Tried using the 50/f1.8 (plastic mount) on a Mk2 body recently at a KU basketball game and thought it performed very nicely. Definitely kept up with the action without any problems. I was out near where the three-point line met the baseline and the lens would be much better if one were positioned down closer to the basket.
Most interesting to me was the difference in the color of the images from the 50 compared to those from the 70-200. Granted, the 50 was on a Mk2 and the 70-200 was on a Mk2n, but I've never noticed such a difference with other lenses on the two bodies. The 50 seemed to have a more bluish tint.
Anyway, here are a few from the game on December 20 between Temple and Kansas. These posted in this thread were all taken with the 50.
Nice work.
I too like the 50f1.8 for basketball, and agree i like using the 50 closer to the hoop, where you were sitting the 85f1.8 lives on my camera .
Regarding the colour cast, you don't want to start using sigma lenses then, two i have used had a yellowish tint and the contrast was shocking, although the sigma 120-300 was pretty close to other canon lenses i have used.
sorry for a little off topic, from you pbase site I saw you have been using 1D at ISO1250, I just want to know the result came from 1D with such high ISO are accept to used or not, thanks.
Very nice work Scott. I'm shooting a game tonight and I'll be using that lens for at least a quarter. Wish the light would be as good but I'll be lucky if I can stop down at all in the dungeons of HS gyms. I have noticed that the color is not quite the same as most of my others Canon glass but not really objectionable. Perhaps it would be more of a concern shooting a team with warmer colored uniforms. Thanks for posting.
Sorry about that title. It was, of course, the 50/f1.8 lens, but I shot at f2.8.
Leslie...Not sure what to say about the 1d (original) at ISO1250. Far from idea, but it made me (and a bunch of other photographers) a bunch of money...in its time. While we might be hard pressed to find someone who used that body and still doesn't like some things about it (CCD sensor and the ability to sync at 1/500), it's ISO capabilities weren't much compared to today's bodies. Having said that, when exposed properly, even high ISO images from the 1d were pretty sweet.
Scott Sewell wrote:
Sorry about that title. It was, of course, the 50/f1.8 lens, but I shot at f2.8.
Leslie...Not sure what to say about the 1d (original) at ISO1250. Far from idea, but it made me (and a bunch of other photographers) a bunch of money...in its time. While we might be hard pressed to find someone who used that body and still doesn't like some things about it (CCD sensor and the ability to sync at 1/500), it's ISO capabilities weren't much compared to today's bodies. Having said that, when exposed properly, even high ISO images from the 1d were pretty sweet. ...Show more →
hi Scott Sewell,
Many thanks for your reply.
yeah, I do really love my 1D which was my only camera body, and many ppl said that if exposed properly right, the high iso from 1d images were sweet, and I also have try iso1600 + 580ex in real world action, but have not try high iso with no flash yet.
anyway, you reply let me learn a lot, thanks.
Hey Scott. Great looking shots. I have the 50mm f/1.4 and will probably use it tomorrow for a BB game. Were you firing some remote flashes on these shots? The reason I ask is because the gym I shoot at (College of William & Mary) meters at f/2.8, 1/500, ISO2500 without flash.
Would you recommend shooting the 50mm f/1.4 wide open?
wilrobking wrote:
Hey Scott. Great looking shots. I have the 50mm f/1.4 and will probably use it tomorrow for a BB game. Were you firing some remote flashes on these shots? The reason I ask is because the gym I shoot at (College of William & Mary) meters at f/2.8, 1/500, ISO2500 without flash.
Would you recommend shooting the 50mm f/1.4 wide open?
I don't own the 50/f1.4 so I can't speak to how it will perform. But if you have the Mk3 and can get f2.8, 1/500, ISO2500 I would not suggest shooting at f1.4.
I was not using strobes at this game. These were shot at Allen Fieldhouse, home of the Kansas Jayhawks, and it probably has some of the best lighting in the country. They have strobes installed and I've used them for "portrait"-type shoots there, but they rarely get used for an actual game.
I have used my 50 f/1.4 a few times for basketball, and would not recommend using it wide open... unless you absolutely have to. It also will be a little more slow to focus compared to more widely used b-ball lenses (such as your 85 f/1.8), and your DOF at f/1.4 would be pretty narrow. I agree with Scott.
Used the 50/f1.8 again last Saturday at a D1 basketball game and once again came away rather impressed with such an inexpensive lens. Didn't use it as much as last time, but did get the chance to just ride the shutter for this 14-image sequence that I tossed into an animation.
I didn't do anything to these images other than run them through web resize action so I had a manageable size for the animation. I'd say of the 14, any one of them could have been used for publication if necessary (in terms of the image being sharp)
Once Big 12 season starts Saturday I will probably not use this lens much, but it might see more use for high school and youth basketball this season than the last.
The question is...did he make the shot? You left us guessing Scott.
I may have to pick one of these up again just to have in my bag.
Scott Sewell wrote:
I didn't do anything to these images other than run them through web resize action so I had a manageable size for the animation. I'd say of the 14, any one of them could have been used for publication if necessary (in terms of the image being sharp) http://www.pbase.com/sds4kst8/image/107918925
If I recall, he missed but was fouled and made both free throws.
I sometimes hear the whistle and look for reaction to the call. And in this case I remember not wanting to have a buffer that was full keeping me from getting that kind of shot.
While we might be hard pressed to find someone who used that body and still doesn't like some things about it (CCD sensor and the ability to sync at 1/500), it's ISO capabilities weren't much compared to today's bodies. Having said that, when exposed properly, even high ISO images from the 1d were pretty sweet.