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Originally Posted by Anal Hobbit
No one shoots at f/5.6 at an indoor game.
Not if they have a professional press pass.
Maybe the kids in the 200 level with their home cameras, but not the pros on the floor.
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Unless you've been one of the guys on the floor, don't assume you know what they're doing. You obviously don't.
I spent ten years in the news business and have shot professional baseball, basketball, major college bowl games. I had video work on ABC and CNN.
The guy quoted is a full time freelancer who shoots assignments for SI, ESPN, the NBA, Upper Deck, and a whole bunch of magazines that you and I have never heard of. He is considered an expert on the subject of arena strobes. Go look at PMRPhoto dot com.
Granted, that was written before the super high-ISO cameras that are available now. But the point of using strobes is to get more light than ambient and incredibly fast exposures (the flash duration, not the shutter speed) in order to freeze the action.
A very recent thread on arena strobes:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/message...html?tid=31453