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Fast lenses for night action shots

Started Aug 31, 2021 | Discussions thread
Ringwraith69
Ringwraith69 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,407
Re: Fast lenses for night action shots
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Somehow, many of the replies in this thread surprise me. I get that faster lenses, up to f1.1, will let you use faster shutter speeds and/or lower ISO. But we are talking about people dancing, moving around all the time as a subject. I shoot a lot of concerts in low light and even an f2.8 lens will get me into trouble with DOF. Going faster will make getting enough of the subject in focus even more challenging.  I honestly don't think that extremely fast lenses used wide open are the way to go for this particular subject...

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