Canon Camera Help

[NumeroUno]

I bought a used Canon EOS 10D

I took these at the Palm Springs classic
https://picasaweb.google.com/1095055569 ... b3W35vWOA#

I have a 100-300 lens I see people take pictures and when the ball hits the bat or comes off the bat the ball is clear. Not mine the picture is clear the ball is a blurr. Someone told me that my camera settings aren't right is this correct? Can anyone give me a quick lesson I have no clue what I am doing

[hit4power]

A couple of possibilities come to mind but note that my experience is with a Nikon although I think they are very similar.

1) My camera has some pre-programmed settings that are selectable with a thumbdial on the top of the camera. One of those is the "sports" setting which does two things - one is that it forces the camera to the fastest possible shutter speed (no blurring) and two is that it disables the flash. I mention this b/c on some of your shots it looks like you were just late with the shot. My hunch is that you squeezed the button at the right moment, but the camera took a few hundredths of a second to analyze whether it needed a flash (and to compute other settings) and then took the pic just a hair later than you were intending. In sports mode, on my camera, the camera is much faster to focus and shoot than in any other pre-programmed mode.

2) If you don't have pre-programmed settings then another option is to switch from automatic selection of shutter speed and aperture to a manual mode and set the shutter speed up at 1/250 or 1/500. On my camera, I can fix the shutter speed and let the camera automatically determine the best aperture setting (the "F" number).

[NumeroUno]

thank you

[NumeroUno]

hit4power

i found that setting and it worked like a champ
thanks

[DonnieS]

hit4power

i found that setting and it worked like a champ
thanks

On your sports setting, you should have a pretty fast continous shooting speed. I have the 40, and i get 7 frames per second. Thats what I use most of the time at day time games.

[hit4power]

On your sports setting, you should have a pretty fast continous shooting speed. I have the 40, and i get 7 frames per second. Thats what I use most of the time at day time games.

I didn't mention that, but Donnie is correct. I don't think my Nikon is quite that fast, but among several tips I've gotten from the pro sports photographers I've talked to was this one:

We all want that perfect bat on ball contact shot of hitters. But keep shooting in continuous mode from contact through follow through b/c some of the best facial expressions of hitters are on the follow through after solid contact and if the only shot you have is the contact shot, you missed the pic that shows the girl with all the emotionon her face that follows the knowledge that "I just crushed that pitch...."