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11-05-10, 21:37
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I have not used any of those lenses but two thoughts occur to me 1) The canon 24-70 2.8 is much more expensive than the others. 2) on a crop camera the wide end is not very wide, about 38mm equivalent, so will that matter for your subject?
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11-05-10, 23:15
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no i think it should be ok as i am using the mid range on my 18-55 kit lens at the moment, its more about sigma or tamron equivalents in that range. Is there any chance i could get away without IS or VR?
anyone used a non VR/IS lens for sports?
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12-05-10, 07:41
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13-05-10, 16:43
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i understand the post #2 but anyone actually used non is for sports handheld shooting?
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13-05-10, 19:19
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the f1.8 50mm prime will do at iso400-800,some noise,but i would expect an improvement on iso1600,but as a starting point will be fine,and motion blur might add a certain feel to the shots ?
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13-05-10, 19:22
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Motion blur could indeed be used for effect.
It would be helpful if you had a sample shot of the environment you plan to be taking pictures in and posted the EXIF data (aperture, shutter speed, ISO). That way we could work out what sort max aperture you need.
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14-05-10, 10:50
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Motion blur can add to effect but you don't want it in every shot, you want it as a deliberate option. Secondly motion blur is best when used to depict action, it is an obvious mistake when the wrestlers are obviously pretty static but nothing is in sharp focus due to motion blur. Nothing beats as fast a lens as possible which in the case of a zoom means f2.8 and then add a high ISO speed with noise reduction software if necessary. As far as IS goes of course it is better to have everything else being equal but I would go for the fact that the Canon 24-70 maintains it's f2.8 all the way through the zoom range where as the other two don't which may well make the long end of their range useless for your specific needs. Only snag is the cost.
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14-05-10, 16:28
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Also, if you're close to the action, wouldn't it be best to use a flashgun?
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14-05-10, 17:46
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16-05-10, 20:17
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Why IS won't help (much)
The attached shot of my daughter's school rock band is with IS on - but I couldn't use flash and so with ISO 800 and f4 I was only getting a shutterspeed of a 1/10th. The IS has helped to give pretty reasonable sharpness on the drum kit and anything else that isn't moving but of course at a 10th there is motion blur on the band members. Hopefully you have a bit more light than this but f2.8 will be essential and as much ISO as you noise reduction skills can handle.
Incidentally the ageing rocker rear right is the English Master who played with Led Zepplin in his youth.
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