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R5 settings for taekwondo competition

spyderdo
Apprentice

I have a R5 with 70-200 f2.8 lens. I’ve set it on AI SERVO in FV mode at 1/1000, f4, auto ISO and the photos came out not focused and grainy. It’s indoor with decent lighting. I’ve shot these competitions with a M5 with 18-150 lens in sports mode before and they were very decent. What is wrong with my settings? I’m a novice and just upgraded to the R5. 

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Waddizzle
Legend
Legend

That sounds like a good starting point!

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jrhoffman75
Legend
Legend

Since you got images you are happy with from the M50 can you duplicate those settings on the R5 as a starting point?

John Hoffman
Conway, NH

1D X Mark III, M200, Many lenses, Pixma PRO-100, Pixma TR8620a, Lr Classic

jaewoosong
Rising Star
Rising Star

For indoor taekwondo, I shot in Tv mode at 1/250-1/320 with my 5DmIV (70-200).  Having Fv at 1/1000 F4 may be pushing your ISO really high and could explain the graininess.  For the focusing, you may want to adjust your servo mode to catch faster action and using face detection.

 

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-jaewoo

Rebel XT, 7D, 5Dm3, 5DmIV (current), EOS R, EOS R5 (current)

ebiggs1
Legend
Legend

" I’ve set it on AI SERVO ..."

 

Try One shot instead. Ai-servo is probably your problem as it will fire whether you achieve AF or not. The R5 should have the ability to run a high ISO number.

EB
EOS 1D, EOS 1D MK IIn, EOS 1D MK III, EOS 1Ds MK III, EOS 1D MK IV and EOS 1DX and many lenses.
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