Looking for a lens that will capture my boys football & rugby at about 30yds+, outdoors. Is this the lens for that purpose? I own a D3200. Thanks.
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This lens is most useful for shooting stationery distant objects. camera stand is also required. I think you should be looking for 70-300mm vr tameron or nikon lens
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Sorry, it should be no. 800mm is too much zoom and the f/8.0 aperture is not fast enough. Also this is a MANUAL focus lens. For fast action/sports you would want an Auto Focus lens, probably 70-200mm and something wider than f/8.0.
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I use it on the North Shore of O'ahu for surfing pics. It is perhaps the most widely used lens there. Works great in sunny conditions, but tends to struggle when it's overcast as it is only an F5.6. If you plan on using it for indoor sports, it is not "good". It is OK at best.
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400-500 yards!?? (5 football fields away?) I would doubt it would be that effective without an additional telephoto lens. In my experience, I can zoom in on soccer player (slightly more than whole body in the frame ) from about 80-100 yards.
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POTN is the best Canon-centric (sortof!) site on the internet! Great post, Norman!Oh, and I took a ton of shots with the 70-200mm f/4L (non-IS) lens and my 40D at a friend's kid's football game. You can see one of them here: http://kalla.net/POTN/_MG_0938-Edit.jpgIt was my first attempt at a sporting event, so my composition left something to be desired, but you can't fault the quality of the lens!
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2 trips, 4000+ shots on D7000 and another 2000 on D3x and any problems I had where my fault! Lens is a great lens, saves carrying more lenses than I need. From action to kids, just cannot be beat. I've had literally every lens made by Nikon, even a $36000 f4 160-600mm zoom lens weighting approximately 15+#'s and now I just carry the 28-300 everywhere above the water. Wish the len's was a f2! Then I'd be really be Camera Happy! Alaska, Eastern Caribbean, cannot insert any pictures, shot everything from Whales to Bears and Eagles to Moose. Getting another one for my wife.
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I think this is a wonderful lens for sports. Same as Nikon only better build quality and smaller body.
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I shoot a canon mark III, and a very heavy, canon 300mm. It works like a dream. I shot sports and have to roam around a lot!
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I have not but if this is your main reason for the camera I would not get this one. I noticed it does not have a sports setting. Also it depends on the environment you are shooting in, bright outdoors it will probably be okay but it has a small lens and sensor so i would not want to use it indoors. Also distance is important...closer the better.
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The D300 will give you an equivalent focal length of 42-105mm. This would work out nicely if you are close to the action; ie - on the floor. For more typical shots from further above the court, I think an 80-200 f2.8 Nikkor (equivalent 120- 300) would be a better lens.
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I tested both the Tamron and Sigma 70 to 200 f 2/8.`and this is my review. Every one is hot for fast AF, well the Sigma had fast AF, but the pictures it took sucked. The Tamron with its AF system took Great photos, but had slower AF. I don't know what you want, but I want great pictures. As far as sporting events go, set lens to inf., and shoot away, no problem. Thats the way it was done before all this AF. Hands down Tamron wins. I could have got the Nikon version of this lens, but even if you can afford it, what wrong with bang for the buck?
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The camera is very good but I have never tried it with sports. I use it only for domestic photos. Regarding the lens pack I felt it was useful for me.
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I used this lens for evening HS football games with a D800E. I did use with a monopod, and ran higher ISOs to keep the shutter speed as hi as possible.
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This is enough zoom if you are on the bleachers watching your child play. Not enough zoom if you are on the stands at a big stadium. This lens is higher quality than either 18-55 or 55-200.
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We recently got the EOS Rebel T5i and are very happy with it. Even though this set comes with 4 lenses, we really only use two ... telephoto and the one for portraits. For kids in sports, this is a great camera - up shutter speed and put it on the burst setting and you can get great quality still photos of action shots along with the set of them hitting the ball or catching the pass. We've used it for golfing and have some great series of pictures for driving the ball and sinking the putt!
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Since this lens only provides for manual focus, it would be nearly impossible to use this successfully in any sports/action situation. The lack of autofocus capability is what makes this lens as inexpensive as it is. This lens is most appropriate for night sky photography due to its good optics and fast (f/2.0) lens.
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Photofun123-I am in a similar situation. What did you decide on and what do you think of it? I will be getting a 50d and only one lens. My main subject will be my toddler. I am considering 24-70 and 24-105. Thanks.
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This is a fantastic lens for sports photography in its focal length range. I use it to take pictures of tennis players, both during the day when the light is very good and at night when it isn't. There is a faster (f2.0) 200mm fixed focal length lens that could be useful if the light is really poor, but it is much more expensive. The real question is whether you will be so far away that 200mm isn't enough; I have not used any of the tele-converters.