I think the fact that the lights are up so high must be part of the problem.
I used to shoot a lot of gymnastics photos and couldn't use a flash so put a
blue flood light down low and that seemed to compensate well. /jnm
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tom Scales
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> Subject: Re: Sv: [OM] OM-2n at EI 1600??
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> Dirk,
>
> I have a similar problem at my daughter's basketball games. They seem
> really brightly lit, but the camera knows better than I do. I have to use
> 800 or even 1600 with my 85/2 or 50/1.2 wide open and still get 1/60 and
> 1/125 shutter speeds.
>
> I think some of it is the type of light.
>
> Tom
>
> From: "Dirk and Carla Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> My eyes must be really good at
> > compensating for low light levels, since it seemed plenty
> bright to me. Oh
> > well....
> >
> >
> > Be seeing you.
> >
> > Dirk Wright
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