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Re: Sony-shooters thoughts on the Canon R5/R6
NonDecaf wrote:
People choose a 300 f/2.8 over a slow super-zoom to isolate players on a crowded field, and also to shoot indoors or night-time games or winter sports.
that's not relevant to what we were discussing, but since you went there, pros don't use a 300/2.8 on ff to shoot surfing, it's way too short even on the north shore.
reading between the lines of your post, i hope you realize that surfing is an olympic sport, it's just as valid a use case as any field sport.
1) tim made the claim that canon had a lens for sports that sony doesn't
2) i replied with an example of a sports/bif lens that canon has never had, in their entire history
i'll also point out that only sony has a list of certified lenses that work at 20fps, and no, unlike the r5 garbage, the fps rate of sony lenses doesn't drop when the battery hits 60% charge.
r5 is a joke for shooting sports, and not just because you have to adapt old dslr lenses to use it... there have been multiple reports of overheating just from shooting stills.
NonDecaf wrotef course, in theory you can shoot sports with any lens. Not knocking your skill at all, but I shot the 2017 Vans in Hawaii (not a paid shoot, was there on vacation) with an 80D and the Sigma 150-600. The AF worked very well..
i've shot on the north shore, it's a piece of cake because it's front-lit and the action is right on top of you.
yes you can use any lens, i've shot surfing with a manual focus 60-300 on the a7r, see these wedge pics on freak swell... a few keepers doesn't make it a good gear choice:
Aug 08, 2020 at 02:22 PM
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f course, in theory you can shoot sports with any lens. Not knocking your skill at all, but I shot the 2017 Vans in Hawaii (not a paid shoot, was there on vacation) with an 80D and the Sigma 150-600. The AF worked very well.. 
