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Best Lens for Sports Photography

Started 4 months ago | Questions thread
casey1823
casey1823 Senior Member • Posts: 1,858
Re: Best Lens for Sports Photography

Nice shots Bill, agree with just about everything you wrote.

I shoot all types of HS sports, inside you need at least 2.8 to be able to freeze the action at a reasonable ISO. I use the same thought process, I like to shoot at 1,000 sec but my minimum is normally not lower than 800. Anything less can lower the hit rate.

I will say using the EL Shutter at 30 fps will help gets few more keepers.

If I was just starting, I might use a 50F2 to get a better feel for the sport. The wider lens helps you see more action and get more keepers. I'd take my 90F2 over the zoom, even if the zoom is more covenant. For me, with primes I tend to focus more on getting shots instead of zoning inand out.

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