Football with Canon 7D

[fidgety]

I just picked this camera up as a backup and wanted to try it out tonight. Just pulled it out of the box, got the batteries charged up and ran to the game to give it a whirl. Shot with a Canon 70-200 2.8L and no flash. I had no clue as to where to put the settings, custom functions, etc., so I asked my son who uses a 7D quite a bit and he had me put it at ISO 3200 with a manual setting of f2.8 at 1/640. As it got darker I raised the ISO up to 5000 and kept the f stop and shutter speed pretty much the same but tweeked them a few times. I was very impressed with the snaps I got and could not believe I was shooting at ISOs between 3200 and 5000. Could you image film with that ISO? The silver hallide crystals would be so thin the film would almost not exist.

[fidgety]

I just picked this camera up as a backup and wanted to try it out tonight. Just pulled it out of the box, got the batteries charged up and ran to the game to give it a whirl. Shot with a Canon 70-200 2.8L and no flash. I had no clue as to where to put the settings, custom functions, etc., so I asked my son who uses a 7D quite a bit and he had me put it at ISO 3200 with a manual setting of f2.8 at 1/640. As it got darker I raised the ISO up to 5000 and kept the f stop and shutter speed pretty much the same but tweeked them a few times. I was very impressed with the snaps I got and could not believe I was shooting at ISOs between 3200 and 5000. Could you image film with that ISO? The silver hallide crystals would be so thin the film would almost not exist.

Kind of helps to upload the photographs.

[**fancy**pants**]

I have the 7D as well and just received my Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens yesterday afternoon then I went and shot a HS Varsity game last night. Your photos are amazing compared to mine. I still have no idea what I am doing.

[fidgety]

Post a few so we can take a peek.

[SmartWombat]

That last photo is good, exposure spot on (manual I assume) and caught great action.
Is he allowed to be pulling the catcher's head off?
That looks close to a foul, I'm sure you're not meant to grab the mask on front of the helmet and pull.

[Pete7D]

Is your 70-200 2.8 the IS version? I mostly will be taking Mountain bike pictures and still dont know what lens to buy either thr 70-200 F4 IS or the 2.8 (non IS version) what would you suggest?

Did u use a tripop for those football pictures?

thanks

[fidgety]

Is your 70-200 2.8 the IS version? I mostly will be taking Mountain bike pictures and still dont know what lens to buy either thr 70-200 F4 IS or the 2.8 (non IS version) what would you suggest?

Did u use a tripop for those football pictures?

thanks

My 70-200 2.8L is several years old and it does not have IS and I really don't think it's necessary as I try to obtain a shutter speed that is going to be sufficient enough where I don't need the stop or two IS offers.

I don't use a tripod when I shoot sports as it gets in the way and secondly, they are unsafe as they are difficult to move quickly and can hurt a player, fan or more importantly, me!

I'd get the 2.8 as the extra stop is worth it for both extra light and the sweet bokeh you get a 2.8. It costs more but it'll be worth it in the long run.