[Dan 1038]

Originally Posted by geeknerd99

Superman dat ISO.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

In my experience, the key to getting sharp photos is simply to let enough light in. Open the aperture all the way up, and crank up the ISO. VCU has pretty bad lighting, but in Atlanta, I was getting 1/100-120 @f4.5, ISO 800. Seemed to work pretty well. Of course, some of this may be limited by availability of hardware.

I used 2 Digital Rebel XTs with Canon's 70-200 f/4 L, Tamron's 28-75 f/2.8, and Sigma's 10-20 f/4-5.6

I agree, Geek... Atlanta is the mecca for us photo-geeks! Great light = great shots! For action, though, I question if 1/100-120 is enough to stop it... If we are just looking for throwing the pics on the web and not making 11X14's of them, I am also a fan of cranking the ISO and opening the aperature to allow the speeds we need to stop the action. I am curious to see how I can screw up the depth of field of a 2.8 tele this year in Atlanta...