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08/21/2008 12:48:07 PM · #1 |
| Hello my fellow photographers! I need some advice. I am shooting a cage fight for the first time next Friday night. I've shot fights before but they have all been inside a boxing ring. I'll be using the marvelous Canon EOS-1D Mark III with a 24-70mm f/2.8L and will have 18GB of memory with me. My main concern is focusing through the chain link fence. Should I be using one shot focus or ai servo? Or will I have to use manual focus...eeks! Does anyone have experience with this? I know you can make the chain link fence dissapear shooting with a large aperture, but these cage fights are really fast pace and you don't have the luxury of having time to manually focus every shot. Can you guys give me some tips? Anything will help. Thanks! |
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08/21/2008 01:01:16 PM · #2 |
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08/21/2008 01:03:40 PM · #3 |
If you're close enough to the cage, you should have no problems, especially if you're closer to the cage than the minimum focus distance.
Sounds fun.
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08/21/2008 01:11:18 PM · #4 |
| Try standing on a ladder or chair to get over the cage. |
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08/21/2008 03:32:28 PM · #5 |
In the event your near the cage you can use spot or servo and fallow the fighter with less interference from the cage. it will essentially blur out of existence.
If you are further back in the crowd, then youll be in trouble as the distance from the cage to the fighter will appear to be less and your camera will have a more difficult time telling them apart. That is unless you pull out a nice large zoom. |
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