Although I shoot primarily sports using Canon 1 series DSLR bodies, I travel quite a bit and for short trips via air a Canon M6 II with its 18-150 is my camera setup of choice. With the responsiveness of 1 series bodies, phone cameras drive me crazy...
I was reminded tonight while shooting a HS soccer match that it is often easy to complain about camera specifications, control layout, menu design, etc. but compared to the true pain our subjects often suffer we have a VERY easy life as photographers...
I have shot thousands of soccer match photos over the years but none capture the sheer joy of the beautiful game better than this player's happiness and exuberance! Captured with a Canon 1DX III and EF 200-400 extender @ 488mm, 1/1250, f5.6, ISO 500...
For sports (which is almost always subjects in motion), I have always used servo. Canon's AF servo has long worked very well for sports.
I used an EF 85 f1.8 in years past for basketball and indoor soccer when the lighting was really poor. It focuse...
For sports, you are generally going to be far better off to select a set of focus points in the center of the screen and don't use subject detection. The AF system doesn't know the sport, it will do the best it can within its programmed parameters, ...
Adjusting ISO to lower numbers will result in darker photos and unless you have a really bright venue, there is no way you will be capturing sports at such a low ISO except in full sun. Attached photo is in a reasonably well illuminated gym using an...
Leaving it in Live View mode would be safer given what is happening because every time the inverter shuts down under excessive load, it can easily generate high voltage spikes. Having it shut down over and over in the middle of an action is definite...
The peak current draw of the camera is exceeding the peak current capability of the DC to DC converter use to increase the voltage from the power bank. When this happens, the inverter repeatedly shuts down and recycles until the load current is with...