Equipment and Settings Tips for MMA Photography

Equipment and Settings Tips for MMA Photography:

Question: So Chuck, what camera and lens did you use for these fights, and what were your camera settings?

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My camera is a Nikon d700 (I’m about to purchase a second d700). I use four lenses for this type of shoot:

• My cheap 28-70 2.8 Tameron
• My awesome 135 2.8 Ai-s Nikkor
• My awesome 50mm 1.8 Ai-s Nikkor
• And my awesome 24mm 2.8 Ai-s Nikkor

Camera settings:

• 3200 or 6400 ISO
• 1/250 or 1/500 shutter speed
• Wide open aperture

I shoot a gray-card to set my white balance later in Lightroom.
I shoot in RAW.