Gary,
Send an email to Prof. Dennis Clifford at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
asking for his advice. He's photographed a lot of sports events,
weddings, family events, etc. and can offer some good advice if he's
willing to take the time! But he's a very busy Distinguished
Professor and may not be willing. He's familiar with both Canon and
Nikon equipment. Mention my name.
Roger
Roger Eichhorn
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On 12 Jun 2006, at 19:23, Tom Pfeiffer wrote:
The problem with the vertical grip is a known issue and Canon will
fix it.
On an under-6 size field with small (7?) teams, you'll probably
want about
200mm normally (~135mm on a 1.6 Crop body), but something wider for
those
unexpected close ups, so the 28-135mm should be a decent lens. The
100-400
will be a lot to run up and down the field with (and you will be
chasing the
flagmen the whole time :)
Shooting at MAX aperture will only get you soft pictures, this is
outdoors
in daylight, shoot at 1/250th and adjust your ISO between 200 and
800 to
compensate and get a smaller aperture (sharper pictures). And
people tend to
look at the kids, not the ball in pictures. Focusing one the ball
is fine
occasionally, but not something I would do regularly.
tomp
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Lim
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 4:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: EOS Tips on kids soccer and sporting events
Hi all:
I plan to take pictures of my kid's (5 years old) sport and soccer
games this week. I've never really into sports photo stuff but I
guess it's time for me to learn. Anyone out there have any tips for
me? Here is what I plan to use 20D + 28-135IS and 100-400 IS. (btw,
I found out the hard way my vertical grip is not functioning
properly.
It gave me no battery while the camera works fine without it!)
OK, here is what I plan to do:
1. max aperture (AV)
2. ISO 400-800 depending on the light
3. continuous focus
4. try to focus on the ball (?)
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