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Fast lenses for night action shots

Started Aug 31, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Re: Fast lenses for night action shots

Ringwraith69 wrote:

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...

What kind of shots do you take at concerts? Like portraits of single people, crowd shots, people moving...?

What works for you?

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