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Fast lenses for night action shots

Started Aug 31, 2021 | Discussions thread
catastrophe Regular Member • Posts: 166
Re: Fast lenses for night action shots

I think that you need a zoom or you will need a collection of primes which is not super practical. For events people use FF 24-70 & 70-200 Zooms or aps-c equivelents. Looking at your samples you may be able to use just a 24-70 FF equivelent. Borrow a 16-80 zoom and see how that works. For dance you need a high shutter speed, DOF and light. If you are at f2.8, high ISO and a low SS you need a better sensor or more light or both. I believe that good AF is important. I would not like to manually focus on fast moving danse with low DOF.

Canon 6D Tamron 70-200 F4 ISO 6400 1/400s

This was my first and only session danse. The 6D is not a good option for danse. An APS-C 23mm or 33mm would have produced something entirely different. In a small room a 24-70 could have been a better option. A wide angle lens is not that good for portraits, it can work for an image of an entire room but perhaps not for one or to people

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