Top 12 Settings You Must Know for Sports Photography!
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
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In this video we overview the best camera settings for sports photography and to set your exposure, white balance, focus mode, and more to maximize your chances of getting professional images!
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00:00 Intro and disclaimers
00:38 Exposure settings
01:04 Aperture
02:08 Shutter Speed
03:18 ISO
04:46 Watch out for too much light!
05:30 Watch out for too little light!
06:24 Exposure compensation
06:51 Metering modes (photometry)
07:57 Focus modes
08:59 Drive modes
10:22 Raw mode
10:53 White balance
11:43 THE WEATHER
11:51 Focus limiter
12:52 Image stabilization
13:19 Outro
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Brother, that was the smartest 13-minute use of my time in months.
THANK you. About half of it was common sense for a low-intermediate like myself but I learned at least four new things and I appreciate it. I'll be watching this one again another half dozen times and just before the next bunch of games I photograph.
Thanks!
You are welcome! I’m so glad you liked it 😀
One of the best, most concise sports photography tutorials I’ve seen!
Glad you think so!
you forgot to go over focus point selection single point 9 point 25 point tracking etc etc.. as many will go out there in Auto mode and not get anything they want in focus :)
That's my problem. Is having the whole middle go into focus not necessarily the way to go?
@@heathcriswell Problem is each camera system today does it all different.. Example with the new canon if you pick vehicle tracking it will look for a helmet so if you are shooting say motocross or street bikes it will try to lock on a helmet. Now an older say A9 V1 does not have vehicle tracking also its tracking center point will find the CLOSEST thing to the camera while tracking so you might miss the helmet or part of the subject, even with mirrorless you might end up going back to a zone or single point just like the old DSLR days of Group or again single point to get exactly what you want. you have to experiment..
Awesome thanks 🙏🏽
The most helpful video I've found! I've been struggling a bit coming back to photography, specially sports photography (handball), and this is a great video. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative thank you!
You’re welcome!
Super helpful! Thanks so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Good stuff. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I found this very helpful. I learned something new. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thank you much this has helped me out greatly
Glad to hear it!
Well done! Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Nicely done! :-) You briefly touched on indoor sports (e.g. basketball, volleyball, etc.). I'd like to see a video on setting up for indoor action, especially now that we're in winter sports season. Note that such a video would apply to swim meets, wrestling matches and judo/karate and similar events, all situations my students struggle with. Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
Good idea Kathy!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to you too 😀
Ditto on the indoor sports!!!!!
very well video what abt when u have to do a soccer game in plain day light 1pm what adjustments will u recommend i currently use a D850 with a nikon 70-200
I'd use manual, 1/2000th, wide open aperture, and auto ISO. Adjust white balance to Daylight.
thank you!! wonder how differently you might make suggestions for an amateur with a mirrorless Nikon!?
Just a parent shooting sports!
Thanks for watching! I would say that everything explained in this video is applicable whether you're an amateur or someone who has more experience photographing sports, great question!
Very good…thx for the effort! How is the noise on the x-h2s at 6400 and 12800? Having a 200/2 indoors on a crop sensor for basketball is tempting but iso is normally at 6400 minimum in high school gyms.
Pretty good actually! It's hard to quantify, but the images at those high ISOs are definitely very usable.
Thank You! Which lens is this? And i have a question. In Fuji, which of the four af mode do you used. (Single point, zone, wide tracking, or all?)
Here's a video we made going into detail about focus modes!: czcams.com/video/IK0hwWLMj_c/video.html
Really enjoyed this video as I'm getting into sports content creation. Question regarding white balance - if you are using a ND filter to assist with days when it's very or solid sunny day, then would you still set your white balance to sunny or just set it to auto?
Great question! Personally, I would never use an ND filter for sports photography as there’s never a reason to not use the fastest possible shutter speed. All an ND filter does is cut out light, which then forces you to either use a slower shutter speed or higher ISO, both of which are undesirable for sports photography.
ND filters are mostly useful for video or landscape photography where using a slower shutter speed is important.
K - makes sense. I've been following a couple of MLB content creators and they both use ND filters so trying to identify when it's good to use them. I'm going to start experimenting this weekend with some college softball and see what results I get with and without @@RMSPtv
Great Video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi very good and useful video. Electronic or mechanical shutter are you using?
Thank you! I use an electronic shutter for outdoor sports, mechanical for indoor (LED lights can flicker).
Would welcome a more advanced video on the af-c area (single point & Single point size vs zone) and what Fujifilm Af-c custom settings you find most effective for field sports.
Noted!
Another great video Forest. Here is a question that I hope gets your "Great Question!" response ;) To set to auto ISO, my Nikon Z6 says that this setting "not available at current settings". However, I can rotate sub-command dial to "ISO-A" but I don't think that is true Auto ISO. Thx ms
Great question! 😂
I just did a bit of research and it looks like the ISO-A is your auto ISO setting. Here’s an article from Nikon. nps.nikonimaging.com/technical_info/technical_solutions/z7_2_z6_2_tips/sports_ae/
I mostly shot weddings and concerts, but never sports.... if I use a 1DX-i and a 70-200 2.8 for sports, do you recomend shooting with a 2x extender, or is it better to shoot clean lens and crop instead do you think?
Great question! I would recommend shooting without the extender and cropping in post.
Nice video ! I'd be more cautious about burst rate though. The AF hit rate of my A7iv plummets over 6 FPS for sports, so I keep it there.
Thanks for sharing!
Okay. Gotta question for you. I'm shooting curling at the end of the month. I don't really think these settings would be necessary. At least the shutter speed anyway. Plus these are high school students. What settings would you recommend?
I'd probably stick with exactly what I have in the video. You might be able to use a slower shutter speed, but you might get motion blur so you would need to experiment.
@@RMSPtv Thanks!
I’m super new to sports photography primarily soccer . It started with just taking his photos then parents liked the photos I took of my son and asked me to take their kids …. I was taking All the photos in 16:9 bc I thought that’s what it needed to be but I read somewhere 3:4 is best …. Wats your take. I got a Sony A7R v Xmas this was awesome
Great question! I would just leave it on the default aspect ratio of the camera, Happy Shooting!
@@RMSPtv thanks
Is center weighted good for aviation photography?
That depends on the situation. I would think evaluative(smart) metering would do almost as good in most shooting scenes.
Can you do a video on long exposure shooting?
Absolutely!
My own experiences - I never shoot wide open. Lenses have a sweet spot and fully wide, even with my Canon L series glass, gives issues with vignetting and pin cushioning. It's slight, but if you know it's there you will always see it. I would advise finding the sweet spot and using that (on my 70-200 f/2.8 L it's f/3.5) this is plenty good enough with that lens with the camera I have, a 1 DX MKI. Also never use IS. This is one of the first bits of advice I was given by a pro sports photographer when I started out. Personally I don't shoot RAW and neither do any of the pros I've known. At the end of the day the best way to learn is to do it and see what works for you best. :)
Thank you for your insight!
@@RMSPtv I hope that didn't sound dismissive of the video, all advice given by those trying to assist me did help me when I was starting out. I just had to learn what worked for me as I went along and discard the rest. None of it was bad advice, some of it just didn't work for me. For example I used RAW when I first started out in low light situations, but the buffer filling up (and also the memory card!) made me switch to shooting just jpeg. The pros I met/knew simply confirmed my choice when giving me tips on how they did their jobs.
You did not even mention the format, RAW or JPG. How much resolution is reasonable for a couple of hundreds of sports shots?
Thanks for watching! I may not have mentioned shooting in RAW, but it's always a good idea to shoot in the RAW format!
He did mentioned it, 10:23
Auto iso?!?
Absolutely! It's the only way to easily ensure a fast enough shutter speed in situations where the light may change quickly.
@RMSPtv I get that but I don't like how it would jump so high and anything over ISO 1000 I don't like the outcome. I do pro boxing and muay thai and I normally don't go higher than iso 1000. And depending on the lighting i would go from 640 to 1000. But I also only go as high as 1/250 when it comes to my shudder so thats why. But I like how some things you broke down. I just hate noise and I use a apsc body for work so that's why I stay under 1000. If I had a full frame I would probably go higher. I have a big event tomorrow I have to do so I may try a higher shudder to see if I like the results. Awesome video too, keep shooting👍🏿