Also general shooting too, Hello to all,
I am looking to buy another lens for shooting sports . indoor, outdoor, all around.
I have the Canon 40d body and the 85 1.8 and 50 1.8, sigma 70-200 2.8 lens.
How is the canon 28-70 2.8,? Is it good for most sports?
at times want to be a little wider but need somthing to handle available light too.
Would anybody know or have this lens for sports shooting?
have any of you shot any avilable light indoor sports with this lens ?
I have a 70-200 2.8 L IS lens and use it pretty much strictly for indoor sports using available light. The HS I shoot for does not allow anyone to use a flash or strobes.
As far as outdoor sprots, it's too short IMO. I use a Canon 100-400 L IS lens for outdoor field sports.
You say you already have a Sigma 70-200 2.8.... why would you buy another lens with the exact same focal lenght range and max. f/stop?
I have the sigma 70-200
but I am looking for info on the Canon 28-70 or the 24-70 2.8.
Then I can have the 70-200mm and the 28-70 maybe on a second camera.
I am thinking about the canon 300 f4IS for sports..
There are a couple of threads around comparing the 24-70 & the 28-70 - try a search, Fred wrote a comparison review on them. Those could be a good FL for closer work on your 40d. I rented the 24-70/2.8 for a basketball game last weekend - I have mixed comments on that one. Try renting one, $20.00 is cheap if you don't like it.
I shoot quite a bit of basketball on a 5d. The Canon 100/2 is really nice - very sharp at f2 including the edges - fast autofocus. Unless you're using flash/strobes some of the indoor gyms are dark caves, welcoming the 1.8 & 2 apertures. The 100 might be too long for what you're doing but would fit right in with your 50 & 85.
Is there a reason you want to add a wider lens for sports? If anything, I would suggest you give serious consideration to getting something longer than the 70-200. If you had the 70-200 and something like a 300 or 400 you could can cover just about anything.
Nothing wrong with having something like a 28-70 or 16-35 and they're useful for sports, but based on what you currently have I could suggest going long first.
The 24-70 is one of my most used basketball lenses. Directly under the basketb, you can get some really cool and outstanding images.
And it is also good for post game shots.
For outdoorsports I would suggest something in the 300-400 area.
The 300/4 is pretty good, but take a look at the Siggy 300/2.8 as well.
I owned one and it was tack sharp, only I had some focusissues on my 1DII and 50D so I returned it.
Hello again,
Are the Sigma glass coming out with the OS or is on there lens.?
I have heard good things about the siggy 120-300.
I was using a Tamron 17-50 2.8 the other day for basketball..
but I need something long..for baseball, football, etc...300mm seems to be
the glass to have...on the 40d will give me reach too. Thanks http://www.pbase.com/joe300d/image/109685555.jpg
I have the Canon EF-S17-55mmf2.8IS and from the research I did it is probably a better choice for the 40D than the 24-70f2.8L. I plan buying the 24-70 down the road but I believe that if the 17-55 lens wasn't a ef-s lens it would be a L lens.
Research it and you might think it is a better choice also.
A fellow who shoots college level football spoke to our camera club last night about his work. He and most other local pros shoot with a 300/f.2.8 plus a shorter lens, like 28-80. Though some use the 70-200 he said that it is not long enough him for outdoor sports. The football fields are not well lit, or evenly lit, thus the longer, faster 2.8 lens. It blurs the background best. He uses center focus only and crops as needed. His images are perfectly acceptable with the local media and the coaches. Shutter is set for 1/750, and he shoots wide-open most of the time.
My two main lenses for college and NFL football...heck, football of any level, are the 400/f2.8 and the 70-200/f2.8. If the lighting is good I do not shoot wide open all the time, but might be at f4 or maybe f5.6 depending on whether I'm using a TC or not (I usually don't). I always have something like a 20-35/f2.8 or 24-70/f2.8 with me, but I don't often use those lenses for action. I will use them for crowd, jube and other non-action photos, but they're just too short for most action.
There are a ton of variables about what settings I would use to get decent exposure, but basically I'm going to always have my ISO and aperture set to get shutter speeds fast enough to stop action. That could be as low as 1/400. Under the lights--even at a major college or NFL stadium--1/750 would be extremely good. If you're going to shoot sports you need to be prepared to shoot at high ISOs...a lot. You can fix noise in your images; you can't fix motion blur.
Maybe some of the videos at this link will help with football, specifically, and give you something to think about with other sports as well.
