Basketball without strobes

I guess he really wanted the ambient lighting.

Fligi7 wrote in post #13458281
I guess he really wanted the ambient lighting.

Or depth of field

Big K wrote in post #13458859
Or depth of field

Correct! [Big K is a master of lighting]

I didn't fear the ISO but I knew that if I screwed up the focus/dof, I'd have a whole batch of compromised photos. The shots were taken at a slam dunk contest that was part of a 3 day high school basketball tournament.

The focus was set up for 42 inches and I wanted to have a large dof to keep the rim (very close) and player all in sharp focus. The images were shot with a 1D Mark III and I had confidence in the camera's ability to provide reasonable IQ at ISO 3200 (using a small aperture to maximize depth of field) with the quality of light available from the strobes (3 Alien Bee B800s) bounced off the white ceiling.

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That's pretty awesome.
I certainly like the wider angled shots better (18mm and wider), but that's pretty cool too.

Zivnuska wrote in post #13459674
Correct! [Big K is a master of lighting]

I didn't fear the ISO but I knew that if I screwed up the focus/dof, I'd have a whole batch of compromised photos. The shots were taken at a slam dunk contest that was part of a 3 day high school basketball tournament.

The focus was set up for 42 inches and I wanted to have a large dof to keep the rim (very close) and player all in sharp focus. The images were shot with a 1D Mark III and I had confidence in the camera's ability to provide reasonable IQ at ISO 3200 (using a small aperture to maximize depth of field) with the quality of light available from the strobes (3 Alien Bee B800s) bounced off the white ceiling.

Dual everything and I was still scared to death.

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Focus and focal length rings gaffer taped to avoid accidental mis-adjustment.
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very nice!

I only have one magic arm, should I be worried?

At ISO 3200, f/8.0 and 42 inches, the dof runs from 31.5 to 63 inches. Fine for what I wanted to shoot. That's what I used.

Suppose I had used ISO 400. Then I would have had to use an aperture of f/2.8

The dof would have been from 37.6 to 47.6 inches. Pretty small for my purposes. Too small.

Depth of field is why I chose to use ISO 3200.

BLD_007 wrote in post #13459707
very nice!

I only have magic arm, should I be worried?

Your backboard and rim may be more sturdy than the ones at my local high school. I can tell you that dual arms are far, far, far more sturdy than one arm. For me, if I couldn't use two arms, I wouldn't even try it.

I suggest: clamp and safety cable your camera on a backboard and shoot a few baskets and watch what happens. You might be really surprised on how much stuff moves. Test, test, test before you even think about trying it in a game. You may be a much quicker learner than me. It took me three hours to set up and get squared away my first time.

Phil

PS Don't forget that your exposure will change when you shoot through the glass compared to an unobstructed exposure.

Set up when nobody else needs the court. Take a video with the camera all set up and then start really shaking the hoop and shooting balls at it. See what kind of shake you get.

ewheeler20 wrote in post #13459702
That's pretty awesome.
I certainly like the wider angled shots better (18mm and wider), but that's pretty cool too.

A wider angle lens would be much better for a game compared to the slam dunk contest that I was shooting. DOF would be different too.

I'm glad I've done it but I have no desire to continue doing it. I'll keep my camera in hand.

I might talk to one of coaches and see if I can come during a practice. I only had enough cash for one arm. My next paycheck should be in december and around the 20th...

Hope things go well =)