300mm 2.8 IS MK2 - AHL Hockey

Just got the 300 2.8 IS MK2 last week and shot a period of AHL Hockey with it. For a professional arena, it is very poorly lit and I was at 2000 ISO (7D) 1/640@2.8. This is actually a step up as when I shoot at ice level through the glass I am at 2500 1/500@2.8 using the 70-200 2.8 IS MK2.

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nicely done for that lighting, really like that 2nd shot

Very nice. Great capture on the 1st.

That lens is on my short list.

Nicely done! Beautiful lens...

Some sick glass for sure

Stunning colours and sharpness!

Nice work, level them up and they'd really rock.

Very Nice. Want that lens!

Greg

They look really good. I shoot low light performance theater stuff all the time, and previously always hated to go about 1600 ISO. But with LightRoom 4 and a few other techniques in PhotoShop, I shoot at 3600 ISO all the time and not issues with grain. I then can move up to f4 and get more depth of field for multiple actors on stage. I would think would be the same for sports.

Most issues with grain occur in the deep blacks, I would think ice arenas, which are mostly white, would have even less issues shooting at 3200 ISO.

Using selections in PhotoShop with Topaz DeNoise 5 works really good at smoothing out any grainy areas with losing detail in the main subject.