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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 845381" data-attributes="member: 48483">Your method of sharing is making it very difficult to help here. All the EXIF data is stripped off, could be Google doing that. So now I cannot see your choices in shooting mode, AF mode, and if you are really using 1/4000 f/8 on all. No ISO data.What I do see in at least 2 photos is the ball is what was focused on. Your ISO must be high because I see a lot of noise reduction applied and of course that ruins any sharpness you are trying to achieve.My belief is that you may want to maybe let the camera help a bit more. AF-C mode (continuous auto-focus) with 3D tracking (tracks focus in depth dimension as well as side-side). F/8 is the general rule of thumb for where a lens behaves best, but it is not universally true. Try f/11 or f/5.6. Or just set to Shutter-Priority, Auto-ISO and maybe drop the speed to 1/2000. Remember to verify Vibration Reduction is on. 500mm is going to need that VR more far more than 200mm. Focus motor also might just be too slow to keep up with the action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 845381, member: 48483"] Your method of sharing is making it very difficult to help here. All the EXIF data is stripped off, could be Google doing that. So now I cannot see your choices in shooting mode, AF mode, and if you are really using 1/4000 f/8 on all. No ISO data. What I do see in at least 2 photos is the ball is what was focused on. Your ISO must be high because I see a lot of noise reduction applied and of course that ruins any sharpness you are trying to achieve. My belief is that you may want to maybe let the camera help a bit more. AF-C mode (continuous auto-focus) with 3D tracking (tracks focus in depth dimension as well as side-side). F/8 is the general rule of thumb for where a lens behaves best, but it is not universally true. Try f/11 or f/5.6. Or just set to Shutter-Priority, Auto-ISO and maybe drop the speed to 1/2000. Remember to verify Vibration Reduction is on. 500mm is going to need that VR more far more than 200mm. Focus motor also might just be too slow to keep up with the action. [/QUOTE]

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