Ronnie, I have not looked at your video, and may never. I am still to upset that nikon does not have a counterpart to your Canon. If I did not have all my nikon glass I would almost switch to Canon. I might still buy the Canon 5dMKII to try with a 70-200 2.8 I do most of my work with a 70-200 and can sell both if I can not handle the Canon controls, and switching between nikon controls and back to Canon. If I look at your video I will end up buying the Canon, and it is not in my budget right now.

Ronnie, I wrote my first comment and it was not clear. When shooting Ice Hockey indoors I consider auto mode to be shutter priority. And as I want to keep ISO the same from shot to shot I let the aperture be set by the camera. In most arena’s local to me the lighting varies from side to side and end to end. If you are shooting in an NHL arena I know the lighting is great. The intensity makes it easy. And of course I do set up my own custom settings for color, WB, exposure, and half a dozen other things to get the pictures I take.

Sorry for not being clear on my post. Totally auto mode on my Nikon’s are “P” and I do not know why they even have the option. You can not use “P” mode for any pictures, especially sports, that’s why people pay for pictures.

What I meant to get across with my comment ” Landscape photography is a time to try strange things and see what you get”. When shooting Landscapes you have a little more time than when trying to capture a puck 12 inches in front of the goalie. Not that much more time, as sunset and sunrise, are the most colorful times and in minutes sometimes seconds the light can change. And when the light is gone, you missed the shot. But you do have a little more time than the puck in mid-air. I do not do landscape work very much, and I find that is my time to try strange and different things. I also take better pictures than I write.

On any shoot a Variable ND can do amazing things. I like to make people, cars, or any moving object disappear sometimes. Photography is fun for me, and it’s nice to get paid for it.

Next time you do hockey try ISO 2000 – 3200, 1/160 for young players, 1/250 non-professionals (Midget or Adult) or 1/320 for professionals. Try 1/80 panning with your subject. To get the flex of the stick try 1/160 of a second. Nothing like the flex blur with the puck blur just one foot in front of the stick.

Harry, don’t mean disrespect but I am a sports / action photographer for ice hockey and I use nothing but manual mode. The puck freezes at 500 speed. My Canon EF 200 1.8 needs to be at 1.8 to take light in, and iso will most likely be at 800. I use custom WB. That’s it. Can’t really afford for auto mode to fool my camera and screw up the setting. The message Matt was trying to get across was not about landscape photography, but about getting away from having to buy multiple ND filters by creating your own affordable variable ND filters to achieve the shot you are looking for. The other message he implies with his humor is do take the time to learn what ND filters and Polarizing filters are used for and how it relates to the whole balance. Just my humble opinion.

And goodness gracious, god… get a life!!

Thanks for the tip Matt