Indoor Sports Lens......What would you do with $1K????

[peety3]

A friend shoots his daughter playing indoor volleyball. He finds the 85/1.8 to be too long sometimes. Check your shots from the 70-200 - what focal length are you at?


If nothing else, don't do the 1.4x extender. You're better off just cropping your shot, and that's $275 you can put towards the next lens. I also noticed that you mentioned the 100/2.8 - did you mean the 100/2, or the 100/2.8 Macro? If anything, I'd say skip the 100/2 and go with the 85/1.8. The 100/2 just doesn't make tons of sense next to the 85/1.8, or as Roger from LensRentals says:


"Roger’s take: In my world, this little lens has one
primary purpose: its a great low-light indoor sports lens. High school
basketball, hockey etc. when you need the wide aperture, sharp images,
and reasonably fast autofocus. Those qualities would also make it a good
lens for other purposes, I"m sure. I just haven’t figured out what
those purposes might be."

[weclickyoupick.com]

I've shot tons of youth basketball....and have had much succeess with the 135L on my 7D. You'll be able to work around the focal length with time....and in fact just having the single focal length allows a greater concentration on the shot as opposed to missing something due to the added variable of zoom. (I don't have time to crop in PP) I also shoot courtside.


This lense is SUPER sharp at f2 (one of the sharpest at f2 and greater) and I highly reco it. IMO it's the best value in "L" primes.


Jeff