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I was raised in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. After high school, I left for Western Kentucky University where I obtained degrees in photojournalism and cultural anthropology. I am currently employed by CityBeat, an arts and entertainment weekly in Cincinnati. The work I am doing here is very rewarding and I suspect it will continue to be. I am available for freelance work in all areas of photography.
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for #6, panning does NOT make your image brighter. HDR is probably a better answer, but doesn’t work well with sports because of movement. Panning itself is a camera movement and doesn’t contribute to exposure.
for #9, why would I need to pre-focus for baseball? The players are essentially in one spot until the ball is hit. Most mid-to-high range dslrs lock on fast enough and accurately to not miss the shot.
Panning is used when there’s not enough light to freeze action. It doesn’t make your pictures brighter, but allows you to use slower shutter speeds which will allow you to make a proper exposure.
Pre-focusing is used in baseball because the action takes place in pre-determined areas. In football, soccer and the other sports, there’s is no way to pre-focus because the location of the action is unpredictable (at least in terms of focusing accurately).
Regarding prefocusing…. my thought was bob sledding….
Bob sledding would be confined to the track….I pretty much know where the sled will be every time.
A fast enough moving subject would benefit from prefocus…
I can see the upside of prefocusing baseball…. but would probably autofocus just in case something exciting happens in the field and I have to quickly change focus.
Just an opinion
The question doesn’t say anything about freezing motion, it simply mentions the brightness of the light. Panning is just a camera movement and cannot affect exposure without adjusting the shutter/aperture/iso first. If the question here phrased, “When the light is not bright enough to freeze action…” then the panning effect would be the best answer.
I retract my previous objection to #9. I just find baseball slow enough to not need to pre-focus. I chose bobsledding because of the high speeds and narrow opportunities. Pre-focusing in that sport is helpful because it gives the AF-servo a better and faster chance of locking-on and tracking.
I,ve got to agree with Daniel, panning ???? and bobsledding is more appropriate a sport for pre-focussing on a spot where you know the sled will be when you want to take the shot