What are the best settings for sports/action shots on my Nikon D40?
I’m going to my niece’s cheer leading competition and am most likely shooting from the stands. I have a Nikon D40 with a 18-55mm lens and a 55-200mm lens. What would be the best settings to capture great action shots? I normally get blurry, ghost-like shots when shooting in the sport mode. Any suggestions?
The problem may be the lighting. If it’s indoors, the shutter speed may be too low to get good freeze-the-frame shots.
Work in shutter-priority mode and set to 1/250 of a second. If the camera can’t set your aperture low enough for that to work, adjust your ISO higher. The danger in this is that with a higher ISO you’ll get grainier pictures and lose clarity, but it may be the only option you’ve got. I’d try to go no higher than ISO 800.
ISO + Speed + Aperture = Exposure.
A good exposure calculator is linked to below.
The problem may be the lighting. If it’s indoors, the shutter speed may be too low to get good freeze-the-frame shots.
Work in shutter-priority mode and set to 1/250 of a second. If the camera can’t set your aperture low enough for that to work, adjust your ISO higher. The danger in this is that with a higher ISO you’ll get grainier pictures and lose clarity, but it may be the only option you’ve got. I’d try to go no higher than ISO 800.
ISO + Speed + Aperture = Exposure.
A good exposure calculator is linked to below.
References :
http://www.robert-barrett.com/photo/exposure_calculator.html