You have to set it to H to get ISO3200. It's really ISO 1600 with electronic compensation. I use DPP and just delete all the really bad ones which is quite a lot. Mind yuo, I've already deleted a lot of bad ones during the day using the camera.
cheers guys.. i'm still working thru... not had as much time during the day as work has been pretty busy.. yeah you can fiddle with the custom settings to get it to ISO3200 - a handy feature if your struggling for light.. pictures before tomorrow - i promise PS - love the multiquote feature this was the first time i'd used it
my most recent photographic escapades: http://picasaweb.google.com/bigcoops/CrusadersMixedTournament?authkey=0H8bNQjQETw shot with Canon 20d, iso3200, f/1.8 to f/2.2 , 1/800 to 1/1000 had much more luck with getting the shuttle in shot this time.. even having a good number of shots with the shuttle on the racquet!
hehe - yeah it's funny what the camera decides to get a shot of - i cropped out the out of focus smasher...
i think i'm lucky to have you guys as reference, and i'm really into the sport.. little tricks like watching the rally with one eye and you other eye looking thru the lens - i find that's really helpful and i'm blessed with plenty of light.. i don't think i'd do half as well at 1/640 but think next time i shoot i'll try a lot of different settings on the camera... just for different effects.. but 48 out of 276 isn't bad i suppose.. perhaps i missed my calling couple of questions while i'm thinking. depth of field - i think that the people in th background of some of my photo's aren't as blurred as i'd like - i was shooting at f/2.2 for some pics - should i just knock this right down to f/1.8 to pick them out? or is it just a case of getting closer to the subject to shorten the depth of field? i really struggled to fit those lads in when i got to close so thought i'd compromised by moving away and increasing the f to give me a bit more play... what do you think?
i always preferred using a tele over a wide for badminton shots... clears the BG clutter but for final games, a bit of wide is good to take in the atmosphere of the stadium
I rarely shoot faster than 1/640th. I like to have a bit of shuttle blur. I know Kwun like higher shutter speeds. I forgot which lens you are using. Is that the 50/1.8 or 50/1.4? Either way I would stick to f2 or f2.2 for an action shot. The depth of field becomes narrow and in the poor light, the focus speed may not be so accurate. You probably will find your keeper rate going down. If you want to get a portrait type shot when the player is not moving much, then by all means try it out. The alternative is to use a longer lens like the 135/2 or go full frame DSLR(!) BTW, good pictures!
hehehe - be a long time before i'll be spendin £400 on a new lense but it looks like it'd do the job. i use the 50/1.8 it does the job great. i like the high shutter speed because i get a kick out of seeing the racquet bend :d doesn't happen much at league level, but i've got some with some in.. so quite pleased :d i wonder if they'd let me in the AE to take pics.... hmmmm
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=790775&posted=1#post790775 Here's the picutres i took at China Open 2007 November, reply to one of the reply i got from the post. My equipment used for this event. Canon 20d (My backup camera body) with 70-200 L 2.8 lens. ISO set to 1600 to H (3200) mode is "Shutter priority" adjust to 800 (at least 500 to freeze player's action, faster is better depends on what you want). and set to "AI Servo" mode. I used 20D as camera body for 2 reason, 1st, my primary 1Ds has shutter failure after I arrived to china, no choice I have to use 20D. 2nd, 20D has 1.6 focal factor that can extend my 70-200 lens to maximum of 360, and it has higher ISO (1Ds only goes up to ISO 1250), stadium's lighting was good enough for me to produce nice pictures, but I still sit too far from the courts (Probably around 28th rows above). Go to my post and reply if there's any questions, I tell you, it's REALLY fun to take those picutres, you will take better pictures if you know how to play badminton, because you know how players play their shots to set your frame...
woot, just got done with my 2nd venture into badminton photography. http://dummey.smugmug.com/gallery/4446066_Qbr3T Overall it turned out fairly well =) Loving this 50mm f1.4 lens. Fortunately for me, wb-flour white light did a very good job. Had a lot of throw away pictures because of silly flickering lights. Lost another batch of photos because I was using manual focus at f/1.7 and then lost some more because my shutter speed deciding to go twice as fast since it was confused.
closing this thread off. in the future, please open a new thread in the forum for sharing and questions. look forward to more discussions on badminton photography.
