Canon 85mm 1.8 on the way!

Jakefreese · Mar 21, 2011

Hopefully this will work in the indoor arenas ! I was hoping to get the 70-200 2.8 is but this fit the budget sooner. Should have some shots with it this weekend.

Ryan L · Mar 21, 2011

What kind of arena? 85mm wont get you too close.

bottguardo · Mar 21, 2011

I shot basketball for a bit with a 100mm f/2 this fall. I found it to be a little bit tight if you're sitting behind the basket. Let me know how the 85mm works out because I was thinking of getting one too

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PASM · Mar 21, 2011

Looking forward to seeing them.

Jakefreese said:
Hopefully this will work in the indoor arenas ! I was hoping to get the 70-200 2.8 is but this fit the budget sooner. Should have some shots with it this weekend.

Jakefreese · Mar 22, 2011

Horse show arenas, looking at a bunch of my shots from a couple weeks ago alot of my shots were around that range if I was at the mid point of the arena and they were at the ends of the arena or across. Really would be nice if the 24-105 come in a f2. It is supposed to be here tommorrow so we will see. I thin it will work decent for some portraits too, I want to get some outdoor portrait pics of the family and want to have the background well out of focus.

Village Idiot · Mar 22, 2011

The 85 is a great lens for the price. I like to rock it on my $2,700 full frame camera instead of the $1,500+ zooms that I own.

Jakefreese · Mar 22, 2011

I wish they had a 24-105 F2! bet that would be pricey though.

bottguardo · Mar 22, 2011

Jakefreese said:
I wish they had a 24-105 F2! bet that would be pricey though.

I bet it would weigh a ton too!

Jakefreese · Mar 22, 2011

Oh well would cover most of the smaller range I need and FAST! I guess a 24-70 2.8 will have to fill that gap

bottguardo · Mar 22, 2011

Other than being a little bit long for basketball, the 100mm f/2 I had was an AMAZING piece of glass. From what I understand, the 85mm is maybe a little sharper so you should thoroughly enjoy it.

Jakefreese · Mar 26, 2011

This lens is GREAT!!! I am uploading pictures right now so it is taking forever tonight! This lens does take a bit more work with the very narrow DOF, but no complaints at all and the focusing is lightning fast.