Good Photo Week for me!!!

Haven't had time to post process my own, but I have a lot in here(for anyone who's interested).

http://dailybruin.com …4/football/slid​eshow.html

And Yonni,
Here's one from the volleyball with Nana.

http://www.dailybruin.​com/news/articles.asp?​id=39231

Great shots Greg. I'm sure you had one hell of a day on Sat.; one which you'll never forget.

So when you're shooting from the end court, elevated, do you pre-focus on the net and just assume the players will be in focus? I've got to hand it to you folks on the timing of your shots. The ones I take are always a hair too late. I'm shooting w/xt and let's assume the 200 2.8 and one-shot mode, do the 1 series or even the 30d make that much of a difference for sports? Is there a big difference in shutter lag, or does it come down to experience?

yonni wrote in post #2353494
Great shots Greg. I'm sure you had one hell of a day on Sat.; one which you'll never forget.

So when you're shooting from the end court, elevated, do you pre-focus on the net and just assume the players will be in focus? I've got to hand it to you folks on the timing of your shots. The ones I take are always a hair too late. I'm shooting w/xt and let's assume the 200 2.8 and one-shot mode, do the 1 series or even the 30d make that much of a difference for sports? Is there a big difference in shutter lag, or does it come down to experience?

I'm still new to it, but I do not pre-focus. I do try to predict where they'll be. I have started using the the "*" button to focus, but I like being able to use both. For sports, im pushing with the * button.

And of course AI Servo is very important.

I usually have myself pointed at the net area and focus from there. Usually the center point or a little off center(on the 1D). If it were the 30D, i'd probably be direct center.

The 30D will have a faster/better AF than the XT, from what I recall. As for the 1D series. The AF speed is very noticable to me.

I mean if it was super, i would have used the 30D to shoot with my Sigma on it at the football game because it gives me a FOV of almost 100mm more with the 1.6 crop factor.