On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > So... yesterday, my daughter competed in her first gymnastics meet. > And (please pardon the bragging..), she did very well. Well enough, > that I think there just might be many more meets in our future. Which > is all well & good, but photographically speaking, it's like shooting > soccer in a cave.. and the cave-dwellers forbid flash. > > With my k-7 & 50-135, the results were reasonable, for what they are, > shot at 3200iso, f2.8, 1/125 sec. (I put some snaps up here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028...@n04/sets/72157625788531640/with/5341649434/) > But, I could do with less noise. And even higher iso (or wider > apertures) could get me faster shutter speed, which would also improve > matters. > > So, I'm trying to decide where to focus my longing... > 1) a k-5? (for all the obvious reasons) > 2) faster lens? (most shots are within the 50-85mm range) > 3) noise reduction software? (I only have what's available in > ACR/cs4... open to suggestions, thoughts on this) > > What do you think? > > FWIW, I've considered asking her to switch sports. But it wouldn't > help much -- she also plays hockey... :) > > Thanks, all, >
First of all, wonderful set of pics! And congrats to your daughter on a successful first meet. I'll throw my two cents in and suggest a monopod. And a faster lens. Both are very cost-effective ways of gaining a stop or two. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
