Just got the new D3S, and used it for a test run today. AWESOME!! The camera has literally blown my mind, and I don't mean that lightly. I shot at ISO 800 for most of the morning due to cloudy conditions with fast moving action and f/8 aperture. The shots are about as noisy as ISO 250 on my D300. I kept firing sequences at 9 frames per second to make sure I got the perfect moment of the athlete's motions, and continuous auto-focus worked flawlessly. It never failed to yield perfectly sharp images, even at f/2.8! Also shot some video, with manual focus, and am very impressed by the results! Sick, sick, sick camera for action photography! Look for video to be added on APB in coming posts.
One thing that I learned today, but already knew and for some reason did not do? Bring a flash everywhere. You will probably use it. I thought that it would interfere too much with the athletes if I used a flash, but it's actually not a big deal. Especially when shooting midday. My friend
Daniel Milchev brought his along and was capturing some incredible images. Flash will give you the edge!
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