i went to take a few sports pictures to test out the new camera and see if it was a marked improvement from the old camera. two of my chief complaints with the canon 10D is that its autofocus, though a HUGE improvement from the D60, was still a little sluggish and the camera itself still bursted a little slow for some heavy action volleyball.

one of the challenges i’ve had shooting sports photography is timing and taking pictures in low light at high ISO. usually the images look grainy and hardly usable. i must say that though i didn’t spend a lot of time taking pictures last night, i’m quite impressed with the 20D’s high ISO in low light abilities, especially when shot in jpg.

it seems everyone is jumping onto the raw bandwagon, but i just don’t want to exert that kind of effort into processing a photo. it’s just too much work for me and i’m lazy. =P