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jeepercrna

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I have a d9o with the vr 18-105 3.5, a 50mm nikon 1.8.
My prob is shooting pix of my children in school gym awards and such as well as baseball games in the evening. Upping the ISO doesn't seem to be helping and pictures tend to be more blurry in the low light situations. I have been looking at sigma 50-150 OS and sigma 70-200 OS both close in price past few days, would the jump from 50 - 70 be a big deal or diff in zoom be missed???? Any thoughts would be great
Thanks so much


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nickt

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Upping the iso should not be giving you blurry pictures unless its really dim there. You should be getting sharp, but possibly grainy shots at a higher iso. What shutter speed? Post some samples. I would recommend getting beyond the blurry shots with your current lenses before looking at a new lens.
 
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fotojack

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A lot of your blur issues could be eliminated with the use of a monopod in the situations you describe. Blur is caused by camera "shake" of some kind, so mounting the camera on a firmer platform...such as a tripod or monopod...will greatly reduce or even eliminate that shake.
 
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WayneF

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jeepercrna said:
I have a d9o with the vr 18-105 3.5, a 50mm nikon 1.8.
My prob is shooting pix of my children in school gym awards and such as well as baseball games in the evening. Upping the ISO doesn't seem to be helping and pictures tend to be more blurry in the low light situations. I have been looking at sigma 50-150 OS and sigma 70-200 OS both close in price past few days, would the jump from 50 - 70 be a big deal or diff in zoom be missed???? Any thoughts would be great
Thanks so much


Jeeper
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Blurred how? Due to motion of the subjects, or due to hand held camera shake?

What is the specific shutter speed on these?

VR is very important for hand held pictures at slow shutter speed (camera shake), but VR will not help stop motion of the subject. If it is subject motion, no lens can help (OK, using a wider aperture can allow faster shutter speed). Higher ISO to allow faster shutter speed can help. Flash can help too.
 
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Mfrankfort

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The 70-200 is always a great lens. You won't really be missing out on much at the lower end, because you'll still have your 18-105. Try borrowing one from someone, or renting one for a few days. Renting can be pretty cheap, and see how you like it. If you do, perfect. If not, only spend a few bucks to find out the easy way.
 
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jeepercrna

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I'll post pix n info in day or to I think the prob is subject motion lots of kindergarten kids all moving around I'll try a monopod also night time bb pix was thinking a 2.8 would help in low light . I'll post pix as soon as I have a chance thank a bunch


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aroy

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Before you invest in a better lense, get rid of your blur. The best I can think of is that you use the 50 f1.8 at 1.8 and set the speed between 500 and 1000. Adjust the ISO accordingly. At these settings you should get practically no motion blur from the subjects. Now slowly increase the aperture to 2, 3 and 4 and see if you can get decent pictures at high speed. This will give you a ball park figure of the aperture, speed and ISO combination for best exposure at minimal blur. Then if you can get decent exposure at f3 or f4 choose the telephoto accordingly.
 
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