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Position:Home>Visual Arts> Cannon 400d and a good airshow lens?Question: Cannon 400d and a good airshow lens!? I have a Cannon 400d and want to go to a few airshows, which lens do you suggest for great close up shots as well as pictures of the aircraft fly-by’s!? I can’t really afford the massively expensive lenses so a good priced lens would be ideal, any Ideas!?
Thanks to all of you guysWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Sigma do a great 150-500 lens it should take you in close enough for all your requirements!. Its very reasonable priced for what it is!. Alternatively if thats too expensive its worth looking at a 70-300 image stablizing lens from canon which can be used for loads of stuff!. It wont get you in quite as close but you can always crop in photoshop afterwards!. If thats still too expensive again the Sigma 70-300 DL range of lenses is pretty good image quality wise!. I wouldnt recommend teleconvertors which extend the length of the lens as they cut down on light and hence shutter speeds whcih will leave you with blury images!. With your 400d you can get reasonable quality at 800 iso and that should give you enough light to capture the images your after!. As someone else said a monopod is worth its weight in gold!. Panning skills are important its true, this is where you follow something across the sky rather than trying to capture it as it comes towards you!. you can practice this with cars going along the street before hand!. Good luckWww@QuestionHome@Com I was fortunate enough to spend some shooting time with the Eurofighter's official photographer not too long ago and managed to pick up a few tips!. For fly-bys you'll need to work on panning technique and long focal lengths!. Hosing them down with a fast frame-per-second count seems to work well!. I was using a 300mm and that was not anywhere near long enough to get the details and frame fill I would have liked!. Don't be afraid to sacrifice iso for a high shutter speed - within reason!. I'd go for something over 300mm but that means a lot of expense!. So, I'd suggest renting something for the shows, and use a monopod to get stability!. For ground level stuff a standard zoom of some kind should be ok, you'll be shooting in daylight and have to cleverly crop out spectators and barriers!. It makes sense not to use a single lens for everything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Sigma 50-500 f4-6!.3 HSM would be your best choice without going in to expensive pro glass!. If that's too expensive then there is the Sigma 150-500 which is similar but with less range on the wide end, not quite as sharp, but lighter and cheaper!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |