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While there are variations, you mostly need to get down around 1/60th or slower. There are 120 bright periods a second per light (a plus and minus for each of the 60 cycles). As you get a bit ...

No, I think he's saying hire an assistant to do the shooting for you, one who doesn't read advice on dpreview.  ;-) It's not bad advice, frankly.  I've often given it to parents who want to know ...

I think it's amusing, and have no idea if effective as advertising, but people need to do something to get attention.  A local handyman service started having their billboards installed upside ...

Auto-ISO is a good setting for sports where you need auto-exposure (manual may even be better if the light is not changing, as in sports usually uniforms are bright on one team and dim on another). ...

Thank you.  Too many people don't get the name. Linwood

I shoot sports, fluorescents and sodium/mercury vapor are everywhere. Some things that help: (1) Shoot raw, you have more leverage later. (2) Learn to use ...

Do think about this from the other side.  $25 is not going to cover anything but gas anyway, it's symbolic, but of what? Shooting JPG and not doing any post processing is almost certainly going to ...

Get close, zoom way in, then crop tight for action shots. The old saying "there is no sports action shot that cannot be improved by getting tighter" is an old saying because it's true. Shoot wide ...

First, don't give him every shot you take, only good ones.  Never show bad work. As to shooting for free or not: While this may vary by venue, to properly take money you need to be operating as a ...

The "subject" only setting will get you somewhat close, plus as you mention setting the max ISO.  Note that 400 is 2 stops over 100.  :-) That you are getting too much flash (as opposed to a poor ...

It's all in how they land and what was pushing against what.  If it's locked up, it is probably damaged beyond anything just shaking into the right position and working. While I doubt you will do ...

Well, and they work better on some lenses than others. Notably they are really good optically on long primes, but not nearly as good on many of the zooms (e.g. the 70-200 with a 2x TC is not a ...

This varies by camera.  What Camera are you asking about? In the D300 era and (at least somewhat) before the camera would max out flash power, then increase ISO. Between then and D5/D500, it would ...

One issue that I've seen in attending such classes is that you get a vast variety of students in the class, and it is very easy to get sucked into addressing issues with one type, and bore the ...

Most of this might be obvious but... If you view the image at 1:1 zoom on a PC, you are seeing a much more magnified area, so any flaws in the lens or focus will be exacerbated even if the image is ...

This may not be helpful but when I shoot basketball I use nothing, and carry them. I'm pretty bulky myself, and I found everything I tried was more trouble getting up and down than just grabbing ...

Glad you had fun, which was a major point anyway. Practice always helps. Next time leave the ND off, you'll be happier with light, and for groups just dial the aperture way down and with the light ...

Well, Amazon Cloud Drive just demonstrated why one should always be aware (and beware) of changes in the market.  Their unlimited plan just went to extremely pricy for large storage ($60 per ...

I occasionally go to rodeos where people (not me) have a similar issue and similar "official" setup (which means in part the announcer promotes them periodically - something you should insist on). ...

I have a D4 (non-S, but a friend had an S), a D5, and a D800. I would add a D810 to the mix of what to buy as well. The D5 is significantly better than the D4(s) at high ISO in terms of color. It ...