https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/What-is-the-best-setting-for-sport-for-the-Canon-7D-EOS/m-p/28471#M3502 <P>I typically think of sports as a shutter-speed priority target. &nbsp;Either I want a fast shutter to "freeze" action or in some sports I want a deliberately slow shutter (while tracking the subject) to blur the background (e.g. think motorsports) and "imply motion".</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In any case, using your Tv mode would usually be a good start... but there's not "just do X because it always works".</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you're using continuous shutter to rapidly burst through shots, you may want to use JPEG (instead of RAW) &nbsp;because it wont fill the buffer (shoot in RAW and you'll find you can only shoot so many frames before the buffer fills and the camera massively slows it's frame-rate because it can't take another shot until the camera can get an image saved to the card to reclaim the buffer space in memory.)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You will likely want to change the focus to "AI Servo" so that the camera continues to adjust focus as the subject distance changes.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If your sport is played on an open field (consistent/uniform lighting across the field) then you can use manual ISO and manually set shutter and aperture. &nbsp;If your sport involves rapidly changing lighting (e.g. think running marathon where subjects may move from shadows to sun rapidly) then you may prefer Tv and set the ISO to 'AUTO'.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:27:11 GMT TCampbell 2013-06-11T20:27:11Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/What-is-the-best-setting-for-sport-for-the-Canon-7D-EOS/m-p/28379#M3500 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:33:36 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/What-is-the-best-setting-for-sport-for-the-Canon-7D-EOS/m-p/28379#M3500 rodrigf2 2013-06-11T18:33:36Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/What-is-the-best-setting-for-sport-for-the-Canon-7D-EOS/m-p/28407#M3501 <P>You'll need to be more specific on the sport &amp; whether it's shot indoors, outdoors in good light or in the evenings in poor light. Some sports require fast shutter speeds while others need slow shutter speeds &amp; great panning skills.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:19:11 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/What-is-the-best-setting-for-sport-for-the-Canon-7D-EOS/m-p/28407#M3501 cicopo 2013-06-11T19:19:11Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/What-is-the-best-setting-for-sport-for-the-Canon-7D-EOS/m-p/28471#M3502 <P>I typically think of sports as a shutter-speed priority target. &nbsp;Either I want a fast shutter to "freeze" action or in some sports I want a deliberately slow shutter (while tracking the subject) to blur the background (e.g. think motorsports) and "imply motion".</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In any case, using your Tv mode would usually be a good start... but there's not "just do X because it always works".</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you're using continuous shutter to rapidly burst through shots, you may want to use JPEG (instead of RAW) &nbsp;because it wont fill the buffer (shoot in RAW and you'll find you can only shoot so many frames before the buffer fills and the camera massively slows it's frame-rate because it can't take another shot until the camera can get an image saved to the card to reclaim the buffer space in memory.)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You will likely want to change the focus to "AI Servo" so that the camera continues to adjust focus as the subject distance changes.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If your sport is played on an open field (consistent/uniform lighting across the field) then you can use manual ISO and manually set shutter and aperture. &nbsp;If your sport involves rapidly changing lighting (e.g. think running marathon where subjects may move from shadows to sun rapidly) then you may prefer Tv and set the ISO to 'AUTO'.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:27:11 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/What-is-the-best-setting-for-sport-for-the-Canon-7D-EOS/m-p/28471#M3502 TCampbell 2013-06-11T20:27:11Z