Re: Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM for sports photography

Peter wrote:
> This will be my first foray in sports photo. The lens gets rave reviews, but
> I wonder if it's really useable for fast-moving outdoors sports shooting?
> Should I _really_ go for wider apertures (ghastly expensive & heavier), or
> will this Canon do? I have Canon 20D, and would like use ISO 200 as anything
> above that starts getting a bit noisy.
>
> Peter

Hi Peter,

I have the Canon 75-300 USM F4-F5.6 lens that sells for $229 or there
abouts depending on where you purchase it. I think you are looking at
the one that is around $600?
I use it mainly for taking photos of hockey games at an indoor arena.
For that I would really like one more F-Stop. However, to get one more
F-Stop the cost goes up to arond $2000 (give or take a little) for a
lens. I am unable to justify that sort of money for a lens.

It does fine for taking photos of hockey on 800 and 1600 ISO, and on
250 to 500 shutter speed, depending on what I am trying to do.

Daytime outdoor sports photography the lens is going to do fine unless
you are going to take photos of the speed skaters on the frozen canals
in the Netherlands in the wintertime.

Now, for night time sports photos, that is going to be a bit rough with
any lens.
The only thing I have actually found that you can shoot night time
football and soccer games with is Konica 3200 film, and that comes out
really grainy. I have not tried doing a night time game with a digital
camera (yet).

roland

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