Settings for D90 (fast moving sport)

[igloopants]

What lens should I be looking at getting to shoot sport then?

The body can handle it? It's just that I need a better lens?

 

[keith foster]

Yes, to really freeze action with indoor sports in typical gyms and get high quality shots you will need to either get a faster lens(f2.8) or figure a way to add light.
Here is a link to one way to add light:

Strobist: On Assignment: Speedlighting a College Gym

 

[igloopants]

What lens would you suggest?

 

[jdag]

What lens would you suggest?

There are a number of lenses (prime vs. zoom, Nikon vs. 3rd party). Here are some examples and approximate costs...

Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S ($200)
Nikon 50mm f/1.8 AF-D ($125)
Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 HSM ($800)
Nikon 80-200 f/2.8 AF-D ($1,100)

Just a few examples, there are many, many more options. What is your budget?

 

[igloopants]

Well for starters my currency is AUD.

I don't really have any budget - I just work out what I need and start saving =P

 

[jdag]

Well for starters my currency is AUD.

I don't really have any budget - I just work out what I need and start saving =P

The key to my suggested lenses in my above post is "speed".

The zooms I listed are f/2.8 constant aperture (meaning that they can be opened up to a wide f/2.8 at any point in the zoom range).

The primes I listed are both f/1.8, so even more capable in low light situations. Of course, you give up zooming ability with primes.

Again, I listed just 4 of the options. There are a ton of others that range from $100 to several thousand.

I love my 80-200 f/2.8 AF-D and it is nearly always on my camera.

 

[hankejp]

I have heard MANY great things about the 80-200 2.8

I've also heard to get the 2 ring and not the push/pull 80-200.

That lens is on my wish list amongst the many others on that list.