Has anyone used this lens for indoor b a basketball games?
1705909
I think this is a wonderful lens for sports. Same as Nikon only better build quality and smaller body.
1705910
it will work but your going to have to increase your iso a lot. unless there is adaquit lighting. I had troubles with mine and i returned it
1351161
I own this lens and use it for good general snaps. If I were shooting indoors looking for the best result I would have a 20-35 2.8, a 501.8 and an 80-200 2.8
623351
From the night standpoint, yes. It's very fast and let's in an enormous amount of light. On the other hand, it's the equivalent of a 24mm lens in 35mm so it's pretty wide for sports as you usually want more of a telephoto lens. For remotes, it's great!
742166
I have. I love it. I'm often using my old Yashinon 50mm/1.2 on it. I also have the same Olympus lens that you do... works great. I shoot on the 7D.
784514
Yes, this lens is top of the line. Beautiful results. Keep in mind its 85mm its not a long lens but its not short, a 50mm is perfect indoors. I use my 85 for tight portraits. here's my image taken with my 85mm 1.2 http://500px.com/photo/27766557.
1409346
I have not but if this is your main reason for the camera I would not get this one. I noticed it does not have a sports setting. Also it depends on the environment you are shooting in, bright outdoors it will probably be okay but it has a small lens and sensor so i would not want to use it indoors. Also distance is important...closer the better.
1260706
This lens is only to be used with tripod (a very stable one) this is the only use for indoor sports I recommend to use a lens with stabilization or you will seriously struggle unless you can deal with cranking up the ISO and the shutter speed above 1/500 or even more and see how lucky you get you will seriously struggle for that kind of activity. as much as you can try to use a 70G200 or a 18 to 200 mm if you use Sony or above they will not be as cheap option as this one but to be honest this kind of lens is kind of going back to the 70`s and the definition you will get will not be as good and you will have to manually fine tune for each shot. I got it to experiment a bit though I feel like a paparazzi when I used it :-S I will only use this on daylight, outdoors, on a tripod and to a fix distance otherwise will do my head in. I hope you find it useful. P.S. This Opteka is the same cheap lens and Samyan, Rokinon, etc....so to me it is like a white label product cheaply manufactured in China with very simple design, not bat quality build but not a proper lens. Put your money on a piggy bank and get a proper lens for the desired activity. Cheers!
1241571
Its a great all around lense. It produces very sharp images. Portrait shots will definatelly come out crisp but keep in kind that its a 70-300 lense, therefore; distance may be an issue when trying to shoot indoors.
124504
I think it compares very well to the canon version. I was using mine in a giant cave to film rock climbing and it worked great with little to no noise. So for indoor sports where there are lights you'd be fine, plus its half the price.
239458
Have not used the scope indoors. For me it works great outdoors and I do wear a bifocal lens.
2059968
It is an excellent lens for close ups and distances when there is good light environment, but not for low light situations, unless you have a flash. For indoors would be better a f/2.8 lens or less (f/1.2 or 1.4).
1507361
You don't like zoom and you want more bokeh. I would recommend spending money on better glass, instead of on a new body. I would recommend either the SEL50F18 or the SEL35F18. The 50mm is considerably cheaper, but the focal length might be too long for indoor shooting. I have the SEL35F18 and absolutely love the lens and the resulting shots.
441826
I love this lens for cross country, track as well as basketball games. It is more of a midrange lens but it takes fabulous photos. If you are thinking football, soccer or any other similar range photos the answer is a definite yes. On occasion I do use a 75-300 at times because I want to catch more expression and less full body shots.
446211
NOOOOOOOOOOO . First, you typically don't want a prime lens for sports unless your part of s team of shooters. Second, you definitely don't want s manual focus lens. You will hate life only minutes into the game because you're teying to manually focus on fast moving action. Sure that's how they used to do it back in the day, but unless you have a LOT of practice manually focusing (and even still...) this won't satisfy your sports photogrsphy.
1947133
Depends on what you are shooting. We shoot mostly sporting events. When in swim season, we use 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens to capture action shots. During basketball season, we use EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens due to long lighting and how close we are to the players.
2280342
Depends on the lens you're using and regardless of that, you should always be using flash indoors. The image will be grainy otherwise. So yes, that's normal.
60354
Yes! It is a perfect fit and great lens for under $300. Highly recommend especially for kid sports.