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Jtorrespr1

Jtorrespr1

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I have a canon 3ti with a 18-200mm lens I use in shooting my kids in plays and indoor events. My problem is that there are another 50-60 parents with cameras taking pictures and all their flashes, makes my pictures washed out etc.

Can i combat this with a type of filter? I know i can use software to clean it up but I feel my time would be better spent shooting with my camera not in front of a computer cleaning up photos.

Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you
 
Yeah, pretty much nothing you can do. Funny thing is, all those flashes firing don't do anything for probably 99% of the cameras there. lol. You might get better results with a faster lens and no flash?
 
speedy2 said:
Yeah, pretty much nothing you can do. Funny thing is, all those flashes firing don't do anything for probably 99% of the cameras there. lol. You might get better results with a faster lens and no flash?
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Yep.

An f/2.8 lens should be able to freeze action in a gym with no flash, assuming ISO1600 or 3200.

Also, shoot in manual mode.
 
Jtorrespr1 said:
I have a canon 3ti with a 18-200mm lens I use in shooting my kids in plays and indoor events.

Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you
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Flash should be banned for plays (either school or community). Have the administator ban flash photography -- it shouldn't be too hard.

JR
 
JohnnyRebel said:
Flash should be banned for plays (either school or community). Have the administator ban flash photography -- it shouldn't be too hard.
JR
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This! I routinely shoot such activities, as well as events in church. Flash is verboten! I always LOL when I see TV shots in a stadium where flashes are popping all over the place. They serve no purpose. Most pocket camera flashes are only effective within about 12 to 15 feet. Even a big flash is limited to about 50 feet.
 
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corkyg said:
I always LOL when I see TV shots in a stadium where flashes are popping all over the place. They serve no purpose. Most pocket camera flashes are only effective within about 12 to 15 feet.
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Yeah I get a big kick out of this as well. They even import the flashes into video games.
 
Its unlikely you are shooting at the same time as (many)other peoples flashes, that would be quite a coincidence.

post some example shots.
 
Jtorrespr1 said:
I have a canon 3ti with a 18-200mm lens I use in shooting my kids in plays and indoor events. My problem is that there are another 50-60 parents with cameras taking pictures and all their flashes, makes my pictures washed out etc.

Can i combat this with a type of filter? I know i can use software to clean it up but I feel my time would be better spent shooting with my camera not in front of a computer cleaning up photos.

Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you
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Play with EV(+/-) settings, or use Star Filter - it might make photos look better:

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Considering how short the duration is of a flash, how can other peoples' flashes be washing out your pics? How long are your exposures?
 
corkyg said:
This! I routinely shoot such activities, as well as events in church. Flash is verboten! I always LOL when I see TV shots in a stadium where flashes are popping all over the place. They serve no purpose. Most pocket camera flashes are only effective within about 12 to 15 feet. Even a big flash is limited to about 50 feet.
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Too bad flashes are enabled by default. I bet most people don't even know how to turn them off.
 
I've had several shots at highschool football games where someone's flash effected my image. Usually shooting at 1/640-1/1000. You wouldn't think so, but it happens.
 
yep but it should be a really rare occurrence, and you likely were not using flash yourself at those speeds so not metering for anything else.
 
I have shot many events with gangs of other photographers and it is very, very rare to get flash from another camera in your shot. So rare it's not even worth worrying about.

Maybe if you are shooting available light and slow shutter speeds you might pick up flashes going off from other cameras more often, but there is nothing you can do about it short of convincing them to stop using their flashes.

I'd have to see the photos in question, but I bet something else is causing the washed out results.
 
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There are multitude of problems in this scenario.

1. Shooting at wide open aperture.
2. Crazy zoom factor (11X, hard to manufacture lens barrel with low light refraction).
3. Shooting in difficult lighting (light sources can be in front of the lens creating flares/wash out).

Best bet is to get a good telephoto lens and lens hood. Or, use a lens hood on your zoom lens to cut down flare (the deeper the lens hood the better, however you may get vignetting at the wide end).

Good luck.
 
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