Basketball Photos

[GvilleRick]

I decided to take my a7RV out to see how it would work for shooting a basketball game and see how it compares to my Pentax K1. I took along my Sony 200-600mm lens which was really too long so I only took a few shots with it. I also took a Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 and my Pentax D FA* 70-200 with a Monster adapter to connect it to the a7RV. While the adapter works and allows autofocus but I found it a bit slower and the viewfinder blacked out as I took photos and it did not work well with burst shooting. I will be returning it and have ordered the new Sony 70-200mm GM lens. I should have it in time to shoot a boys' basketball game next week. I was pleased with the shots I was able to get with the Sigma 24-70. It worked great and the crop mode helped. I love having 26mp in crop mode (my Pentax was 15mp in crop mode) and used crop mode a good bit to have smaller files to work with since I am posting these online. I set the C1 button to toggle between FF and Crop mode and it worked great. Anyway, here are a few images. I look forward to playing with all of features available.

 

[iamdlewis]

I like these but the middle shot has me confused as I don't know what is going on with the girl on the left, is she seeking a high-five? And the girl on the right is she sliding over to give her the high-five?

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

These came up well. ️

 

[GvilleRick]

I received a Sony 70-200mm OSS II lens on Monday and took it with me last night to shoot a boys' basketball game. Much more responsive and versatile. I also wanted to see how the jpg photos would look rather than processing the RAW images.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 4000

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 4000

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 4000

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 133.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 3200

 

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I received a Sony 70-200mm OSS II lens on Monday and took it with me last night to shoot a boys' basketball game. Much more responsive and versatile. I also wanted to see how the jpg photos would look rather than processing the RAW images.

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Congratulations on getting the 70-200mm OSS II, Rick.
Loving the colours.