many questions here

13 years 6 months ago #3156 by redtelecaster
The snow season is coming again which means I get to shoot snowboarding/skiing again!! I currently own a Canon 50D with sigma 24-70 2.8. I want to add the canon 70-200 2.8 to my collection here soon (don’t have enough money for the mark 2), but I was curious what filters would be good to shoot with besides my UV and polarized that i currently own? Also there will be more park features at night at my resort; can anyone give advice on how to take action shots with low light? All lights will be halogen. I currently don’t own an external flash but would like to buy one. I know nothing about them!


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13 years 6 months ago #4984 by Solstar
Other than a polarizer I do filters in post processing.
Action shots in low light is a challenge. Even with a fast lens it can be a trick. If you invest in a mighty 580ex or a used 550ex you should get a lot of light but are really limited to a 1/250sec max speed. My solution is not to fight it but work with it. Set the camera (or flash) to fire on the second curtain. This will give you a motion trail that will be trailing behind your subject and give a sense of speed and movement even with slooow shutter speeds. The slow shutter speeds will also give the flash more time to fill in the background. If you want to experiment I believe you can set the on-board flash to fire on the second curtain in the custom functions menu of your 50d you just won't have the flash power. Cheers.


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