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ACTION SHOTS

Sporting activities are a great opportunity to shoot become full at a critical moment. It is worth taking
moving subjects using different shutter settings. It the time to watch the action for a while so that you
can be very tempting just to shoot continuously, in can anticipate what will happen, plan your shots, and
the hope that one or two photos will be successful, shoot more precisely and sparingly. Shutter Priority
but that will leave you with masses of similar-looking mode is ideal for shooting sports, as it gives you the
photos to sort out later, and the camera’s buffer may control you need over shutter speed.

FIND A VIEWPOINT SELECT SHUTTER PRIORITY SET THE SHUTTER SPEED
Try to get as close to your subject Set your camera to Shutter Priority There are two approaches to
as is safely possible. This will reduce the (on this particular camera, you press the shooting sports: you select a fast shutter
risk of spectators getting in the way as Mode button) so that you have full control speed, such as 1/1000, to freeze the
you shoot. Use a telephoto zoom lens over the shutter speed. Set Auto ISO to action, or use a slower speed and pan
to hone in on the action. maintain the shutter speed you want. with the subject to blur the background.

CHECK THE APERTURE ACTIVATE CONTINUOUS DRIVE SHOOT AND REVIEW
Even with Auto ISO selected, the Select Continuous Drive, but be Watch your subject to anticipate
required aperture may be outside the aware of the buffer limit of your camera. the best time to shoot, then press the
range that is available on your lens, so Shooting JPEG will allow you to shoot shutter a split second in advance. Check
adjust the shutter speed if necessary. more photos than in Raw. your images quickly, then continue.

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