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Fast lenses for night action shots

Started Aug 31, 2021 | Discussions thread
KariP
KariP Veteran Member • Posts: 6,458
Re: Fast lenses for night action shots - quite dark!

Iso 12 000 and f 2,8 - the place is rather dark.

With f 1,4  you could use ISO 3000 ...  and DOF will be very very  shallow .

Perhaps you could use a flash ?  A problematic situation and a f1,2  lens will make it really problematic - just one persons face can be in focus and the rest will be out of focus ...

More light or really high ISO ...  a slightly slower speed might work in some images - buying a new lens is difficult - i think you could /should test some "fast" lens before buying expensive gear like 56f1,2

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Kari
I started SLR film photography in 1968. Now two systems: Fujifilm X-H1 + X-E3 and Canon FF gear 5dMkIV + R6

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