Shooting low ISO action shots

If I set a digital camera to 50 or 100 ISO, the shutter speed to like 1/1000 of a second and the apertures to like 2.8 or even 4 could I take a photo of someone moving fast on a surfboard without the surfer or wave being blurry and being nice and sharp?

Maybe. It depends on how fast images are moving in the frame.

I routinely shoot sports at 1/1000, like football or basketball. Baseball, though, will result in a smeared ball at that speed.

So if there's a modicum of panning with the action, your subject will be sharp for sure. With a pretty wide angle lens at surfer speeds, you should be okay as far as a tack background.

At an airshow recently I used a remote camera, on a tabletop tripod, underneath a ribbon pickup (where an aerobatic airplane flys by and picks up a ribbon between two poles). With a closing speed of about 110 mph, the aircraft was not quite tack sharp at 1/2000 with a 14mm.

All the best, James

Assuming of course all objects are in focus. Duh. I was refering specifically to motion smear.

All the best, James

i think that with realey wide wa lenses of fisheeyes you can use a 2,8 and ttill high speed and you have a good focus on them...

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