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It is like an early Christmas for me, I just upgraded from a Rebel xti to a 50D and a 100-400L Canon lens. Lovin' it so far, much heavier than my old rig, but 10 times as capable.
Great body..! I was almost to one, but decided on a 5D instead.. 8FPS- unbelieveable speed, sounds like it's broken when firing that fast- was watching a couple of bird photogs use theirs and my 5D with 3fps was odd man out. You will love the body..! What F stop is the 100-400L?
The push/pull of the 100-400 is surprisingly simple to use. I was worried, but it felt totally natural. There is an adjustment ring that allows you to tighten or loosen the in and out movement. What is amazing about the lens is the autofocus and IS feature. Top notch stuff.
Very nice as usual, Jason. I may be looking to suppliment my income with a bit of sports photography and was wondering if you had done any. If so, what lens would you recommend? I use all Canon eos, XSi, Rebel XT.
Shot some of my daughters soccer league games and all parents want me to shoot for them as opposed to league photographer.
Very nice as usual, Jason. I may be looking to suppliment my income with a bit of sports photography and was wondering if you had done any. If so, what lens would you recommend? I use all Canon eos, XSi, Rebel XT.
Shot some of my daughters soccer league games and all parents want me to shoot for them as opposed to league photographer.
Thanks,
Ray
I did a bit of that back when I was "pro". But these days it is only a hobby.
For the standard team portraits, it really depends on how much you want to invest (doesn't it always?). Typical portrait lenses have a large aperture to blur out the background and are expensive. I used to use a standard 50mm prime lens. They are relatively cheap too. For full body shots something like a 50 would be perfect. For head shots you need something longer, 85 and up and those get expensive. Of course you could always use a standard zoom, and just place the subjects out in the open field to give the same blurred background. What kind of lenses do you have now? The most important thing will be the lighting. I'd probably use diffused light, shade, or backlighting, and then use fill flash. Direct sunlight, unless it is very early or late, may wash out facial features, and mommy's don't like that.
For action shots on the field, the 100-400L would be ideal. But any zoom would probably work.
I did a bit of that back when I was "pro". But these days it is only a hobby.
For the standard team portraits, it really depends on how much you want to invest (doesn't it always?). Typical portrait lenses have a large aperture to blur out the background and are expensive. I used to use a standard 50mm prime lens. They are relatively cheap too. For full body shots something like a 50 would be perfect. For head shots you need something longer, 85 and up and those get expensive. Of course you could always use a standard zoom, and just place the subjects out in the open field to give the same blurred background. What kind of lenses do you have now? The most important thing will be the lighting. I'd probably use diffused light, shade, or backlighting, and then use fill flash. Direct sunlight, unless it is very early or late, may wash out facial features, and mommy's don't like that.
For action shots on the field, the 100-400L would be ideal. But any zoom would probably work.
I agree, the lighting is critical esp on a sunny day. I have a Nissin 6000AF with eos adapter. It is an older flash but works well with my eos All lenses are Canon unless stated otherwise.
Keep in mind, I collected these lenses over the past decade (pre digital) as several came with "kits". The quality is "ok" but not for pro use. The 100mm macro is an awesome lens.
I would like to get a nice high end 50mm.
Current lenses as follows:
18-55 IS EF-S 3.5-5.6
100mm macro 2.8 (favorite)
75-300 4-5.6
28mm EF 2.8
35-105 1.4-5.6
35-80 1.4-5.6
28-80 3.5-5.6
75-300 4-5.6 USM (what I use for action shots on field)
extension tube EF25
1.4x teleconverter (tamron)
That 24-105L is nice, but I ruled it out because it is an f4. I may get into doing portraits again someday so i'm trying to fill that gap with some 2.8 stuff at least.
That 24-105L is nice, but I ruled it out because it is an f4. I may get into doing portraits again someday so i'm trying to fill that gap with some 2.8 stuff at least.
I definitely understand your ruling it out. I've always been a natural light/landscaping shooter, but now learning more portrait stuff, and with strobes there is really no need for a 2.8 lens. Plus now with being able to bump ISO's up so much in the new bodies it becomes less of a factor.
When I get the money together, I'll probably end up buying a used one from the someone on the canon forums or something. Then, if i end up not using it much, I can re-sell it on there for probably not much loss at all.
Oh yea, another one is the 16-35L 2.8. I'd really dig that one too.
Tom, you're right about light and the ISO rating on the new cameras. DOF is really the only reason to buy a lens with a fat aperture these days. The equipment is unreal. My old-school mindset hasn't quite caught up to it yet.
I have bought several used lenses from keh.com. I've found that the ones with "ex" rating and above are as good as new in terms of clean glass. Good prices too.
New Camera! 
