how to take action shots at night without blurring with a Canon PowerShot SX20 IS?
i take a lot of sport shots,during the day i have the camera set on the sport mode and i get fantastic photos,but when the light goes,and try taking shots at night at a sportsfield under lights,and still on sport mode,the pics are dark,but mainly they are very blurry,and not worth keeping.I have tried to take the same sought of photos on the Aperture mode,but the pics are too dark.Its all been very frustrating.Can someone help me please?
As mentioned, a P&S does not have the controls necessary to freeze action in low light, nor does it have a large enough sensor to produce nearly noiseless images at high ISO settings.
Here is what you could expect if you had the right tool for the job, mainly a dSLR with long, fast lens
http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab182/fotomanaz/Answers%20album/?action=view¤t=i_AIA3008copy.jpg
That shot was made using a 300 mm lens with aperture of f/2.8 and a shutter speed of 1/500th second.
If you look on your camera, you will notice that none of those settings are possible on your SX20
To freeze action you need a fast shutter speed. To be able to use a fast shutter speed you need lots of light. You don’t get lots of light at night.
You can improve matters by increasing the ISO as high as it will go (but that will increase noise – ie the picture becomes speckly) and open the lens aperture as wide as it will go.
Failing that get yourself a good DSLR and a fast (f/2.8 or better) lens. But that will set you back $$$$$$$
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There isn’t a way, not with this camera.
Night action, particularly the "night" part makes it difficult for even a dslr. With a dslr you need a fast lens such as f/1.8 or lower. You also need higher ISO such as 800. Then you need noise supression to keep the camera from putting in all those annoying little white specs – noise.
Point is a point and shoot or bridge camera can’t do that… that’s why you’re having your blur issues.
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As mentioned, a P&S does not have the controls necessary to freeze action in low light, nor does it have a large enough sensor to produce nearly noiseless images at high ISO settings.
Here is what you could expect if you had the right tool for the job, mainly a dSLR with long, fast lens
http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab182/fotomanaz/Answers%20album/?action=view¤t=i_AIA3008copy.jpg
That shot was made using a 300 mm lens with aperture of f/2.8 and a shutter speed of 1/500th second.
If you look on your camera, you will notice that none of those settings are possible on your SX20
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Use flash.
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cameras like this with their tiny image sensor, packed with too many pixels, and small aperture can’t take action shots at night or in low light.
What should really burn you up, is that this camera could do that, but the camera companies want to sell cameras, they aren’t that worried about you getting the images you want.
If they stopped pushing big zoom numbers, to sell more cameras, they could put a larger image sensor in there. If they stopped pushing megapixels, they could drop the number to something more realistic for the sensor size, like 6 or 7 not 12. Larger pixels gather more light.
With a larger aperture, all this together would allow you to crank up the shutter speed and still get enough light to the sensor to get a decent image.
So, now you know why photographers lug around big dSLRs with big expensive lenses. Large image sensor, large pixels, large aperture. Large money.
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