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Moixa

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How do you shoot people on the street

Mar 24, 2008

How do you guys shoot people on the street and what equipments do you use? (lens? FF/crop? IS/VR/monopod? shoot&run/ask4posing?)
Do you have any interesting encounter to share?

I use 85/1.8 on a Canon 1.6x crop, usually I just do shoot&run, but 85mm doesn't allow me to do it so stealthily so I am recently thinking of getting a 70-200 for this purpose.
There are 5 lenses that I can see will do the job
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 USM L
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 USM L IS
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 USM L IS
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 USM L
Sigma AF 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO HSM DG
which one do you recommend?

Currently I have my eyes on the Canon F2.8 non-IS, it has respectable resolution and a shallower DOF than the F4

Tell me what you think and how do you shoot.
Feel free to share your opinion.
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How do you shoot people on the street	Moixa	Mar 24, 2008
Just like this	MICHAEL_61	Mar 24, 2008
First ask the cops :-) (n/t)	rndman	Mar 24, 2008
357 magnum gets em everytime nt	mike bustad	Mar 25, 2008
No 357 - AK-47!	M_Edge	Mar 26, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	penghai	Mar 24, 2008
Second the 200 2.8 L	ace63105	Mar 25, 2008
Field of view not focal lenght	LPG	Mar 27, 2008
Being pedantic is not the same as being right	Steve Balcombe	Mar 29, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	Travelling_Victor	Mar 28, 2008
Would you mind sharing some pics?	Moixa	Mar 28, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	slarti bartfast	Mar 24, 2008
With the ultra wide 10-22	Peter Kwok	Mar 24, 2008
Re: With the ultra wide 10-22 - and some other options	jpr2	Mar 24, 2008
Re: With the ultra wide 10-22 - and some other options	Moixa	Mar 25, 2008
Re: most certainly	jpr2	Mar 25, 2008
how about 70-200/2.8?	Moixa	Mar 25, 2008
Re: how about 70-200/2.8?	jpr2	Mar 25, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	healer	Mar 24, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	Moixa	Mar 25, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	PG	Apr 1, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	masak	Mar 24, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	Moixa	Mar 25, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	masak	Mar 25, 2008
i get some of best work on a 17-40 (or equivalent...18-55)	antidote	Mar 24, 2008
Re: i get some of best work on a 17-40 (or equivalent...18-55)	Moixa	Mar 25, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	masak	Mar 24, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	90c4	Mar 24, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	johnnyi	Mar 25, 2008
these are quite effective	Vibrio	Mar 24, 2008
Re: these are quite effective	splargaards	Mar 24, 2008
Re: these are quite effective	Vibrio	Mar 24, 2008
the answer was already	xtoph	Mar 24, 2008
Re: "shooting people on a street" certainly has much broader meaning...	jpr2	Mar 24, 2008
the post you're replying to	xtoph	Mar 24, 2008
Re: the post you're replying to	jpr2	Mar 24, 2008
i was indeed	xtoph	Mar 25, 2008
Re: it looks like you're bent heels over head to keep it very narrow...	jpr2	Mar 25, 2008
i have bent over backwards	xtoph	Mar 25, 2008
shorter focal lengths	firedog	Mar 25, 2008
I agree	Moixa	Mar 26, 2008
Re: I agree	slarti bartfast	Mar 26, 2008
Re: exactly?	jpr2	Mar 25, 2008
Re: exactly?	tom sugnet	Mar 25, 2008
Re: too long, and too short - what a mess	jpr2	Mar 25, 2008
but in that post	xtoph	Mar 25, 2008
I don't know what to say..	Moixa	Mar 26, 2008
well, i appreciate your trying	xtoph	Mar 26, 2008
Re: well, i appreciate your trying	slarti bartfast	Mar 26, 2008
Thanks for your comment	Moixa	Mar 27, 2008
Re: Thanks for your comment	slarti bartfast	Mar 27, 2008
Re: on the other side of the spectrum...	jpr2	Mar 28, 2008
Re: the answer was already	Vibrio	Mar 24, 2008
ah, no	xtoph	Mar 25, 2008
Re: ah, no	Vibrio	Mar 25, 2008
bad or good	xtoph	Mar 25, 2008
I enjoy both styles	gulati	Mar 25, 2008
thanks, and another example	xtoph	Mar 25, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	c.hammett	Mar 24, 2008
i looked at your	xtoph	Mar 24, 2008
Thanks!	Moixa	Mar 25, 2008
regarding stealth	xtoph	Mar 25, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street- Not in the UK	Drew Conway	Mar 24, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street- Not in the UK	skylife	Mar 24, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	Timmy P	Mar 25, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	TomasJacko	Mar 25, 2008
remain unobtrusive	david kohn	Mar 25, 2008
70-200 too big, go for 200mm prime or 135l n/t	60mm	Mar 25, 2008
I will seriously consider the 135/2	Moixa	Mar 26, 2008
Also the 70-30mm DO if you dont do low light n/t	60mm	Mar 26, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	Drew Conway	Mar 25, 2008
and he creates lousy photos	xtoph	Mar 25, 2008
Re: xtoph	jpr2	Mar 26, 2008
not sure	xtoph	Mar 26, 2008
Re: this explains it then	jpr2	Mar 27, 2008
time	xtoph	Mar 27, 2008
Re: why it is so very hard to get this across?	jpr2	Mar 28, 2008
what are you trying to get across	xtoph	Mar 28, 2008
re: can birds change their "facial" expressions?	jpr2	Mar 29, 2008
there's no escaping our public faces	gulati	Mar 30, 2008
Re: there's no escaping our public faces	jpr2	Mar 30, 2008
Re: there's no escaping our public faces	gulati	Mar 30, 2008
Re: were all three aware of you?	jpr2	Mar 30, 2008
Re: were all three aware of you?	Abana	Mar 31, 2008
do you pay it extra?	xtoph	Apr 1, 2008
Re: and the name is...	jpr2	Apr 1, 2008
Re: perhaps yes, perhaps... not	jpr2	Apr 1, 2008
Re: perhaps yes, perhaps... not	Abana	Apr 2, 2008
Re: I agree	jpr2	Apr 3, 2008
Re: there's no escaping our public faces	Steve Balcombe	Apr 2, 2008
re: how to reconciliate?	jpr2	Apr 2, 2008
Re: there's no escaping our public faces	Abana	Apr 2, 2008
okay, i will	xtoph	Apr 1, 2008
Re: in your pro capacity then...	jpr2	Apr 1, 2008
on the other hand	gulati	Apr 2, 2008
Re: how did you do it?	jpr2	Apr 2, 2008
gradations of overt	gulati	Apr 2, 2008
Re: gradations of overt - a shutter noise	jpr2	Apr 4, 2008
5d and 50 1.4 or 17-40	Hitokirim1	Mar 25, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	munro harrap	Mar 25, 2008
fully agree, see next post (nt)	aldoc	Mar 25, 2008
ditto	Moixa	Mar 26, 2008
Re: How very, very right you are!	jpr2	Mar 28, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	aldoc	Mar 25, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street - which P&S	oba1	Mar 27, 2008
Re - which P&S	aldoc	Mar 27, 2008
Re: Re - which P&S	oba1	Mar 27, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	EE_Alex	Mar 25, 2008
Re: gettin a L?	jpr2	Mar 27, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	eelnoraa	Mar 26, 2008
what's missing from most tele candids are...	gulati	Mar 26, 2008
Re: what's missing from most tele candids are...	Bohdan	Apr 1, 2008
Shooting on the streets of Melbourne	andrewbdub	Mar 26, 2008
Re: Shooting on the streets of Melbourne	Moixa	Mar 26, 2008
Re: Shooting on the streets of Melbourne	gulati	Mar 26, 2008
Re: Shooting on the streets of Melbourne	andrewbdub	Mar 26, 2008
I prefer 50-150 over 70-200	Antonio_2	Mar 26, 2008
To xtoph	Portola	Mar 27, 2008
thank you	xtoph	Mar 27, 2008
In praise of normal lenses	Portola	Mar 27, 2008
Re: not necessarily a retrofocus one	jpr2	Mar 31, 2008
i assume you mean	xtoph	Mar 31, 2008
Re: i assume you mean	jpr2	Mar 31, 2008
sounds like a great lens	xtoph	Apr 1, 2008
Re: sounds like a great lens	jpr2	Apr 1, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	Belasco	Mar 27, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	dopravopat	Mar 28, 2008
Re: How do you shoot people on the street	RVNomad	Mar 28, 2008
I like it!	Moixa	Mar 31, 2008
17-40 plus 70-300 IS	William Prip	Mar 30, 2008
Re: 17-40 plus 70-300 IS	Abana	Mar 31, 2008
Re: 17-40 plus 70-300 IS	William Prip	Apr 2, 2008
Re: 17-40 plus 70-300 IS	Abana	Apr 3, 2008
Canon 70~300DO	rwbaron	Apr 2, 2008
A no no in France?	Dr. Leonard	Apr 2, 2008
Re: differences are much, much smaller	jpr2	Apr 2, 2008
Re: differences are much, much smaller	Dr. Leonard	Apr 3, 2008
Re: if you'd like to pursue it further...	jpr2	Apr 3, 2008
Re: splendid example of a perfect subject's isolation...	jpr2	Apr 15, 2008

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