What SLR camera is best for taking youth sports photos?
I have been taking photos off and on for about 17 years now. I am starting to do more photography part time and am getting jobs taking photos of youth sports, both posed and action photos. Also I am having people asking me about senior photos. I am looking at purchasing a Nikon D40, D40X or D80. My funds are tight, so I was wondering if I really need the D80 and if the 40’s will work?
There is not that much difference between the D40 or D80 when it comes to getting good action and sports shots. Back when 35mm SLR’s ruled, we used cameras that had NO autofocus and shutterspeeds that topped out at 1/2000th of a second and manually advanced the film. We had NO problem getting great shots.
As you can see the D40 has twice the shutter speed (1/4000th of a second) than the old 35mm cameras.
Just be sure you have a long enough lens for the distance from you to your subject. Most of the time a 70-300mm zoom will be find.
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