I was looking at renting online. Getting a Canon 400mm f/5.6 from lens rentals.com

for 2 weeks at 85 dollars with insurance has almost got me sold.....

i am interested in getting this lens for the 29th the UNLV vs. UNR football game. the game is held at 1pm....So the f/5.6 will be fine. I am assuming?

i am interested in knowing how will this perform for football?


everything else is sold out except a 400 2.8 IS but i dont want to spend 275 for one week.

also interestd if anyone knows of any good places to rent as well.

Why couldn't you buy it off BS forum, you could almost certainly get it all back if you decide the lense is not for you.
But I think you will end up keeping it

I know that if I were to buy one i would buy a 2.8 one.....But i certainly don't have the money to buy either unless I could get a REALLY good deal? Most games are held at night for some reason this one is moved up? The 2.8 would be used for all sports I do. Football, baseball, volleyball, basketball, etc

The small f/5.6 aperture works against this lens for football because it's much harder to separate the players from the background or other players. An f/2.8 with much smaller DOF and still deadly sharp is what many sports pros use for that reason.

I'm not sure how well your XT AF will perform for that role, however. It's not exactly a sports camera.

- Alan

I have a friend who shoots GA Tech day games w/ a 20D and a 400 5.6. I am often amazed @ the sharpness of the lens and the quality bg blur. He obtains a good number of keepers.

Worth a shot and post some images for us.

The best...

I use the 400 5.6 for football (Aussie Rules) quite often. No, you wont get the background seperation of a 2.8 lens, but a lot of us cant afford one of those.

Check out my gallery at

http://www.users.on.net/~ferris_family/2007%20Aussie%20Rules/index.html

These are all taken with either the 400 or my Sigma 100-300 F4 (which I switch too when the ligh falls off)

P.S. All also taken with a 300 D (original rebel), so your xti shoudl do a fair bit better also

that just reminded me I forgot to update my profile.......i have a 1dmkIIN now =D

the other NIGHT when i shot I was using my 70-200 at 1600 iso, f/4 @ 1/400 with good results.

aussie_dave wrote:
I use the 400 5.6 for football (Aussie Rules) quite often. No, you wont get the background seperation of a 2.8 lens, but a lot of us cant afford one of those.

Check out my gallery at

http://www.users.on.net/~ferris_family/2007%20Aussie%20Rules/index.html

These are all taken with either the 400 or my Sigma 100-300 F4 (which I switch too when the ligh falls off)

P.S. All also taken with a 300 D (original rebel), so your xti shoudl do a fair bit better also


those shots are all pretty good, nice to see some aussie rules

or i could just borrow my neighbors 2x converter and shoot at 5.6 with slower AF speed? I remember i didnt like using it with my rebel, maybe the 1dmkIIN will be better with it?

how about renting a lens? any recommendations on places

anything?

bump

On renting.........I use mostly Lensprotogo.com

Great service....great choice on lenses, great rates

Tell them Rod from Spokane sent ya........