How do you get action shots without blur.what settings on the camera are needed, lens?

okay depends on how good your camera is, if you can ajust the shutter speed , that helps, the longer the shutter is open the greater the blur. some cameras have programable modes, so a sports setting for them is recommended for this. tripod can help to reduce camera shake over distance, and panning with the action , can help with experience, but can also increase the blur if you pan too fast or against the direction of movement.


a fast shutter speed if you have an old fully manual camera will help

Put you camera on a fast shutter speed for sports shots Id go 500/1 or above and use a fast film speed iso 800 or higher. Good luck.

Another important thing to remember is the focal length of the lens - generally speaking, to avoid blur, your exposure time should not be less than the focal length.

For example, if you're using a 200 mm lens, your exposures should be at least 1/250 of a second. Of course if you have a tripod or a monopod, you can slow it down a little, but some things (like a fast-moving hand) may still be blurred.

1.use a fast shutter speed which just depends on what your taking a picture of. usually 1/125 or higher.

2.use a tripod so you don't get motion from yourself holding the camera, even if you think your steady sometimes your not.

3.use a faster speed film 400 or 800 is a faster film with little or no grain. but you can go faster they make up to 3200 asa if you don't mind the grain.

4.if you can afford it get a fast lens without a sliding f-stop.

let me try to explain- first, meaning a lens that has a set lowest f-stop like f2.0 not one that float like f2.8-f5.6.(you will see this on the box when you go to buy it)

why do you want this? because this means that if your shooting it will not float between f2.8 and f5.6. with one of those lenses your lowest f-stop depends on the amount of light, film speed, etc that your using. with a set f-stop as your lowest f-stop you will always have f2.0 available if thats your lowest on your lens. which can save your but sometimes when your shooting real low light situations like bands. trust me.

second, when i say fast lens this is what i mean. whatever focal length of lens your buying be it a 200mm or 28-105mm they all have a lowest and highest f-stop. your looking for one that has the lowest number available. a set lens without a zoom usually always has a set f-stop and doesn't slide like i mentioned above. ex: 200mm f2.8 is a normal thing. but they might offer it in a 200mm f1.8 also. the second being the faster lens. (remember the smaller the f-stop number the larger the hole to let light in. thats why we call it faster.) this feature on lenses makes them more expensive and most typical camera stores don't carry alot of them in stock. do some research online before you walk into a store and know whats available. just know you can order them.

5. if its a real low light situation you can stop action with a flash also. depending on your camera and flash depends on the max shutter speed your flash will sync at.


hope this helps if i've totally confused you don't hesitate to ask more to clear it up.

use the fastest shutter speed that you can use under the light conditions and follow the action, snap, you stopped it, but everything else will have a blurr.