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Hi to all,

I have been asked to photograph our local team, who i have been with this season, in the amateur final which will be held at Halliwell Jones(yeh), my problem is i think, i have managed to photograph them all season with my nikon 55 - 200mm, (exactly),because of the freedom on an amateur pitch i have got away with it.
Now a big mega stadium, my lens seems some what inferior and dosent really fill me with hope.

My solution is to probably hire a lens, that is where i hope you could all share your expertise...i know of all the lens like the 300 2.8 and so on but which one...
 
If you're talking about the Co-op Chamoionship, Championship One and the Conference Challenge finaln at the end of this month then I hope you're aware that the day is run by the RFL and as such is only open to officially accredited photographers who need to make an official application to the RFL and as of yet the RFL haven't even sent out the applications.

Having said that, if you're officially attached to Leigh Miners then you're probably gonna be OK, you're gonna struggle with a 55-200 as you're only permitted to shoot from behind the dead ball line and you can't move about following the play.

Hire a 300mm or even a 70-200mm with a 1.4x extender, I'm assuming you use a "crop" body so you,ll have an effective 420mm which is fine.
 
Hi Gary, i was hoping you would respond with your wealth of knowledge. I am with Leigh Miners as you said and the club spoke to me today to confirm all is in place for me. I would love to of stayed the day and managed to photograph but i also sort of understand the rules. Thanks again for your advice.

If i was to use a 300 and they were say coming at me under the posts would the player be under focus range? And would it be advisable to still take my 55 - 200 on another body for the tries if they are close by?

Sorry for all the questions but if you look at my site youll see how close im use to dealing with the play.....
 
Gary Coyle said:
If you're talking about the Co-op Chamoionship, Championship One and the Conference Challenge finaln at the end of this month then I hope you're aware that the day is run by the RFL and as such is only open to officially accredited photographers who need to make an official application to the RFL and as of yet the RFL haven't even sent out the applications.
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They probably won't get sent out until the week before..
 
The 300mm is plenty long enough on your D7000 as the crop camera makes it 450mm effective and is good enough to cover anything up to the half way line (with a little cropping) behind the dead ball line at the Halliwell youre right on top of the action so no worries there, get yourself sat 1/3 of the way in from the corner flag and you'll have all bases covered, a second body would help with the close in stuff but some pro's only use the one body and a 300mm, limiting yourself to a one body set up and a fixed focal length lens in my mind can make you a better photographer as it makes you think more about how to compose your shot, also remember that even with just a 300mm lens you have effectivly got 2 lenses, shoot in landscape mode until the subject fills the frame, then switch to portrait mode and carry on shooting even more.

photographyman said:
Hi Gary, i was hoping you would respond with your wealth of knowledge. I am with Leigh Miners as you said and the club spoke to me today to confirm all is in place for me. I would love to of stayed the day and managed to photograph but i also sort of understand the rules. Thanks again for your advice.

If i was to use a 300 and they were say coming at me under the posts would the player be under focus range? And would it be advisable to still take my 55 - 200 on another body for the tries if they are close by?

Sorry for all the questions but if you look at my site youll see how close im use to dealing with the play.....
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Thank you very much for the info Gary, i look forward to trying a 300 out.
 
some decent stuff but the majority of all pics seem under exposed though, im working on a calibrated monitor.
 
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What do you feel i may be doing wrong then Gary? Thanks for taking the time to look and passing on advice.

I seem to have a problem with exposure, when i take the picture, i look at it on the camera then i think it looks to bright so i alter the exposure and also vice versa.
 
photographyman said:
I seem to have a problem with exposure, when i take the picture, i look at it on the camera then i think it looks to bright so i alter the exposure and also vice versa.
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Try not to take too much store by what you see on the camera screen... instead look at the histogram as that will give you a far better indication for the exposure. Looking at the camera screen under different lighting can give you different exposure views...
 
Thanks Kipax, much appreciate the advice, i will put in practice what you have both said this weekend.
 
KIPAX said:
Try not to take too much store by what you see on the camera screen... instead look at the histogram as that will give you a far better indication for the exposure. Looking at the camera screen under different lighting can give you different exposure views...
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Tony, you agree theyre all underexposed????? :thumbs:
 
Gary Coyle said:
Tony, you agree theyre all underexposed????? :thumbs:
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I only looked at the football ones and they looked loverly to me :)

Still the same advice to not rely on what you see ont he screen though :)
 
I calibrated my rear screen on the camera body with my calibrated home monitor, But when I went back outside the rear screen looked really dark. So the advice given by both Tony and Gary is spot on.
 
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