Hockey Picture

[marutter]

Recently purchased a FZ15 from B&H and I am very happy with it. When I looked at FZ20 at a local Circuit City, I was told it did a bad job with action shots, as do all digital non-SLR cameras. Not the best sales pitch but here is some proof under the right conditions, you can get a decent picture.

Location: Warm-ups of the Mercyhurst College - UConn Atlantic Hockey Playoff game in Erie, PA. Saturday, March 12th.

Photo Information. Shot in "A" mode set a f2.8. Set at IS0 200 with white balance set by using the "White Set" option aiming at the ice. Exposure was 1/100. Manual focus with burst shooting. Post-processing was done using GIMP. All I did was use the use "auto" function in the Levels dialog box, then cropped and resized.

One pad is a little blurred (those goalies are fast), but the uniform and mask look sharp. Color looks good, too. Comments?

[genece]

Very nice indeed

[Curious George]

This was one I took last weekend.
Local guy doin about 120-150kph (that's 75-95mph in old money).
iso = 80
exposure = 1/200
f stop = 2.8
focal length 41mm
Admitidly, I took about 300 shots, and about two dozen are keepers, but I'm still learning... :p
I guess I would have to agree overall though, not as good as a slr, but a lot less hassle, and half the price and weight.
I'm still happy with my FZ20!

[jcon]

Love your racing picture! Well done!

[24Peter]

Awesome George! Really nice shot. :)