70-200 2.8 is grainy

it was some poor lighting, its a new arena and i think the ceiling is way too high for the amount of lights they had which wasn't much. i was using. i was using veal. metering because of all the white ice, i figured that would be my best chance at getting enough light in the camera without a flash

Does not look anything wrong with the camera nor lens, it's just underexposed and caused grainy image.

well today is a new day and ill be going to a different hockey arena and try and shoot again, i was just concerned that maybe my lens was having some issues
thanks for all ya'lls input

dino70544 wrote in post #14752188
well today is a new day and ill be going to a different hockey arena and try and shoot again, i was just concerned that maybe my lens was having some issues
thanks for all ya'lls input

BTW welcome to the forums!

thank you, i wasn't expecting such quick responses, this surly proves that this is a very active forum, i have bookmarked it, now i need to figure out how i can be notified without having to watch the page

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sambarino wrote in post #14751897
My 60D is pretty clean at 1600. ETTR can help, but look at your current exposure. To use ETTR, you will have to either raise ISO, increasing graininess, or lower shutter speed, increasing the chance of motion blur. I would move to a flash and lower ISO to 400 or so. I know that flash is not always an option.

But I've found that raising the ISO to allow a slight overexposure seems to cause less noise than using the lower ISO and adjusting shadows in post. ETTR isn't always going to work if it results in key highlights being blown out, but if the dark areas are important to the composition, then ETTR by bumping the ISO may be the only possible solution. As you say, flash isn't always an option.

I've shot as high as ISO 3200 with a T1i with acceptably correctable noise. One time, even though I had and was using a flash, I wanted this particular portrait to capture the environment. Even at 3200 the SS was 1/13 at f2.8.