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hurling under floodlights-what settings??

  • 02-12-2009 4:04pm
    #1
    conair01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭


    im shooting a hurling match tonight under floodlight, de equipment i will have is a d80 and 80-200 f2.8, my question is what shutter speed and iso should i use with such a camera and lens??
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/conorbyrne/4156303176/


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  • #2
    Perfect fit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 609 ✭✭✭Perfect fit


    conair01 wrote: »
    im shooting a hurling match tonight under floodlight, de equipment i will have is a d80 and 80-200 f2.8, my question is what shutter speed and iso should i use with such a camera and lens??

    id start with iso of about 2000 at f2.8 and gauge it from there i done a rugby match the other night under lights and with them settings shot at about 1/500 shutter speed i may have bumped up the iso to 3200 as the night went on


  • #3
    pixbyjohn
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    Keep ISO at about 800 at the highest for that camera. Even at that there might be a lot of noise in your shots.


  • #4
    Paulw
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    f/2.8, 1/400 shutter speed (maybe even step down to 1/320) and then whatever ISO you need (more than likely ISO 1600).

    After that, it's trial and error.


  • #5
    Ballyman
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    Your range isn't going to be too far with an 80-200mm so the best thing to do is to set your shutter speed at 1/500 and aperture at f2.8 and take a photo of the grass around 20 metres in front of you.

    Use that as your guide and change your ISO to get a correct exposure of the grass. If your ISO goes too high for you then reduce your shutter speed. The grass acts as a grey card so your exposure should be close enough at that. You may need minor tweaks to perfect it.

    I would imagine the lights are going to be pretty poor so you're going to have lots of dark spots on the pitch where the exposure won't be the best.

    Best of luck with it.


  • #6
    pixbyjohn
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    conair01 wrote: »
    im shooting a hurling match tonight under floodlight, de equipment i will have is a d80 and 80-200 f2.8, my question is what shutter speed and iso should i use with such a camera and lens??

    How did it go ?
    Would be interested in seeing a photo or 2 and what settings worked best for you.
    Thanks, John


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  • #7
    conair01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭conair01


    i pasted a link at the top but i forget how to embed a photograph into the thread itself...:confused:


  • #8
    irlirishkev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭irlirishkev


    conair01 wrote: »
    i pasted a link at the top but i forget how to embed a photograph into the thread itself...:confused:

    That's a good pic.
    What settings were you using at the time?


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