How to set your camera up for Sports Photography - Canon 1Dx set up for sport

How to set your camera up for Sports Photography - Canon 1Dx set up for sport
Hi guys. In this video I run through how to set your camera up for Sports Photography and the camera settings I use for Sports Photography on my Canon 1Dx. We all use various different settings and methods, so it would be great to hear how you guys set up too, for ISO, Shutter speed, White Balance, Colours, Aperture, Focussing and Exposure.
As usual, leave any questions or comments below and I will reply as soon as I can.

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[carltonmyrie]

I saw someone mention setting another button with different exposure settings for when you're at a ground that has sun and shadow and this has shown me what I needed to do to set that up. Very useful, thank you Mark!

[GuestSpeaker]

I'm still fairly new to my 1DX Mark ii, purchased October of 2019. One thing that stood out to me from your video, I use auto ISO as well quite a bit, and have taken advantage of Min/Max ISO settings to help limit the cameras choices to still give me some control. But you used the "Set" button with the front dial to quickly change exposure compensation, that was cool. I am now setup that way, thanks!!!

[jamespierce]

Mark your set up to register quick settings for AF-ON button is a great idea! I never knew I could do that! Great way to have an option to switch very fast without having to change manually!

[asharnold]

Hi Mark Hope your well fella? Awesome video and really helpful, I've started taking pics of my son's football team so all your help is greatly appreciated.

[munkley]

Good info. I've been shooting sport for a few years now but still learnt some new things.

[StephenDavisMonsignor]

Thank you for the clarifications from yesterday’s video... and appreciate the walk-through on your settings! Love the AF for panning shot usage!

[Doeis]

Hi Mark 👋🏻 lately I’ve been watching all ur videos and that’s all great.. 👍🏻👏🏻 thank you for sharing ur experiences 🙏🏻

I got a question for you.. I’ve got a nice offering to buy this 1DX in a very good condition which the shutter count is less than 1000 😝

Did you think is still worthy at this day ? im planning to shoot mostly sports..

Thank you for ur advice 🙏🏻
Keep it up make a great videos 💪🏻👏🏻

[harrycook]

Just Got myself a 1DX MK1, very very good helpful lesson Mark, i will certainly set my camera up as this tuition, will keep an eye out on you video info on you tube, may find something for my 5D MK111.

[williammcgillivray]

Great video always interesting to hear how many photographers have different settings for sport, I use back focusing button did take a bit getting used to it, never used Auto iso maybe will give it a try

[limabk]

Thanks for sharing these, Mark. Most interesting takeaway for me was your use of cloud AWB as a default setting. Another useful ‘reminder’ (to me anyway) was auto ISO. Looking forward to catching more videos.

[moeran]

More great information. It's easy to forget that the IDX has so many ways to configure the buttons to suit.

[dh]

Another brilliant and educational video Mark!
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[robinglover]

Mark, keep the info coming 👍. Its great to find a channel and photographer that goes through the set ups and examples like you do. What are your thoughts on mirror less cameras.

[steadycamman]

Thanks for the video Mark, invaluable information as always👍Pete.

[stewartjackaviationvideos]

Hi Mark great video as usual, can I ask what Case setting you use within the camera and when in that particular setting when you push the RATE button what do you adjust your settings too thanks Stew.

[siulungso]

How to set up the Canon 1DX to look good at weddings and shoot portraits in color?

[geo]

I just picked up a used 1DX with low shutter count on it. My question is regarding how high ISO would you push this camera to if needed. I shoot high school sports for a media news group and when I am behind a football (American) endzone, there isn't any light so I struggle with trying to keep the shutter speed up high enough without getting too much shadowing. I my 5D M3 I have went up to 10, 000/12, 280 ISO without it looking to bad. I would also need faster shutter speeds indoors when shooting a volleyball big hitter, such a dynamic explosion with some of the top level hitters. Thank you for your help.

[Cirdon]

I’ve shot quite a bit of baseball, and found back-button autofocus to be an amazing tool for that. In baseball, if you know the game, you can generally make an educated guess as to exactly where the most interesting play will be. If there are runners on first and second and a right-handed batter, I can be almost certain that a fly-out to left field will result in a runner sliding into third base, so I use back-button to pre-focus on third base and then don’t need to worry about the shutter button messing up my focus during the chaos of the play.

It definitely took me a while to get used to, though

[jeffyoud]

Hi Mark, I do quite a bit of night football photography was wondering what setting do you use for your photos and would you show them as well thanks Jeff

[ChadwellHeathSpartansFC]

Hi Mark, been trying out some of your settings, but I remember in one of your videos you were talking about the AF Case 2 setting and how you set up your Tracking sensitivity, Accel./decel. tracking and AF pt auto switching, but I can't remember which video it was on. Can you point me in the right direction please?