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13 years 7 months ago #76 by jetlag
Okay, my daughter has this dance class and they are having a tournament soon. I have a D50 with a 18-24 and a 80-200/2.8 lens. I don’t think I’ll be able to use my speedlight so I plan to use that tele and it should do great since it’s a 2.8 lens but what I am wonder is what would be a good setting to get as much frozen motion (mostly for jumps)? Also I won’t be able to use my flash because the lighting is stage lighting.
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13 years 7 months ago #1006 by canon4me
I'm still working on inside pic's....but I've put my ISO to 800 so the flash doesn't have to be used...you may have to adjust that...and if you put your setting on the camera so it'll take multiple pics at a time...you'll get that motion. at least it worked for me....and I had it set on AV. but I'm always with friends and we're trying different settings to get what we want. We're getting better : ) If you get there early you can practice and see where you need to go with the settings. Good luck! : )
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13 years 7 months ago - 13 years 7 months ago #1009 by ShutterGuy

jetlag wrote: Okay, my daughter has this dance class and they are having a tournament soon. I have a D50 with a 18-24 and a 80-200/2.8 lens. I don’t think I’ll be able to use my speedlight so I plan to use that tele and it should do great since it’s a 2.8 lens but what I am wonder is what would be a good setting to get as much frozen motion (mostly for jumps)? Also I won’t be able to use my flash because the lighting is stage lighting.


Taking a photo that shows "Corvette Exposure" depends on 3 factors of course aperture, shutter and ISO. To control each you can change up the other two. In this case you want to maximize shutter speed, so I would drop it down to start with to 2.8 aperture, you won't get much depth of field, move your shutter to 1/200 or so, then adjust ISO to correct exposure. Depending on existing light you might not need to back down as far as you think.

Good luck
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13 years 7 months ago #1158 by jetlag
Thank you much shutterguy!! Your info was very helpful!
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13 years 6 months ago #1187 by canon4me
My friends and I are always working with those 3 factors : ) and with practice you can eventually get it.
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13 years 6 months ago #1220 by jetlag
I know what you mean canon4me! Previous attempts at doing photos like this have turned out awful now that I know a bit more I am more prepared!
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13 years 4 months ago #7428 by jandeb
I usually set action pictures at shutter priority and set the shutter to at least 1/250 second or faster..... I start there and then change iso or aperture as I need to.
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13 years 4 months ago #7461 by Rob pix4u2
I shoot indoors all the time and have found that in order to capture the fast motion of pro hockey I use iso 1000, 1/250-1/320 sec, and f3.2 pretty consistently. Stage lighting may require adjusting this a bit but should give you a starting point to work with. Happy shooting and let us all know how this works out for you
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13 years 4 months ago #8491 by McBeth Photography
I must say that one thing to think about is your lens. Ask yourself, Do I really need a zoom? Can I get by with a 5omm f1.8 or 85mm f1.8? Important questions because for low light situations the extra stop of speed can come in handy. I use the $100 wonder that I call the nifty-fifty. As for sporting events its usually basketball for me. I try to stay around 800 ISO or below and shoot in shutter priority @ 1/500th sec. On these pics the camera selected the Aperature between f2 and f3.2
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