Advice for night-time soccer settings
I need help with working out the best settings for night-time soccer photos. I generally shoot in auto, but cannot get any good action shots as they are all either too dark, blurred or too grainy.
Here is a sample of some settings which don't work:
ISO 6400 f2.8 s/s 1/160 (ok light but blurred and grainy)
ISO 6400 f5.6 s/s 1/40 (same)
ISO 12800 f5.6 s/s 1/800 (too dark, grainy)
ISO 6400 f2.8 s/s 1/2000 (too dark, grainy)
ISO 6400 f4.5 s/s 1/50 (ok light but blurred and grainy)
Obviously the auto settings are making the shutter speed way too slow for action photos but, if I increase even to 1/800, even whacking up the ISO doesn't let enough light in.
I'm not an experienced camera man (obviously), but any advice of good night-time sport settings would be really really appreciated. I take photos for my club (daytime ones are fine) and we have a few night games coming up.
I am using a Canon EOS 650D, with a Canon EF70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM lens (also an EF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM).
Couple of sample disasters attached.
Yours hopefully,
Kim
Here are some of my lacrosse images captured with a Nikon D5100 and 70-200 f/2.8 lens, about what you have. Not the best processing (I've gotten better since then), and all of them have had the exposure brought up 2 or more stops, but you get the idea. The takeaway is that you should be at (at least) 1/1000s shutter speed, wide open at f/2.8, and ISO appropriate. Then finish in post (which is critical). IMNSHO, of course.
f/2.8, ISO 1000, 1/1000s, 150mm
f/2.8, ISO 1000, 1/1000s, 200mm
f/2.8, ISO 1000, 1/1000s, 200mm
f/2.8, ISO 500, 1/1250s, 135mm
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