So this year, my brother bought a BRAND NEW boat. EXCITEMENT IS TO COME! Actually, it's already here...

I have MANY opportunities to take some photos, I want to get some good ones!

I have a few questions though...

1. When taking action shots - is it prone to get a few blurry/not so sharp photos because of all the fast moving stuff going on?

2. Which mode is the best? In these shots I used Tv mode.

3. Anything I should know with action with my 70-200mm that I'm not taking advantage of?

4. How about other settings like One Shot focus/AI Focus/ AI Servo ?

5. Any other advice you can give!

6. Action takes a lot of pictures to get it right!

7. Btw, I really love this lens for the action!

Things I learned:

I had to crop most of the photos as the horizon was OFF
Hard to take pictures when the boat goes over waves.
That a 70-200mm lens is awesome

As for the pics:

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Haha Thanks!

You use manual with action shots? Or? I find it really annoying to switch settings all the time... sometimes the clouds go over the sun, etc. I've just had bad luck with action & manual. I might give it another try when the light isn't always changing on me.

1st donsent look like action more then like two guys chillin

Yeah, I know

You ought to be using manual 110% of the time

I will try it. Why?

Because eventually you can change settings too fast for your camera's own good.

So the only reason is for my own good? I normally use manual all the time other than action...

This post was edited by Chantal7 on Jul 6 2011 01:51pm

Auto mode is more prone to error than you are. It may fuck up on the exposure on a would-be vital shot. You shouldn't really have to change settings much anyway, even in 'action shots.' This is not a wedding we're talking about