What setting is good for sports pictures?

Large aperture, fast shutter speed, medium ISO [400-800], and that's with an SLR with a fast telezoom. You could select your camera's "sports" mode, that might help [but it probably won't], increasing your shutter speed when you don't have a large aperture to support it won't do much to help you if you can't get at least 1/250. Being indoors doesn't help eitther. You don't really have the right type of camera to take super sharp, super close sports shots so you'll have to try and make what you've got work. Get courtside, put your camera in sports mode, or shutter priority and try it out with the highest ISO you've got. You'll get noise, but that's the price for speed.

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I'm sorry to say but you do not have a camera capable of taking the type of shots you want to take.

Lets see. a million) physical activities photographers shoot one shot at a time, making a choice on the height of movement to guarantee that there's little blur from digicam motion. two) while taking pictures movement photographs like motocross, they pan with the movement and once more, shoot on the top of movement. three) physical activities photographers shoot at shutter speeds of a million/250th moment or quicker to avoid blur. (you may also must broaden the ISO atmosphere at the digicam and manage the further noise later) four) physical activities photographers recognize plenty approximately the physical activities they shoot, so they may be able to assume the factor in which they will take their shot five) physical activities photographers normally use their cameras within the handbook settings mode so they may be able to manipulate the shot situated upon the maximum shutter velocity viable or utilising the aperture precedence mode with the lens vast open I am amazed that a DSLR, a entirely adjustable digicam has a "physical activities" atmosphere, some thing extra related to P&S cameras in which the consumer isn't required to have a clue easy methods to divulge their pix.

I'm assuming these games are indoors. If so, then this is a challenge. Your camera's lens does not have very good light-gathering capability for indoor lighting, especially when zooming. And the flash is so small, it can't possibly light up the whole gym.

If your camera has a manual ISO setting, try setting it to the highest value (1600?), and see if your photos improve. Good luck.