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Michael S.

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Here we go - D3 with 70-200mm VR lens - mixed lightning - daylight and artificial light.

iso 2000; 1/500s





AF has been dead on (21 dynamic used), AWB for most of pics ok...but
a bit to "yellowish"...but no problem as NEF has been used, processed through
Capture NX - settings have been vivid, so just resized for web, no additional
sharpening, no additonal anti-noise software.

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These are nice and in focus. It looks like you still need to adjust the WB though. I understand the problem with gyms and the WB having shot a lot of basketball with this combo.

Ray
 
I've shot indoor volleyball with a Canon 1DsMII at ISO 3200 and got (expectedly) grainy results. Have now got a D3 and have used it for some gym basketball at 6400 with much cleaner images. Keep up the good work









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Greetings!
Raylaw said:
These are nice and in focus. It looks like you still need to adjust
the WB though. I understand the problem with gyms and the WB having
shot a lot of basketball with this combo.

Ray
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As written - mixed lightning...so - there really has been a huge gap depending where I did take the picture...midfield or at the net...but I would say its a good compromise how it came out...

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Hi!
Photos4Fun said:
I've shot indoor volleyball with a Canon 1DsMII at ISO 3200 and got
(expectedly) grainy results. Have now got a D3 and have used it for
some gym basketball at 6400 with much cleaner images. Keep up the
good work
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And don't forget the power of the D3 AF-tracking!

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I tried to shoot volleyball with my D3 and 200-400 f/4 VR yesterday, really just to see if I could do it. I found that the lens was really too heavy and bulky to catch those few "special moments" that make a good shot, and I had to be up at ISO 6400 to even have a chance.

You say that 21-point dynamic worked well for you. Did you use the release+focus priority setting?
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Greetings!
LeungPhotos said:
Very nice shots. I'm surprised that there was still motion blur
showing at 1/500s...
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Would have been less with the 4MP D2H(s)...12MP does have
more motion blur at same shutterspeed...besides that - the girls
here are "fighting" in a tournament to advance to the second highest
league in the country...so, when they smash the ball it IS fast.

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Hi Zuman!
Zuman said:
I tried to shoot volleyball with my D3 and 200-400 f/4 VR yesterday,
really just to see if I could do it. I found that the lens was
really too heavy and bulky to catch those few "special moments" that
make a good shot, and I had to be up at ISO 6400 to even have a
chance.
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Iso 6400 IS an option with the D3 - already used that too for indoor Volleyball,

but the 200-400mm lens IS to bulky...better the 70-200mm VR or the 120-300mm f2.8 Sigma.
Zuman said:
You say that 21-point dynamic worked well for you. Did you use the
release+focus priority setting?
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I am not 100% sure what you mean by that...21point dynamic AF in continous mode used and AF point selection has not been locked.

Let me know if I understood what you meant...
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Good Morning!
heavymeister said:
I'm not sure about "dead on focus" in these images. Did you focus on
the net or the faces or what ever is closest subject?
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Main "target" has been the girls in black...cause I do know them...

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