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Fast lenses for night action shots

Started Aug 31, 2021 | Discussions thread
Erik Baumgartner Senior Member • Posts: 6,893
Re: Fast lenses for night action shots
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sifro wrote:

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

Please post an example of "people dancing at local dancing events", that could mean a lot of different things.

This for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ounrVadrqDw

Very fast lenses typically come with a very shallow working depth of field which could certainly cause problems if your subject(s) are at close range and/or aren't always on the same plane. The larger the aperture/longer the focal length, the shallower the DOF, f/2.8 may indeed be the best aperture for the job and you will indeed need a very high ISO to maintain a shutter speed high enough to freeze the action.

So yes, indeed I didn't take into account that at large apertures, the DOF might be too shallow to get a couple with both members in focus in one photo.

What do you think?

Thank you for your reply!

Are you shooting stills or video?  If stills, an example with your 27 would be helpful (with the exif data) so we can know what the actual light levels are like. What SS/ISOs are you shooting at now? Looks like a potentially challenging proposition, a slow SS definitely isn’t going to cut it.

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