FSUnoles Senior Member  739 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2009 Location: Miami, FL More info | Dec 25, 2009 17:03 | #1 I'm going to my first football game with my camera on Sunday night for the Cowboys-Redskins game. Im 7 rows up from the 50 so im going to bring my 55-250 i just got. Anyone have any pointers using my camera tomorrow with the lighting on the football field? -Jason-
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Dec 25, 2009 17:20 | #2 I'm not sure of the lighting conditions at the stadium, but in any case, try to keep your (SS) shutter speed above @1/500th, as anything lower you'll get motion blur. Always do a white balance check, anticipate action, rather than holding your finger down on the shutter button and hope you get a "good" shot....Oh, and have fun! No longer actively shooting...
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NPuter Senior Member  574 posts Likes: 47 Joined Jul 2009 Location: Miami, FL More info | Dec 25, 2009 19:33 | #4 FSUnoles wrote in post #9262786  thanks ron, ill do, im just worried about my Miami body handling the frigid temps lol... well you had some practice for the last couple of days... NPuter | flickr
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nightcat Goldmember 4,533 posts Likes: 28 Joined Aug 2008 More info | Dec 25, 2009 20:05 | #5 Thats a good range for football (from 175mm to 250mm). Change your drive mode from single shot to continuous shooting. This way you can follow the Redskins running back as he runs thru the Dallas defense, or focus on Romo and run off 5 or 6 shots of him getting creamed! By taking multiple shots of a play, you heavily increase your chances of nailing a great shot. Setting the AF to AI SERVO isn't a bad idea either.
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snyderman Cream of the Crop  7,084 posts Likes: 9 Joined Nov 2008 Location: Wadsworth, Ohio More info | Dec 25, 2009 20:11 | #6 Try to catch as much sideline action as you can, i.e., players with helmets off, coaches, cheerleaders, etc. You probably won't get a lot of really good action play shots given your shooting position. Canon 5D2 > 35L-85L-135L
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Dec 25, 2009 23:02 | #7 FSUnoles wrote in post #9262552 I'm going to my first football game with my camera on Sunday night for the Cowboys-Redskins game. Im 7 rows up from the 50 so im going to bring my 55-250 i just got. Anyone have any pointers using my camera tomorrow with the lighting on the football field? From that distance, 250mm will be useful for plays in front of you.
230mm from a XTi, which also uses EF-S lenses. Any further away, and a longer lens will be more useful, but the small size of the 55-250mm makes it inconspicuous, which can help in places where people may not necessarily like DSLR's. Little football photography comes from the 50 yard line, because that area belongs to the team benches and is off limits to photographers. Most images come from the 30's to the end zone and behind the end line. For a night game, you'll need to use custom white balance and ISO 800 or higher.
200mm at another NFL stadium, where ISO 1600 was needed at f/5 to get 1/250. This play was from an end zone and around 15-20 yards out. Canon DSLR's tend to turn stadium lighting pink, so you'll need to find a white target on the field to set white balance.
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Dec 27, 2009 14:28 | #8 thanks for the help guys, ill try out all your suggestions, this is my first football game with my T1i so it should be fun. Im wondering if i shoud shoot in Raw + JPEG just as a back up for some of my shots -Jason-
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