Photographing matches

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by VEN

Nikon D80
55-200mm lens
ISO 1600
f/4
1/400th shutter speed
no flash

here is several that i took today at the Waterloo Regional, I wasn't in a very good spot. Personally I think they are too dark.

Karthik going all-out ninja

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Honestly, those two seem alright by me. The field is more or less properly exposed, perhaps a hair under (1/3 stop or so) in the second picture. Given the lighting, you're not going to be able to get both the crowd and the field properly exposed in most arenas--it's going to be one or the other. Color me envious that ISO 1600 looks so good on your camera--the point-and-shoot I have pegs out at 400, and it's a left turn down Noise Avenue.

Keep shooting!

[maikull]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Color me envious that ISO 1600 looks so good on your camera--the point-and-shoot I have pegs out at 400, and it's a left turn down Noise Avenue.

Well, don't be too envious. This is an inherent difference between point and shoot digital cameras and digital SLRs. It's because the sensor size in point-and-shoots are so small. Some digital SLRs are even better in low light. For instance, the Canon EOS 1D Mark III has a relatively noise-free ISO 6400.