Nice shots! Definitely suggests that at least in this venue, the 85mm focal length will work for you. Having a lens that's >2 stops faster will mean ISO 800 for those shutter speeds, instead of ISO 3200. Assuming the noise on the T2i is similar to my 7D, I find ISO 800 acceptable, ISO 1600 tolerable, and ISO 3200 marginal.


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Also I noticed that my T2i was only having bursts of 2 pictures in continuous mode

Hmmmm...the T2i is rated for 3.7 fps. Of course, that's the maximum, but you should be close. RAW file sizes at ISO 3200 are a little larger than at lower ISOs (2-5 MB larger than lower ISOs), but that shouldn't cut your frame rate to nearly half the maximum. What type/speed of SDHC card(s) do you use?