Please help! I have a nikon d80 with a 18-135 mm lens. i am using this to shoot action shots at my sons basketball games. i have the iso set to 1600 or or sometime hi 1. i still get a lot of blur when the players are running fast. What can I do to correct this?
Faster shutter speed, will make a camera more sensitive to a movement. little movement will make the image blur more..
you should use tripods to avoid shocks.
Ask the players to run slower.
Seriously, there are limits. There's only so much light in the gym, you ISO only goes so high, and your lens is only so fast. A faster lens can get you a stop or two. You can try adding more light. Beyond that....
You should set your shutter speed to 1/250 or faster, and use S mode. If you get the SB-600, 800 or 900 flash, you can point it behind you, and situate yourself directly in front of a wall. The flash will bounce off the wall and indirectly light up the action. One or the other of these combinations should get you decent results. You may have to adjust the exposure in Photoshop or Nikon NX, but it won't be too far off.
You can also get the 50mm f1.8 lens (about $125) and shoot on f1.8. It will help the light, but you'll lose the zoom capability.
But seriously, this is easily within the capabilities of your camera.
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