Jharper
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- Seaford, Delaware
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- lightwriters.photium.com
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My name is Joan Harper. I have done portrait work, shot weddings (very clumsily and mostly in panic mode) but have achieved some good results without fully understanding the camera and lenses. I’ve read a lot and basically get the idea that fast speed requires more light and thus a more open aperature and also that a open aperature with long exposure requires a tripod. Truly I know just enough to get by but am typically disappointed in my photos pre-editing.
I shoot with old model camera: Olympus E-3. I’m ashamed to say that my appetite for equipment exceeded my knowledge. There is a lot I just don’t understand. So yesterday I wanted to get pictures at an indoor pool of competitive swimmers. I thought my expensive ED 50-200 mm 1.28-3.5 would be a good choice. I knew I would need a fast speed but I could not get a fast enough speed with an aperture that worked. I thought this was considered a fast lens. All my pictures were blurry and awful. I raised the iso thinking that would help. Nothing I did worked. My goal was to use the camera handheld to get good angles. I was completely frustrated. I also don’t really understand which shooting mode I should have used. I thought speed priority but when in that mode, I couldn’t balance aperture. When in A mode, I also couldn’t balance and couldn’t in manual mode either. Is something wrong with my camera body? If not what lens should I have used for fast swimming shots at an indoor pool where the lighting is challenging?
Would someone patient and kind with an idiot like me please help? I would be so appreciative.
I shoot with old model camera: Olympus E-3. I’m ashamed to say that my appetite for equipment exceeded my knowledge. There is a lot I just don’t understand. So yesterday I wanted to get pictures at an indoor pool of competitive swimmers. I thought my expensive ED 50-200 mm 1.28-3.5 would be a good choice. I knew I would need a fast speed but I could not get a fast enough speed with an aperture that worked. I thought this was considered a fast lens. All my pictures were blurry and awful. I raised the iso thinking that would help. Nothing I did worked. My goal was to use the camera handheld to get good angles. I was completely frustrated. I also don’t really understand which shooting mode I should have used. I thought speed priority but when in that mode, I couldn’t balance aperture. When in A mode, I also couldn’t balance and couldn’t in manual mode either. Is something wrong with my camera body? If not what lens should I have used for fast swimming shots at an indoor pool where the lighting is challenging?
Would someone patient and kind with an idiot like me please help? I would be so appreciative.