for web... the neighboring pixels really do a good job to interpolate out the high-ISO noise that you might see at 100%.

I don't think these need it, but at larger sizes or if cropping a lot, if you haven't tried NR when editting in post, try the free trials of Noise Ninja, Neat Image, and Noiseware. I tried them all and really liked Neat Image. The free version lets you do one image one at a time, but I bought the next level up and it lets you batch 50 pictures at a time, plus adjust the JPEG compression level.