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<blockquote data-quote="ct_71" data-source="post: 199265" data-attributes="member: 11846">I have been asked to take pictures for our high school sports boosters&nbsp; and have been doing this for the past 2 years with my Nikon D5000. The&nbsp; pictures were ok, if I took them in RAW and did post editing. I just&nbsp; bought the sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 lens thinking that this would be the&nbsp; miracle I need right now to improve the photos taken in the gymnasium&nbsp; and on the football field under the lights. I have used it for&nbsp; volleyball and I am struggling to get it to work for me. There is so&nbsp; much I don't understand but I was hoping to increase the shutter speed&nbsp; to be able to freeze the action better and thinking I would be able to&nbsp; do this with the f/2.8. I still have to increase my ISO which leaves me&nbsp; with noise and I am having a hard time getting pictures in focus (even&nbsp; when using a monopod). SO my questions are:1. Will this lens work with my d5000 and I just need to practice more? I&nbsp; know it is compatible but maybe too much lens for my camera?2. If this will work, what should my settings be? I have been using:&nbsp; AF-C, Focus Area Dynamic and Matrix metering. I was using the shutter&nbsp; button pushed 1/2 for focusing but read that if I turn AF ON and use AE&nbsp; Lock/AF Lock button to focus it would work better, so I tried that but&nbsp; didn't help me much. Again maybe just practice? Maybe that is where my&nbsp; trouble is?3. I really can't afford another camera body, but maybe that is what I absolutely need to do?4. If I need another body, any suggestions? And can my lenses from my&nbsp; d500 work on new camera? I have the sigma,&nbsp; Nikon 55-200mm f/4 - 5.6 VR&nbsp; and Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6Any help and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ct_71, post: 199265, member: 11846"] I have been asked to take pictures for our high school sports boosters and have been doing this for the past 2 years with my Nikon D5000. The pictures were ok, if I took them in RAW and did post editing. I just bought the sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 lens thinking that this would be the miracle I need right now to improve the photos taken in the gymnasium and on the football field under the lights. I have used it for volleyball and I am struggling to get it to work for me. There is so much I don't understand but I was hoping to increase the shutter speed to be able to freeze the action better and thinking I would be able to do this with the f/2.8. I still have to increase my ISO which leaves me with noise and I am having a hard time getting pictures in focus (even when using a monopod). SO my questions are: 1. Will this lens work with my d5000 and I just need to practice more? I know it is compatible but maybe too much lens for my camera? 2. If this will work, what should my settings be? I have been using: AF-C, Focus Area Dynamic and Matrix metering. I was using the shutter button pushed 1/2 for focusing but read that if I turn AF ON and use AE Lock/AF Lock button to focus it would work better, so I tried that but didn't help me much. Again maybe just practice? Maybe that is where my trouble is? 3. I really can't afford another camera body, but maybe that is what I absolutely need to do? 4. If I need another body, any suggestions? And can my lenses from my d500 work on new camera? I have the sigma, Nikon 55-200mm f/4 - 5.6 VR and Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Any help and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! [/QUOTE]

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