What lense?

Hi

I have a nikon D80, and have been taking photos of in door kickboxing
events

I have the kit 18-135 kit lense and the 50mm 1.8 lense

the majority of my my photos are being taken ring side or very close
to it

Can anyone suggest a lense thats good in low light with shutter speeds
of around 100 - 125

photo's I have taken with the above equipment can be seen here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16912970@N06/collections/
72157604343795598/

to me the focus is better with the 18-135, but out on the 50mm when
taking action shots

I am open to suggestions

thanks in advance
Mark

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Hi

I have a nikon D80, and have been taking photos of in door kickboxing
events

I have the kit 18-135 kit lense and the 50mm 1.8 lense

the majority of my my photos are being taken ring side or very close
to it

Can anyone suggest a lense thats good in low light with shutter speeds
of around 100 - 125

photo's I have taken with the above equipment can be seen here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16912970@N06/collections/
72157604343795598/

to me the focus is better with the 18-135, but out on the 50mm when
taking action shots

I am open to suggestions

thanks in advance
Mark

Why don't you check the EXIF data on the shots you've been taking with your
zoom to see what focal length you use the most. I'd think that either the
85mm f/1.4 or the 1.8 might be what you're looking for. Then, you'll have
the speed you need and can make adjustments in the framing either by
cropping or using your feet.

george wrote:
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Why don't you check the EXIF data on the shots you've been taking
with your zoom to see what focal length you use the most. I'd think
that either the 85mm f/1.4 or the 1.8 might be what you're looking
for. Then, you'll have the speed you need and can make adjustments
in the framing either by cropping or using your feet.

There's a free program which will analyze your images and tell you the
focal lengths in use. It plots a histogram for a directory full of
images:

http://www.cpr.demon.nl/prog_plotf.html

David

On Apr 6, 6:43 pm, wrote:
Hi

I have a nikon D80, and have been taking photos of in door kickboxing
events

I have the kit 18-135 kit lense and the 50mm 1.8 lense

the majority of my my photos are being taken ring side or very close
to it

Can anyone suggest a lense thats good in low light with shutter speeds
of around 100 - 125

photo's I have taken with the above equipment can be seen here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16912970@N06/collections/
72157604343795598/

to me the focus is better with the 18-135, but out on the 50mm when
taking action shots

I am open to suggestions

thanks in advance
Mark


85 f1.8
100 or 105 f2.8 macro, almost any brand is good
105 or 135 f2 (portrait lenses but configureable for what you need)
150 f2.8 Sigma
50-150 f2.8 Sigma
50-135 f2.8 Tokina
70-210 f2.8 Nikon, very expensive but one of the best Nikon lenses
There are some older AI-AIS Nikon lenses that are fairly fast like the
105 f1.5 but they won't meter with your D80, could use a spot meter,
but getting a good light reading is critical in this type of
photography.

Tom

"David J Taylor"
There's a free program which will analyze your images and tell you the
focal lengths in use.

How is that possible without accurate distance measurements of the
objects that are depicted in the photo?

http://www.cpr.demon.nl/prog_plotf.html

"With this new filter you can read EXIF info"

Oh, it simply reads the EXIF data. Never mind.

You can do that even easier by installing the EXIF extension for the
file properties (assuming you are using Windows). This allows you mark
any EXIF field to be displayed in the "Details" view in Windows File
Browser and also to sort your files by any EXIF field.

Only problem: I forgot from where I downloaded that extension (it was
free).

jue

Jürgen Exner wrote:
"David J Taylor"
There's a free program which will analyze your images and tell you
the focal lengths in use.

How is that possible without accurate distance measurements of the
objects that are depicted in the photo?

http://www.cpr.demon.nl/prog_plotf.html

"With this new filter you can read EXIF info"

Oh, it simply reads the EXIF data. Never mind.

You can do that even easier by installing the EXIF extension for the
file properties (assuming you are using Windows). This allows you mark
any EXIF field to be displayed in the "Details" view in Windows File
Browser and also to sort your files by any EXIF field.

Only problem: I forgot from where I downloaded that extension (it was
free).

jue

Jürgen,

Yes it "just reads the EXIF data", but it can do that for all the files in
a directory and provide you with a histogram showing the focal lengths
used for all your pictures. That way, you can easily see if you are often
at the limit - e.g. often using the widest angle possible on a camera with
just a 35mm widest angle, and whether you /really/ use that expensive
300mm lens you bought!

Do try the program before dismissing it.

Cheers,
David

On 2008-04-07, David J Taylor wrote:
J?rgen Exner wrote:
"David J Taylor"
There's a free program which will analyze your images and tell you
the focal lengths in use.

How is that possible without accurate distance measurements of the
objects that are depicted in the photo?

http://www.cpr.demon.nl/prog_plotf.html

"With this new filter you can read EXIF info"

Oh, it simply reads the EXIF data. Never mind.


Yes it "just reads the EXIF data", but it can do that for all the files in
a directory and provide you with a histogram showing the focal lengths

Not 'all files', only JPEGs.

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Chris Savage wrote:
On 2008-04-07, David J Taylor
wrote:
J?rgen Exner wrote:
"David J Taylor"
There's a free program which will analyze your images and tell you
the focal lengths in use.

How is that possible without accurate distance measurements of the
objects that are depicted in the photo?

http://www.cpr.demon.nl/prog_plotf.html

"With this new filter you can read EXIF info"

Oh, it simply reads the EXIF data. Never mind.


Yes it "just reads the EXIF data", but it can do that for all the
files in a directory and provide you with a histogram showing the
focal lengths

Not 'all files', only JPEGs.

Yes. All the JPEG files. As the Web page says.

Cheers,
David