Hall sports lens speed?
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A lot will depend on how well lit it is and how good your camera performs at high ISO. Usually I won't attempt indoor sports without an f2.8 lens but then with me it's usually indoor horse shows and they are notoriously badly lit. Best way to tell is to go into the hall, set your camera to Aperture priority and see what shutter speeds you get and how high you can comfortably take the ISO.
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My experience of sports halls are dark dingy places. I'd say not unless they have alot of light coming from windows. You'll need quick shutter speeds to freeze the action. I'd recommend f2.8 or wider.
Take a look at this thread
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=115138
Take a look at this thread
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=115138
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I regularly shoot in sports halls and use 2.8 lenses, but even then it can be a problem on two counts, 2.8 can be too wide depending on what you want in focus, being able to get up to f4 can be helpful especially if its a fast moving sport and on you and yours cameras ability to stay on focus on a moving object, but more significant is high ISO capability, you normally need to pushing up into the 1000+ range, so again that can come down to your camera and pp skills.
If you plan to take pictures of young ladies, with whom you are not acquainted, playing netball then the issue may not be the speed of your lens but your speed on your feet thereafter.You may need an image stabiliser if people are chasing you at the time.
Alistair.
