Dutch Championship Figureskating 2005

[andre_gwynt]

This was yesterday at the Dutch figureskating championships. All my pictures turned out this way. There was just not enough light for my Minolta Dimage 7i to use a shutter speed fast enough to freeze the image. I spotted two photographers with huge lenzes and was wondering how that helps? I used full optical zoom 7x and 1/60 to 1/90 shutter speed (90 was already dark).

 

[conch]

you didn't mention ISO. have you tried upping it to 400, 800?

 

[andre_gwynt]

No didn't try that. It read all over the place that it is not recommended with digital camera's. Should I have? Good point...

 

[conch]

yeah, higher iso produce more noise although some cameras have noise reduction feature. another way is to remvoe noise with software like Neatimage. you can find it here http://www.neatimage.com/
have fun

 

[mrsid99]

Yup, upping the ISO will allow a faster shutter speed but with the likelihood of more "noise".
The large lenses you saw will undoubtedly be "fast" lenses with low "F" numbers which again allows a faster shutter speed.

 

[mentos_007]

hmm maybe open the apperture and use even 1/200 shutter?