Good sports lens for nikon d800?
I'm a beginner photographer (so far very little dslr experience, only point and shoot) and I'm a photographer for my school newspaper. My dad is letting me borrow his nikon d800 for taking pictures and I'll be shooting a lot of sports so I was wondering what some good quality yet inexpensive lenses would work for this type of photography. He already has a Nikon 50mm 1.4g and a Tamron sp 90mm f/2.8. What other lenses would you recommend for good basic shooting?
Friday I used a Nikkor 300 mm f/2.8 to shoot a football game using a Nikon D810.
When shooting indoors or at night, the lens used must be fast, like an f/2.8.
Here are the lenses I use when shooting sports
* 24-70 mm f/2.8
* 70-200 mm f/2.8
* 200 mm f/2
* 300 mm f/2.8
* 400 mm f/2.8
When you visit the Nikon website, you will see that these lenses will require a rather large budget.
At present costs, those lenses would be just over $28,000
As you can see, with such a large investment, sports photographers have to earn quite a bit of money for each game they shoot just to break even… And we also need to feed our families
A good lens for sport is very expensive - a 400mm lense costs over a £1000. I suggest you use a very fast shutter speed with a large aperture to freeze action - your dad could probably help you with this.
70-300mm
The best would the longest focal length you can find above 200mm that has the lowest f/number you can afford. Long telephotos usually max out at f/2.8.
I'd convince your dad (and more importantly, your mom) that he "needs" a 70-200 f/2.8 lens.
All kidding aside, if you're shooting in a gymnasium (volleyball, basketball) you will need a short zoom lens (28-70) with an f/2.8 aperture or try to get by with a 50mm lens. Otherwise, don't even bother showing up because your shutter speeds won't be fast enough and you'll need to crank up the ISO so high that you'll have to wear earplugs when looking at your images because they'll be so noisy.
If you are going to shoot football, which are usually shot at night, you will need a telephoto zoom lens (70-200) with an f/2.8 aperture.
Sports during the day won't be nearly as technically difficult. Any lens that has focal length of 200mm will be bare minimum. A 300mm+ zoom lens will be much preferred, especially for football, soccer and baseball. You don't need that kind of strength with sports in a gym.
I would suggest that if your dad isn't going to help you out by adding a lens to hit existing kit (which he really should if all he's got is a 50mm and a 90mm macro) go to keh.com and see what they've got used. KEH is very reputable and has a great reputation for selling used equipment that is in better condition that what they're ratings indicate.