Remote Cam behind the goal questions?

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In preparation for next season i've decided to invest in a third camera body for remote shots of the goal mouth action.

At present I have a 17-40 F4L along with the Yongnuo Radio Triggers and was wondering what body would be a good choice to mount this on. A cheap body with high FPS would be ideal, but would the 17-40 on a 1.6X crop be wide enough?

Also another thing that's puzzling me with regards to cams behind the goal is how do you pros wire images from these? What I mean is suppose you get a great shot of a goal from your remote cam do you run to the camera and grab your card or do you have a wireless transfer thingy to transfer the shots to your laptop, or do you just wait till half time or full time to see what pics you have?

Another question I have is regards to metering. I know these bodies are usually manually focused, but what metering do you use. If the light is consistent then i'd imagine using manual settings, but if the weather/light is changing do you stick the cam on AV mode with centre weighted for example :thinking:

Sorry for all the questions, but i'm hoping any answers in this thread will help others :thumbs:

Phil
 
Manfrotto 709 mini tripod is the one most people use iirc :) very very sturdy for a tiny little tripod.
 
Hi Phil. Not sure how much use my input will be, but I use a 10-22 on a 20D (1.6x) which works as well as I think it will for the amount of cash I'm willing to spend. Get your camera insured in case of accidents! I saw one chap with what I think was your lens on what I think was a 1DSMk3. No idea about getting the shots off the camera. I usually find I have to trawl through a good number before I find anything that works. Its a bit hit/miss. Good luck with it, show us some pics when you get some!
 
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I've usually got a 17-40 set up on a 30D for behind the goal, which is plenty wide enough as long as you can go back about 2-3 meters giving you the whole of the goal in shot.

I go for manual focus with AV, usually set at +1 EC to allow for the amount of sky that's in the image so that the players don't over expose. I'm not worried about blowing it because usually most of the upper bits will end up being cropped out, unless the ball goes high.

For support I've found that the Trek-Tech Optera 230 is excellent, but it seems to have dropped off the selling lists at the moment.
 
DemiLion said:
For support I've found that the Trek-Tech Optera 230 is excellent, but it seems to have dropped off the selling lists at the moment.
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I noticed that too. Was told it's being replaced by a new style. Shame.
 
I wait until fulltime, unless there has been an goal or an incident. At half time, I will check exposure and composition tho, just to make sure everything is OK.

I use the Trek-Tech TPod behind the goal, but it gives a little bit more elevation then most and there for a better angle.

Remember it's hit and miss, you're not going to get a beauty every match.
 
You could always cheat?
I got this published a couple of weeks ago.. It was a pretty much one sided game so for the last ten minutes I put a 35mm lens on and stood on the terrace behind the goal .. Keeper rate (excuse the pun) was much higher than a cam :)

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EDIT.. The papers crooked/folded the pic isnt skewif :)
 
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VARC (voice activated remote camera) - I love it ! :D


redmonkee said:
Cheers guys.

Mark that's exactly the info I was looking for :thumbs: Do you wait till halftime to see what shots you've got or do you have a wireless transfer to a laptop going on?
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I'm the wrong person to ask Phil. I wasn't wiring from pitchside so it was all fairly relaxed, although like Helen I double check at half time to make sure that the exposure is on and that the POV and focus haven't been knocked.

Having said that, at some pitches it's more like checking if the camera is still there! :lol:
 
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