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Hi All,
I am having a bash at a junior football match tonight under floodlights.
I am looking for some hints and tips for tackling this job.
My gear will be up to the job I think Nikon d300 Sigma 300 2.8 and a nikon
70 200 2.8 vr ,just looking for some tips on settings.
Cheers Mark:help:
 
Gonna be dark, gonna be grainy!

I did an England U18s Divisional game under lights recently and my D700 and Sigma 70-200 2.8 struggled. I usually plonk myself down at one end with the 200-400 but I found the only way to fill the frame and get decent images at the high iso was to be up and down the side lines with the play.
 
Which ground is it Mark? You may find that if the available light isnt sufficient for 1/500sec @f/2.8 with ISO at 3200, you may have to shoot around the brighter areas of the pitch...ie right below the floods..If this isn't achievable, try shooting the action as it is coming towards you as the motion blur effect will be minimised.

It isnt easy and very demoralising when you first try it ....It really does show how well some of the guys on here really do, with the testing low light conditions.
 
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The game is at Farsley celtics ground not sure if you know it.
I will give it a go and see what happpens ,nothing ventured nothing gained.:eek:
 
There are quite a few images on TP from that ground....Phil (Redmonkee)...do a search on his profile for his posts...You can check the EXIF data and see his settings
 
Try this one http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=310881
Third shot is a night game

Here is the exif data from his flikr account

Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/2.2
Focal Length 135 mm
ISO Speed 3200
Exposure Bias 0 EV

Shooting with the EOS 1DMKIII

Another one here

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=306320

Farsley v Scarborough under floods

Looks like there has been some PP on these though...not too sure what ...!"


Here is another

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=296911
 
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Im also doing a huge football shoot in a couple of months, 250+ children over 2 days. have been practicing in low light/flood light and bad weather over a few weekends and evenings just to get a lot more experiance behind me, lucky the tornament is going to be daytime in the sunny months so not to bad on lighting.
Only thing i found is were to shoot from can be hit and miss, sometimes most of the players can be facing the opposite direction...all learning fun anyway.
 
Tugster said:
Try this one http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=310881
Third shot is a night game

Here is the exif data from his flikr account

Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/2.2
Focal Length 135 mm
ISO Speed 3200
Exposure Bias 0 EV

Shooting with the EOS 1DMKIII

Another one here

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=306320

Farsley v Scarborough under floods

Looks like there has been some PP on these though...not too sure what ...!"


Here is another

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=296911
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Tugster said:
How did you get on ?
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Obviously not too good ??
 
Hotel California?

(anybody seen Phil recently???) :D
 
talking of football under lights... struggled a bit lately with patchy lights... usualy floodlights offer a steady light situation.. bang it in manual and your set for the night

however I ahve a series of games at a ground where there is a stop or more difference all over the ground...its stupid:(

So I decided best plan was auto ISO ... However under floodlights this over exposes by at least 2/3rds if not a stop

there doesnt seem any way to under/over expose in manual mode and auto iso.. so i went shutter priority to set my shutter and then in functions set my min/max aperture to f2.8 thus shutter and aperture set.. i could then use auto iso all around the pitch and use the exposure settings..

anyone else simmilar ?
 
Hi mate

Auto ISO is a life saver at the majority of grounds i frequent, even some of the better grounds ie, Warrington, Headingley are a full stop and more worse in the corners than midfield.

Manual is all well and good if lighting is consistent but theres usually a big drop off in the corner flag areas.
 
Gary Coyle said:
Hi mate

Auto ISO is a life saver at the majority of grounds i frequent, even some of the better grounds ie, Warrington, Headingley are a full stop and more worse in the corners than midfield.

Manual is all well and good if lighting is consistent but theres usually a big drop off in the corner flag areas.
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I cant afford to risk any of the other modes as shutter would drop too much.. OK using 70-200 as can go low.. but gotta keep the 400mm up there.. the shutter priority and setting aperture min/max seems to be a good workaround..

so what mode are you in when using auto iso gary?
 
Usually AV with the auto ISO set so it increases if SS drops below 1/800th but full Manual can be used also with auto ISO
 
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