If you want to take indoor shots with your SLR, this lens will let in enough light to stop the action. It also will work on your film camera for those REALLY wide-angle shots. I typically use prime lenses for shooting indoor shots and …

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Prime lenses are those with a fixed focal length. In this case, think 300mm or longer. Those lenses will get you close to the action and have the added advantage of a larger f/stop than their zoom counter parts

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Many professionals have a great prime lens – either 600mm f / 4 This allows the action moves at a great distance and the opportunity to shoot a fast shutter speed – with which you do not end with the highest images.

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If your 75-300mm lens shoots f/2.8 and has image shake control it can be a pretty nice lens . If you are right next to the action, it might actually be too long of a lens

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My 50mm 1.8 Canon (the inexpensive 0 lens) is great but I needed a prime lens that could capture more of the action and was still somewhat affordable.

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If you have a SLR or DSLR camera and other maker/mount lenses, the Fotodiox Mount Adapters allow you to use your lenses on the film/digital camera body.

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I guess I should add, that when using this prime lens , I will be fortunate enough to be close enough to the action, and wouldnt need a prime zoom. And YES, everyone has been very helpful…and thats an understatement! …

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I guess I should add, that when using this prime lens , I will be fortunate enough to be close enough to the action, and wouldnt need a prime zoom.

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Rent the fastest prime lenses you can get. I shot an event last weekend with the 70-200 f/2.8 IS. I had to use ISO 2500 to get 1/100th

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Zoom lenses offer you excellent versatility especially when shooting events where you often need to have a wider view angle, when photographing groups of people, to being able to focus in on the action.

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