IS is pretty cool when you are trying to capture motion though. Putting the lens into mode 2 and panning at slower shutter speeds makes for some very captivating pics. Probably not as much with basketball.
IS is pretty cool when you are trying to capture motion though. Putting the lens into mode 2 and panning at slower shutter speeds makes for some very captivating pics. Probably not as much with basketball.
Originally Posted by Keith B
That would be a cool effect if you had a couple of Canon 580EX flashes (set to rear-curtain sync) firing off-camera and triggered by Radiopopper PX units. That wayyou'd get the blur of motion leading into the subject exposed by the flash.
Yep, the flash config would be neat, until my son came home and kicked my a#@ for making him miss the shot! I do see some using flash at the games, but I know it does bother some (at least my son) so I try not to use flash.
Thanks for the input. So if I'm keeping my shutter speed at say 200+, do I need to worry as much about IS?
The general rule is 1/(effective focal length). Let's say you're using a 100mm lens on a camera body with an APS-C (1.6x) sized sensor. You multiply the focal length by the sensor multiplier, giving you an effective focal length of 160mm. That would mean you typically need 1/160 second or faster shutter speed to prevent blur from camera movement.
I had seen that calculation before, but thought it was more for the motion of the subject, not the camera. Thanks.
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