on 1/17/01 at 5:50 PM +0100, Chris Valentine wrote:
>- --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Steve Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Just an FYI for those thinking of buying a D-30 for sports work...
>
>Very interested in your use of the D30 for sports photography because I
>am considering going digital for the next ice hockey season. There's
>certainly no question that the image quality is outstanding. But my
>biggest consideration is that the frame rate, especially in AI Servo
>mode, is a rather pedestrian 3fps or less. Do you find that at all
>limiting?
>
>I looked at the other photos of basket ball you have posted and my only
>criticism is that the depth of field in some of them is too great - the
>players don't stand out enough from the audience. What lens did you
>use?
Thanks for the input.
Part of the reason that my shots don't have a really crisp DOF is
that our seats are up 20 rows or so in the Arena. I'm just a piker
(read: amateur) so I don't have a press pass or anything. Shooting
with a 200/2.8 (as these two shots were) or my 300/2.8 (which is too
big for me to schlep along with my kids' things, etc) from courtside
(or rinkside) would be another matter altogether. You'll get very
punchy results in that case.
However, the autofocus is an issue. There are a great many shots that
were disappointingly out of focus, even with the greater DOF afforded
by my distance from the court. I shot a few sequences with the film
advance set for "as fast as it'll go", but I wasn't too impressed
with the results (more a function of my ineptitude than the camera's).
Metering isn't an issue as I set the camera to full manual metering
(1/500 at f2.8).
All this said, I'd like to compare my results with my EOS 3 body and
the same lenses. However, I have not as yet done that, as I haven't
had the opportunity to bring that much gear to a game yet.
--
Steve Maller
Burlingame, California
come see my pictures at http://www.maller.com/photos/
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