Photographing Gymnastics?

[ilzho]

Hello:

I have been asked to help shoot a gymastics event, mostly childrens balance beam.

Curious to know if anyone has done it. Seems it's going to be a long day.....

Thanks!

[RobertTheFat]

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@ilzho wrote:
Ai servo has worked for me on moving subjects, but I have not tried gymnastics.
Why the dissatisfaction with ai servo?

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I've not photographed gymnastics either, but I've watched a fair amount of it. With floor exercises, the gymnast is all over the field of view, so you may need heroic measures to keep her in focus. But with the other exercises (horse, bars, beam, rings, etc.), you should be able to position yourself so that the main action is always reasonably in focus (i.e., within a properly chosen DoF), even if the gymnast is moving fast within the field. So in this case Ernie's probably right that center point and one-shot will work as well as anything.

[ilzho]

That works for me. 

Just have to get a feel for everything, then I'll know for sure.