Canon Lens Question???

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I am seriously considering the imminent purchase of the Canon L series Lens and would like some feedback from you fine folk before I take the plunge and buy.

I am getting quite into Sports Photography and currently use a Sigma 170mm - 500MM lens f1.5 - 6.3 as well as a Tamron 28mm - 300mm f1.3 - 5.6 which I use with a Canon EOS 1d Mk11n, I am pleased enough with the results but feel that I would get sharper images with the Image Stabilised Canon.

Question is, would I be gaining quality at the loss of distance??

Your thoughts please....
 
Richard1234 said:
I am seriously considering the imminent purchase of the Canon L series Lens and would like some feedback from you fine folk before I take the plunge and buy.

I am getting quite into Sports Photography and currently use a Sigma 170mm - 500MM lens f1.5 - 6.3 as well as a Tamron 28mm - 300mm f1.3 - 5.6 which I use with a Canon EOS 1d Mk11n, I am pleased enough with the results but feel that I would get sharper images with the Image Stabilised Canon.

Question is, would I be gaining quality at the loss of distance??

Your thoughts please....
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Canon L is good via the range. However, if you are shooting sport, your best bet would be to switch the IS off, so to speed up your shutter. IS causes a slight delay. If you are shooting long on a monopod anyway, that should negate the need for IS as you simply calculate the shutter speed over length.

What I would suggest is fixed ap, 2.8 from 300mm up....:thumbs:

HTH.

Pete :thumbs:
 
Thanks Pete, the fixed 2.8 at 300mm was my next consideration, quite expensive for a pure amateur though.

I am not sure how to add images to my messages but I wouldn't mind emailing a couple of recent images across for your comments and review, I would value your opinion.

Richard
 
What sports are you doing?

I'd go for the 70-200 f2.8 IS L Lens and the 300 f2.8 or if budget is ok, the 400 f2.8

That's presuming Motorsport/Footy/Rugby.

Carl.
 
Just my luck Carl, took a few days away come back and see that you have sold what I am looking to buy - hey ho...

I am concentrating on football & rugby - just mastering the camera at present lots of conflicting advice around on whether to shoot in TV or AV, what shutter speeds to go for and what ISO?

Any advice frm you seasoned pros very welcome, I know that Pete shoots on manual, not quite there yet for me.

Unlike Pete I have no desire to make this my occupation but none the less I want to improve my photography and produce the best results I can.

I provide the images to my local "non league" football club for their matchday programme, this has proved very succesful and they of course are pleased with the results.

As I said, any advice grateful....
 
Richard1234 said:
Just my luck Carl, took a few days away come back and see that you have sold what I am looking to buy - hey ho...

I am concentrating on football & rugby - just mastering the camera at present lots of conflicting advice around on whether to shoot in TV or AV, what shutter speeds to go for and what ISO?

Any advice frm you seasoned pros very welcome, I know that Pete shoots on manual, not quite there yet for me.

Unlike Pete I have no desire to make this my occupation but none the less I want to improve my photography and produce the best results I can.

I provide the images to my local "non league" football club for their matchday programme, this has proved very succesful and they of course are pleased with the results.

As I said, any advice grateful....
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The best advice I can give you is to go manual when you can. This gives you so much more control over exposure, if even simply looking at your levels shot to shot. However, manual mode is not the holy grail it just helps you understand the camera better. I still shoot in ap when required. If you get an exif reader and look at images on getty etc you can learn a lot about how other people have shot.

Pete:thumbs:
 
Pete - any suggestions on best shutter speed, aperture and ISO? to use for football/rugby in daylight (albeit a bit dark this time of year).
 
Richard1234 said:
Pete - any suggestions on best shutter speed, aperture and ISO? to use for football/rugby in daylight (albeit a bit dark this time of year).
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Well, if you choose A mode then your shutter will look after itself - more or less. Likewise T mode will sort your ap. You may find it works, but as before, its a good place to start look at your histogram and then look at how many stops you may need to change to let in more or less light, hence the move to manual.

You are then at the mercy of your ISO really.....

As for specific speeds, nothing really to say other than everything depends on light available. For instance last night under floodlights at ISO 1600, 2.8, 1/400 I was getting perfect~ish exposure. If this was middle of the day at ISO 400 you could count the number of stops to work out roughly where your shutter would be (i.e faster) as it is letting in less light as to not cause over exposure, despite the fact that you are letting less light onto the sensor.

Cause and effect I suppose and all three are dependant on each other.

Making any sense? :shrug:

You need three or more eyes. One on your exposure meter, one on the action and one on where the action is going.

This link will take you to a page where sports illustrated suggest how cameras should be set up for them. You can download a file for you camera. Not done it myself but worth a look?

http://www.siphoto.com/?canon1DM2N.inc
 
As always Pete - your advice is most welcome, once I have worked out how to add images on here I will put some of for critique....
 
Go on Dick get the prime, you might even get some good shots from the games of me then :D (kidding)

If you need some help uploading files log into msn and I'll talk you through it.
 
Evening Lee "Oh Wise One" - I'll have you know that I am a bit of a whizz on the MSN now, only trouble is I only have you and Mike on their and your only on there when the rest of us are keeping the wheels of commerce oiled.

Had some good advice on a lens from Diego earlier, made me have a slight re-think on the Canon in favour of the Sigma.

See you soon my friend.....
 
What Dick hasnt said about all of this is that a lot of his pictures are being published in the local Papers from his sport shooting with his existing lens and body combination.

On top of this, he is the official photographer for the Clubs Programme for each home game.

I think whichever way you go with your lens choice will have been well researched and the right choice made in the end. Oh and whatever your choice is, let me have a go with it mate!!! See you in the New Year
 
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