Hockey

[Madrigal]

I was asked to cover a recent provincial hockey championship this past weekend, by one of my high school teachers.

I was one of the people doing stills, and had had good luck in a similar rink before, with little post-editing, but this time I had more trouble.

I only have an HP PS945 digital, as I typically use film, so I was limited in that regard.

I tried shooting at 1/360 shutter, and 200 or 400 ISO and it came out nicely, but quite noisy.

What are the ideal settings for an amateur, presumably not-well lit hocky rink?

I can post my photos if need be.

[Encyclopedia Galactica]

If your photos are stopping the action and aren’t underexposed then your settings are probably fine. There are good noise reduction software packages out there. I use Noise Ninja with my (very noisy) Panasonic FZ30. I’m very happy with the results.

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