Patrick. You are not mentioning the speed of the lenses below. The speed is crucial. Anything slower than F. 2.8 is not suitable for action photography IMO.
Sports photographer Jerry Lodriguss recommendations regarding equipment focuses on lenses faster than or equal to F. 2.8, and I tend to agree with him: "Most professional sports photographers have the following set of equipment: 3 top-of-the-line digital camera bodies, such as the Canon 1D or Nikon D2H ($3,000 each) 6 Extra batteries ($100 each) Extreme wide angle 14mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Wide angle zoom lens 17 - 35mm f/2.8 ($1,400) Fast short telephoto 85mm f/1.4 ($900) Telephoto zoom 70-200 f/2.8 ($1,500) Fast Telephoto 300mm f/2.8 ($4,400) Fast Long Telephoto 400mm f/2.8 ($7,700) Teleconverter 1.4x ($450) Teleconverter 2x ($450) 2 Monopods ($150 each) Tripod ($450) 2 Flashes ($400 each) Radio Remotes ($300) Light stands, umbrellas, misc lighting equipment ($500) Laptop with extra ram ($2,500) Photoshop ($600) Other software ($500) Rolling camera case ($300) Rain gear ($500) Total: $34,000" Of course you may get along fine with less than this huge amount of gear. As far as speed goes, the only alternatives to fast lenses is high ISO values (more digital noise or grain) or using a flash, which is not very attractive (slow focusing and annoying for the athletes). Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Patrick Genovese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 21. februar 2006 19:15 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: *IST-D / DS & High speed action! Hi, I tend to be a lurker most of the time but I surface every now and again with a query or two. I'm seriously considering an ist-d or ist-ds enablement and have a question i'd like to throw your way. It concerns the suitability of the ist-d/ds for certain types of shooting. Namely fast action sports such as Motocross / Skateboarding / BMX etc.... I will be able go get very close to the action so the lenses that I would typically use are short zooms e.g 16-45 and maybe 70-200 probably a sigma 70-200. Comments welcome especially from list members with hands on experience shooting this type of sports. -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.12/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006
