What’s a good lens for snowboarding or other action photography?
I have a Canon Rebel XS and I want to start getting into snowboarding/ skateboarding photography. I take a film photography class in school, and I’ve had this camera for a while now so I know what I’m doing on a general basis but I just wanted to know what kind of lens is best for that kind of action sport photography? I have just a regular lens that came with the camera, its a 18-55mm zoom or whatever, and i got a cheap little fisheye I bought from amazon.com. For the best photos however, I was just wondering what kind of lens I should use? My camera fits 58mm lens.
And for all you photography experts out there, don’t try and sass me and tell me how I know nothing about photography, because I will learn. That’s why I’m asking this question. Don’t hate on rookies, you were a rookie once too. :p
First of all: your camera doesn’t use 58mm lenses, it uses EF/EF-S lenses. Your 18-55 just happens to take 58mm filters.
Your lens should help you decide what you need. If you are taking jump pics, you should be @ the 55mm end (and might need more like 85mm+. I shoot SB jumps from the top of the hill with my 60mm on my Nikon and it’s perfect. If I was riding along side someone doing tricks, I’d probably use something like a 10-24 (Canon has a 10-22 and Tamron makes an 11-16 that would be good).
Whatever lens you use, make sure it has a hood on to cut down on glare & give a little extra protection to the front of the lens if you go down.
First of all: your camera doesn’t use 58mm lenses, it uses EF/EF-S lenses. Your 18-55 just happens to take 58mm filters.
Your lens should help you decide what you need. If you are taking jump pics, you should be @ the 55mm end (and might need more like 85mm+. I shoot SB jumps from the top of the hill with my 60mm on my Nikon and it’s perfect. If I was riding along side someone doing tricks, I’d probably use something like a 10-24 (Canon has a 10-22 and Tamron makes an 11-16 that would be good).
Whatever lens you use, make sure it has a hood on to cut down on glare & give a little extra protection to the front of the lens if you go down.
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Taking snowboarding pics for over 7 years.
Canon Zoom Telephoto EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS (Image Stabilizer) USM Autofocus Lens (about 1600 dollars) or
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM Lens(700 dollars)
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I shoot action and sports assignments about 80% of the time
The lens needed when shooting action photography has more to do with how far you are from the action than anything else.
When shooting close to the action, like basketball, a 24-70 mm lens is good.
When shooting field sports like football or motocross, a 70-200 mm or even a 200-400 mm lens is what I use
Unless you have the camera mounted on the snowboard, a fisheye is useless. Standing inches from high speed athletes is too dangerous for both you and the participant
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Sports and action photographer
First, your camera takes EF and EF-S lenses no matter what the lens barrel diameter, not just 58mm. The 18-55 kit lens has a diameter of 58mm, which is also the filter thread size of the cheap fisheye screw on lens you bought (this sort of thing is covered in the manual that came with your camera). I am not telling you this to sass you, but so you do not mistakenly think you can only use lenses with a 58mm diameter.
Second, don’t waste your money on anymore cheap screw on lenses. Compared to what real lenses give you, the screw on type are pure garbage.
Finally for sports, the canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS lens is very popular and would work well for your camera.
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