Dutch Championship Figureskating 2005

andre_gwynt · Jan 9, 2005

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 · Jan 9, 2005

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

andre_gwynt · Jan 9, 2005

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 · Jan 9, 2005

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 · Jan 9, 2005

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.