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Nikon D70s
Nikon D70s
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Glen Reid (reidman52) 0 pts
December 10, 2007 4:47 PM
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Using AF-SVRZoom-Nikkor70-200mmf/2.8GIF-ED on my NikonD70s

Want to take pictures of indoor Vollyball without flash. What settings are best? Any tips are welcome.
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18534 pts
December 12, 2007 1:48 AM
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Glen,

The f/2.8 lens is a huge help in itself. I would also recommend using a tripod or monopod to further steady the camera. If you don't mind grainer shots, the ISO 1600 is going to be a great help. I would also set the white balance to incandescent or flourescent lights if you're in a gym. If you can shoot in shutter priority mode, I would set the speed of the shutter at 1/250th of a second to avoid any blurrs in the movement of the athletes. If your pictures come out too dark, step the shutter speed down one step at a time to get the best exposure. I hope this helps.

Andrew
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Glen Reid (reidman52) 0 pts
December 12, 2007 2:10 PM
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Andrew,
Thank you for your ideas. I will try the shutter priority. I have been trying on the sport mode and apperture priority mode. I have tried the ISO settings and find that 1000 has been best. I am also going to try using a monopod. I did set the white balance to incandescent which seemed to help the colour. There is also a fine tuning of + or - from 1 to 3, do you know anything about that?

Glen
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18534 pts
December 17, 2007 9:01 PM
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Glen,

This should add more light (open the aperture or adjust the ISO) to the camera as well. I have not used this camera specifically though. What section is this setting adjustment in?

Andrew
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Glen Reid (reidman52) 0 pts
December 18, 2007 12:58 AM
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Andrew,

First of all I would like to thank you again for trying to help me with this problem. Now to try and answer your question. The plus and minus is in the white balance. When you set it to incandesant or any of the other options it gives the option of +or- 1,2 or 3. Since you told me about the shutter option I tried it and am still having trouble getting enough light and being able to freeze the players at the same time. So far the best results have come from the apperature priority mode, setting it at 2.8, but even at 2.8 it requires a shutter speed that is to slow to freeze the action.
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Glen Reid (reidman52) 0 pts
December 18, 2007 1:01 AM
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Andrew,

First of all I would like to thank you again for trying to help me with this problem. Now to try and answer your question. The plus and minus is in the white balance. When you set it to incandesant or any of the other options it gives the option of +or- 1,2 or 3. Since you told me about the shutter option I tried it and am still having trouble getting enough light and being able to freeze the players at the same time. So far the best results have come from the apperature priority mode, setting it at 2.8, but even at 2.8 it requires a shutter speed that is to slow to freeze the action.
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18534 pts
December 18, 2007 7:20 PM
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Glen,

Try moving the ISO settings to 1600. You'll get photos that are almost twice as bright as the ISO 1000 setting. You can also try setting the camera on manual mode with an ISO of 1600, aperture at f/2.8 and a shutter speed of about 1/125th of a second. Let me know if that works.

Andrew
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Glen Reid (reidman52) 0 pts
December 19, 2007 1:53 AM
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Andrew,
I will try the 1600 ISO and the shutter at 1/125th. Maybe with the camera on Manual so I can set the apperature and shutter it just might work, because I have noticed that with the incandesent lighting the settings are continually changing even if I just slightly move the camera when set on the shutter or apperature priority. I think we are getting closer to solving this and as I have said before, I really appreciate all the time and help you are giving me.

Glen
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18534 pts
December 20, 2007 7:00 PM
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Glen,

The time helping is not a problem. It's what we're here for. Let me know how the manual settings work for you.

Andrew
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dirk-jan boon (dirkjanboon) 50 pts
April 27, 2008 10:52 PM
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with the =/- button and the jogdial (i beleive the front / otherwhise it is the back one , you can adjust the EV compensation with - the pictures will be darker adn with plus you will be able to shoot in conditions where a flash is forbidden

do not with this lens i took pictures with my 18-70 dx lens (far worse to the f2.8) in a church on crete (greece) of the ceiling and i used iso 400 and EV + 2 , the whitebalance was set to auto and the pictures are fine ( i even took them without EV (0) but the were too dark. shoot in NEF (raw) and jpeg basic, you cn set the AF to continues and perhaps a sportstand
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