Football Blurry pics

[jdmcpherson]

Hello from a newbie.  I have a Canon Rebel T7i.  I have been using my 75-300mm lens to capture my son’s high school football game.  They are now a 7-0 team and are going to the playoffs, for sure.  It’s my son’s senior year, so I don’t want any more lost shots to blur.  I am struggling with capturing non-blurry action shots.  I realize I need to get out of these auto programs into manual mode.  The fields are well lit, as they have to be for football.  I had a suggestion from another "fairly new to photgraphy" person of 1/400 on the shutter speed (this camera’s range is from 30 to 1/4000).  That seems slow to me, given that the range is so vast.  Should it be quicker?  I also had the suggestion of the aperture at 8?  Does that sound right?  I am having difficulties trying to decide leaving ISO on auto or setting it.  Any suggestions?

[wq9nsc]

Waddizzle,

That lens hood is a cheap design but I don't recall mine falling off.  Maybe a little bit of tape would secure it during action?  You will see broadcast crews using a number of solutions to fine tune their gear to avoid design/user interface issues.

I found when using two cameras with one of them on a Black Rapid side strap that when I was switching cameras rapidly during basketball I would sometimes accidentally hit the auto / manual focus switch on my EF 300 f2.8 lens.  After dealing with that a few times the first game, I put a tiny ball of plumber's putty in the recess to prevent me from accidentally turning off AF.  A cheap solution that leaves no marks on the lens.  It isn't a Canon design fault but just something I found was going on with my grip when rapidly switching between it and the other body.  I wish that there was as easy a solution for the arrow on the side of DPP to make the adjustment controls panel appear/disappear.  During a longer session with DPP I am sure to bump that a few times while trying to scroll through correction controls.  I have never felt the need to knowingly make that section disappear but I would love to make the disappear button disappear permanently.

At the other hood extreme, the included Canon lens hood for my EF 800 f5.6 is made from carbon fiber and the replacement price is $700 just for the hood.  My Corvette Z06 has a carbon fiber hood and it probably doesn't cost a lot more than the much smaller Canon carbon fiber hood and  it also looks nicer  🙂

Rodger

[Waddizzle]

Check your mail for a recall notice.  I heard something over the weekend about the Z-06 Corvette's

[wq9nsc]

Thanks Waddizzle, there is an old recall out for previous generation Z06 models for a roof issue and the current C8 generation (no Z06 in that one yet) has a recall for the "frunk" opening but no outstanding recalls show for my 2016 by model or VIN.

Rodger