Originally posted by mroeder75 Thank you for your post, both camera setting-wise, and game-wise!
I am a long-time White Sox fan going back to the 1960s (but while I was in grad school and shortly after I drove a tour bus out of Dubuque and attended Cub games about every weekend the Cubs were in town - drivers got in free - standing room only pass); . . .
I have a Tokina 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, but it hunts a lot with my K-5. I am keeping the lens in case I upgrade my camera body, but seldom use it. I have a Tamron 18-250mm f/3.5. So I am conflicted over which lens to take. After all it is baseball and if one focuses on the batter, it is a static focus. Hunting shouldn't be a factor. We are in club seating (I would call it mezzanine level) just about where the outfield grass starts on the first base side. The game is a near sell-out which is not the norm on the South Side. This team is young and becoming interesting. They beat those damned Yankees, tonight after being in a hole 4-0.
some thoughts:
I have found some comments in these articles to be helpful:
https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/photo-articles/dslr-sports-autofocus-settings-guide.html https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/photo-articles/sports-shooting-focusin...se-racing.html
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focusing on home plate you may have to deal with the safety netting.
it can either be mildly distracting or a major pain for photographers.
I tend to focus on plays on the bases if I can, very dependent on game action of course, attempts to advance, stretching singles to doubles etc. or photos of the pitcher as he delivers his pitch.
If I can, I prefocus on the base and let the action come to me, if you understand what I am trying to say
shutter burst can help but drains the batteries of course so make sure you have extra with you
the worse thing about photography at a ball game is that you lose the game concentrating on the photography so be aware of that.
" what happened ??? " when you are looking the wrong way
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take both lenses and make a decision at the game, perhaps switch on and off
good luck from a " pre69 cub fan " who grew up in Le Roy, IL before moving to Iowa and then Kansas
have fun
[ Yu Darvish , crop and pp, selected from a series taken with shutter burst of his delivery ( darn cable holding up safety net ) ]
Last edited by aslyfox; 06-14-2019 at 05:01 AM.