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Action shots - Faster lens options (EF preferred) and camera software settings

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xtam667 Regular Member • Posts: 307
Re: Action shots - Faster lens options (EF preferred) and camera software settings

Consider the good old EF 85mm f1.8 USM. It has very fast AF and nice image quality. I have no personal experience but the EF 100mm f2 USM should be very similar.

Another exceedingly fast focusing lens is the EF 70-300 f4.5-5.6 DO IS USM.  In this respect it is on par with the expensive white telephoto lenses. It is well built, and very compact for such a zoom. However, it is a bit soft towards the long end and the diffractive optics has its quirks.  I liked it a lot for action photography when size and weight mattered.

Both are reasonably priced on the used market.

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