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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Indoor high school basketball. D700 + F1.8/2.8 lenses or A7s and F/4? | |
rddayton wrote:
Am I missing something here? Why not shoot basketball with the D700 and the 50 1.8 under the basketbal for wide stuff and the 80-200 for everything else at the near end. The D700 certainly doesn't have the ISO capability of the D3s or the D4, but it is still quite capable. It's quick to focus too. There is no reason you can't shoot ambient light, stay at f/2.8 at say ISO 6400 with a shutter speed of 1/640 and do well in many high school gyms. Some may require a little slower shutter (or higher ISO) but give it a whirl. The D700 is a very good camera -- even today.
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Rick,
Thanks...yes...I am not doubting the capability of the D700...I was just looking at my Nex-6, and my existing Sony lenses, and thinking it might be nice to stick with one brand and move to an A7 variant, in particualr, the A7s.
Part of the reason I haven't gone all Sony yet, (besides loving the D700 and my Nikon lenses, which is huge), is the lack of selection of Sony lenses, and the high prices of the lenses that do exist, especially FAST lenses.
But then seeing the A7s low-light scores/reports/images, I thought, well, maybe I can get away with F4 or even 5.6 lenses for indoor sports, because the A7s can shoot cleanly all the way up to 51600.
If I figure the D700 is as clean at ISO 6400 as the A7s is at, well, let's say 25600 to be conservative, that's 2 stops to play with. So if I am shooting indoor basketball at F2.0 - 2.8 with the D700, it looks like I could be at F4 to 5.6 with the A7s, and probable even F5.6 to F8.
I mean, I know those F stops sound crazy for indoor high school sports, but the A7s has definitely broken some new ground in high ISO shooting.
Anyway, that's the whole reason I started thinking about moving from the D700 to A7s.
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Bill
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