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

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nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,073
Re: Action shots - Faster lens options (EF preferred) and camera software settings
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EscVelocity wrote:

Thanks for the thoughts! The EF 85mm f1.8 USM was recommended by someone else, and at the price I can get it for used from Japan (cheap shipping from there to here in Taiwan) it is my leading candidate, though it is expensive enough still that I'm going to think on it a bit. I do wonder if I should be worried about the lack of IS at 85mm (something discussed in a few reviews I've seen), but it's my leader.

Searching for EF 100mm f2 USM on BH and Amazon US, IU only found an f2.8 with IS labelled as a Macro lens at a much higher price. However on Amazon Japan I did find the EF 100mm f2 USM. It runs negligibly more expensive, but the reviews of the 85mm seem stronger on the whole.

The 100mm f/2.0 is optically a slighter better lens than the 85mm f/1.8.  However, 85mm was a more popular focal length than 100mm.  You are seeing more positive reviews of the 85mm because there are just far more owners of the 85mm

I don't know anything about diffractive optics, but the price difference between new and used on the EF 70-300 f4.5-5.6 DO IS USM is blowing my mind. It lists at well over US$1,000 but is available used and described as "Very Good" in both the US and Japan for around US$275, and if I'm willing to take a risk on a "Good" description I can get that thing for US$217 from Japan. This is really tempting, but I'm having a hard time understanding how something at f4.5 would be fast, though.

I would highly recommend that you NOT purchase the 70-300mm DO.  Of all of Canon's 70-300mm lenses, it has the worst image quality of the bunch.  While it collapses down smaller than the other 70-300mm lenses, it is heavier than all of them except the 70-300mm "L".  If your 55-250mm lens listed in your original post is the "STM" version, that is already a much better lens than the 70-300mm DO in all regards.  If you don't have the "STM" version of the 55-250mm, get it.

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