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Help with settings for night time football
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<blockquote data-quote="Ron Carlson" data-source="post: 682453" data-attributes="member: 20525"><p>I shoot night HS football with the D850 and 70-200 f/2.8. My rule of thumb is 1/800 to 1/1000 @ 6400 ISO at f/2.8. Most HS football fields in my area are 3 sets of lights on either side of the field around the two 20 yrd and 50 yrd lines. Lighting in the end zones are horrific! At the beginning of the season the sun is up longer and get more light at the start of the game (lower ISO). This time of year its pitch black outside at the start of the game. If i'm shooting in the middle of the field from sideline to sideline can usually get away with an ISO of 4k. If i'm shooting sideline to sideline near the end zone I'm at least 8k to 10k, sometimes 12800. If i'm in the back of an end zone looking down field toward the other end zone, depending on the angle I get more back light but in the 8k average ISO. In my world its ok to get shots a little on the dark side but frozen action. You can boost the exposure in post. Will you introduce some grain, yes, but that is to be expected in low light. I'd rather have a tack sharp pic with some grain than a blurry pic! But with that being said, I had some issues shooting a game Friday night 10/19/18. Nothing seemed to tack sharp on the focus, thought it was me. Went on Nikon site, <strong>Firmware ver 1.3</strong> was available 10/18/18. Specifically for: <strong>(<span style="color: #4D4D4D"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Fixed an issue that in rare circumstances would delay the shutter release or the start of the autofocus operation.) </span></span></strong><span style="color: #4D4D4D"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">link here:</span></span> <a href="https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/fw/311.html" target="_blank">https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/fw/311.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ron Carlson, post: 682453, member: 20525"] I shoot night HS football with the D850 and 70-200 f/2.8. My rule of thumb is 1/800 to 1/1000 @ 6400 ISO at f/2.8. Most HS football fields in my area are 3 sets of lights on either side of the field around the two 20 yrd and 50 yrd lines. Lighting in the end zones are horrific! At the beginning of the season the sun is up longer and get more light at the start of the game (lower ISO). This time of year its pitch black outside at the start of the game. If i'm shooting in the middle of the field from sideline to sideline can usually get away with an ISO of 4k. If i'm shooting sideline to sideline near the end zone I'm at least 8k to 10k, sometimes 12800. If i'm in the back of an end zone looking down field toward the other end zone, depending on the angle I get more back light but in the 8k average ISO. In my world its ok to get shots a little on the dark side but frozen action. You can boost the exposure in post. Will you introduce some grain, yes, but that is to be expected in low light. I'd rather have a tack sharp pic with some grain than a blurry pic! But with that being said, I had some issues shooting a game Friday night 10/19/18. Nothing seemed to tack sharp on the focus, thought it was me. Went on Nikon site, [B]Firmware ver 1.3[/B] was available 10/18/18. Specifically for: [B]([COLOR=#4D4D4D][FONT=Verdana]Fixed an issue that in rare circumstances would delay the shutter release or the start of the autofocus operation.) [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#4D4D4D][FONT=Verdana]link here:[/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#4D4D4D][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][url]https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/fw/311.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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