Canon ef lenses
Discussion
Right, well, since most of you are all advanced hobbyists or professional photographers. I was wondering if I could get a little bit of advice.
I recently bought a Canon EOS 1110D with a efs 18-55mm lens. I would like to do some golf and other sport photography, I'm looking at another lens that may be able to help me with what I am wanting to capture such as when the golfer is hitting the ball I am able to get the strike and the ball moving away without much blur, I know I need to do continuous shooting and shutterspeed should be around 1/1000?.
Would a EF50mm lens be a better lens to take these kind of photographs with, I'm not really wanting to spend a load of money on a lens as I am just starting out in the hobby.
I recently bought a Canon EOS 1110D with a efs 18-55mm lens. I would like to do some golf and other sport photography, I'm looking at another lens that may be able to help me with what I am wanting to capture such as when the golfer is hitting the ball I am able to get the strike and the ball moving away without much blur, I know I need to do continuous shooting and shutterspeed should be around 1/1000?.
Would a EF50mm lens be a better lens to take these kind of photographs with, I'm not really wanting to spend a load of money on a lens as I am just starting out in the hobby.
How close to the results you want are you getting with the lens you've got ? How high do you have to get the ISO to achieve the 1/1000 you want in the lighting conditions you generally shoot in and do you find the image quality at that ISO unacceptable ?
A 50/1.8 will allow you use a shutter speed upto 4x as fast with the lens wide open - but you will have a much narrower depth of field at that aperture which will blur out the background and foreground (which you may or may not find desirable) and your focusing will need to be more accurate.
A 50/1.8 will allow you use a shutter speed upto 4x as fast with the lens wide open - but you will have a much narrower depth of field at that aperture which will blur out the background and foreground (which you may or may not find desirable) and your focusing will need to be more accurate.
I think i may need to do a bit more research into it. Im not really needing one of the massive lenses you see people use as it is just a hobby and not going to be any form of money maker.
I may just keep the lens I have and look into other accessories that i may need such as a tripod etc.
But if anyone has any experience with the 50mm can you let me know what it is like. Thanks anyway guys.
I may just keep the lens I have and look into other accessories that i may need such as a tripod etc.
But if anyone has any experience with the 50mm can you let me know what it is like. Thanks anyway guys.
Right.
Let’s assume you stick with the kit lens.
Will you be taking photos on a driving range or out on the golf course?
How close to them will the golfers be happy for you to be?
Will you be photographing them in casual games or in competition?
The kit lens will be ok for some situations, not for others.
I would recommend setting the camera to single shot, lens to manual focus. That way you’ll be able to concentrate on your timing, and the camera won’t be fooled into focussing on the moving arms and club when you really want focus to be on the subjects nearest eye.
Consider a little fill in flash.
Go for the fastest shutter speed you can use in the conditions you’ll be in, unless you want to get arty.
Let’s assume you stick with the kit lens.
Will you be taking photos on a driving range or out on the golf course?
How close to them will the golfers be happy for you to be?
Will you be photographing them in casual games or in competition?
The kit lens will be ok for some situations, not for others.
I would recommend setting the camera to single shot, lens to manual focus. That way you’ll be able to concentrate on your timing, and the camera won’t be fooled into focussing on the moving arms and club when you really want focus to be on the subjects nearest eye.
Consider a little fill in flash.
Go for the fastest shutter speed you can use in the conditions you’ll be in, unless you want to get arty.
I've just taken a look at some of the photos I took back in Feb 2016 of some seagulls in flight using a Canon 700D with 50mm lens at Rufford Park, shutter speed range was between 1/1250th to 1/4000th at f/1.8 and ISO 100 so plenty fast enough for your needs.
Note: apart from reducing the resolution for uploading onto PH I've not sharpened or made any other tweaks to the pics.
Examples shown below:
At approx £100 the Canon EF 50mm lens is very affordable. Highly recommended.
Note: apart from reducing the resolution for uploading onto PH I've not sharpened or made any other tweaks to the pics.
Examples shown below:
At approx £100 the Canon EF 50mm lens is very affordable. Highly recommended.
rich888 said:
At approx £100 the Canon EF 50mm lens is very affordable. Highly recommended.
Agreed - highly capable 'bang-for-buck' lens and commonly glued to the front of my crop sensor body.However, if OP already has an 18-55, apart from improved low light capability and subject isolation, I feel there will be negligible gains made by getting a nifty fifty.
Personally I'd go the second-hand route and pick up something like a mid-range telephoto lens - you can pick up 70-300 Tamron glass for less than £100 these days, and on a day with decent light that reach will certainly prove more useful than a 50mm f1.8 (IMHO).
50mm 1.8 is a great lens, I also use the 1.2 with work, but such a slither in focus it's hard to nail it but fun to use and very dreamy.
Also the 40mm 2.8 is a great lens, just not as quick, as less light available but still a cool thing.
Recent trip to NYC week before the travel bans, 50mm 1.8 & 5dmkii was all I wanted to take, really makes you think how to capture things.
Also, learning with prime lenses and framing your images (zooming with you feet) really makes you think about composition.
Have fun
Also the 40mm 2.8 is a great lens, just not as quick, as less light available but still a cool thing.
Recent trip to NYC week before the travel bans, 50mm 1.8 & 5dmkii was all I wanted to take, really makes you think how to capture things.
Also, learning with prime lenses and framing your images (zooming with you feet) really makes you think about composition.
Have fun
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