H.S Football Question

[CanonPhotographer]

hello everyone,

my friend wants me to take pictures of him at our highschool football game tonight but i have a 5.6 200mm lens. Will this be able to produce good photos? or are they going to have a lot of noise and motion blur? There are going to be lights there but i dont think they are very good

Thanks

[jbhswim]

5.6 isnt going to be fast enough..most people will recommend a 2.8 lens for night shooting.

[HighPlainsPhotographer]

Depends on how good the lighting is. You might be able to set your camera to max ISO/aperture and get some decent shots. I prefer 2.8 or faster for night games.

[MT Stringer]

Shoot early and shoot often. I think you will be in a world of hurt when the sun goes down.
At the game last night, I wound up at ISO 3200, f/2.8 and 1/400 sec shutter speed. Your Rebel doesn't do ISO 3200 and your lens won't open up to 2.8, so you can expect under exposed pictures at best.

Can you borrow a flash to use at the game? My settings with a flash were 1/250 sec, f/3.2, ISO 800 with the flash set on ETTL.

Good luck.
Mike

[CanonPhotographer]

i have a speedlight, the sunpak auto 444D. Will that reach the players? and i would think that it would get annoying for them

[MT Stringer]

My settings with a flash were 1/250 sec, f/3.2, ISO 800 with the flash set on ETTL

I walked the sideline last night at a high school game. The flash doesn't bother anyone. They are paying attention to the game and never see the flash.

I don't know anything about that Sunpak. I had my camera on manual set at 1/250 and f/3.2. The flash did the rest.

[firefighter4u]

I struggled with my 5.6 yesterday. 3:00 pm but very cloudy......

[snyderman]

Think your lens will be a problem. Just posted on another thread a few minutes ago that it's 7:38pm and my 2.8 lens wouldn't have a prayer getting anything that didn't look like 'sand' from high ISO noise right now.

dave

[Redglide]

I shoot with a rebel xt using the canon 200mm 1:2.8 lens along with a 430EX speedlite and get decent results. I shoot in raw and process in lightroom.

[Redglide]

Not sure how to post but if you goto flickr and look at redglide photostream under the sports set you can see the shots I am getting with my XT.

[CanonPhotographer]

thanks everyone

they wouldnt let me on the field last night cause i didnt ask my friends coach if i had permission lol. so i need to talk to him first but in the meantime i can hopefully get my questions answered.

Would i still have a problem shooting 5.6 with my sunpak?