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<blockquote data-quote="skater" data-source="post: 245809" data-attributes="member: 19158"><p>Thanks. I should've mentioned I've always had a number of keepers; the point of this thread was to see if I could improve that rate. Lately it seems like the keeper rate went down, or perhaps I'm just getting pickier.</p><p></p><p>But I still got some blurry pictures when I <strong>know</strong> the focus was right on the middle of the player's jersey.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks. I was playing with the settings throughout the warmups. In particular I was pushing the ISO higher than the 1600 I had been using in the past. The 3200 seems to not have much noise, and it gives me a little more headroom. OTOH I've been pushing the shutter speed up because of the focusing issue, so if that's not the problem, maybe I can get away with a lower and cleaner ISO.</p><p></p><p>I did a couple shots in shutter priority mode as someone suggested earlier in the thread, but they were just too dark...I just now realized that Shutter priority sets the ISO to manual, and it was at 800. For some reason I thought the ISO would be adjusted like it is in auto modes. Oops.</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure I started in shutter priority, then switched to manual mode by saving everything in one of the two user modes. That way I don't have to worry about white balance and ISO every time, for example - I just rotate to U1 and fire away. (We go to about 10 games a year, plus this year we had a preseason game, and in February we'll be going to Verizon for an AHL game.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks. I'm going to look for that thread Mike d90 suggested and read up a bit on it. This is the first SLR I've had with any kind of VR - my D70 nor my N65 had it, and certainly my parents' Minolta 35mm SLRs didn't have it - so, between that and <a href="http://www.bythom.com/nikon-vr.htm" target="_blank">articles like this</a>, I wonder how much I really need it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Okay. I'll tell my wife I need a new lens. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>More seriously, I think you're right - I'm sort of pushing the limits of the lens by doing this. It's indoors, it's fast, and it's not as bright as it seems inside.</p><p></p><p>We used to take our point-and-shoot to these games. It would do a passable job, but even the D70 was so much better, it was hard to take the little camera again. It's the same kind of thing with this lens - it's a big step up compared to the point-and-shoot but still not really what you need to do it right.</p><p></p><p>I'll post a link to my "keepers", post-processing, when I get them done. The ones above are so dull that I feel like a fool for posting them, so I feel like I need to post some that I've cleaned up. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skater, post: 245809, member: 19158"] Thanks. I should've mentioned I've always had a number of keepers; the point of this thread was to see if I could improve that rate. Lately it seems like the keeper rate went down, or perhaps I'm just getting pickier. But I still got some blurry pictures when I [b]know[/b] the focus was right on the middle of the player's jersey. Thanks. I was playing with the settings throughout the warmups. In particular I was pushing the ISO higher than the 1600 I had been using in the past. The 3200 seems to not have much noise, and it gives me a little more headroom. OTOH I've been pushing the shutter speed up because of the focusing issue, so if that's not the problem, maybe I can get away with a lower and cleaner ISO. I did a couple shots in shutter priority mode as someone suggested earlier in the thread, but they were just too dark...I just now realized that Shutter priority sets the ISO to manual, and it was at 800. For some reason I thought the ISO would be adjusted like it is in auto modes. Oops. I'm pretty sure I started in shutter priority, then switched to manual mode by saving everything in one of the two user modes. That way I don't have to worry about white balance and ISO every time, for example - I just rotate to U1 and fire away. (We go to about 10 games a year, plus this year we had a preseason game, and in February we'll be going to Verizon for an AHL game.) Thanks. I'm going to look for that thread Mike d90 suggested and read up a bit on it. This is the first SLR I've had with any kind of VR - my D70 nor my N65 had it, and certainly my parents' Minolta 35mm SLRs didn't have it - so, between that and [url=http://www.bythom.com/nikon-vr.htm]articles like this[/url], I wonder how much I really need it. Okay. I'll tell my wife I need a new lens. :D More seriously, I think you're right - I'm sort of pushing the limits of the lens by doing this. It's indoors, it's fast, and it's not as bright as it seems inside. We used to take our point-and-shoot to these games. It would do a passable job, but even the D70 was so much better, it was hard to take the little camera again. It's the same kind of thing with this lens - it's a big step up compared to the point-and-shoot but still not really what you need to do it right. I'll post a link to my "keepers", post-processing, when I get them done. The ones above are so dull that I feel like a fool for posting them, so I feel like I need to post some that I've cleaned up. :) [/QUOTE]
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