Nikon Lens advice for low light action shooting

olesya

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3 Dec 2009 - 3:44 PM

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Hi everyone,

I need a lens for Nikon Dslr so I could shoot in the low light action (mainly dance performances and also lifestyle indoor portaits of kids who don't sit still a lot) without a flash.

At the moment i use a couple of fixed lenses - I have nikon 50mm f1.8 and 28mm f/2.8 but it's a hassle changing them at times; plus the 50mm is sometimes a bit too narrow angled for group shots although f/1.8 allows sharper shots. I have been thinking about Nikon's 18-200 VR for a while as a good all-rounder but heard that VR lenses are only suitable for still shots not moving subjects and the f number also changes which is not ideal as I will be needing 2.8 most of the time.

Budget-wise, need something reasonable - something like nikon's 17-55 f/2.8 is a bit over the top for me.

Any comments/ideas/tips would be much appreciated.

Many thanks in advance!
Olesya

uggyy

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3 Dec 2009 - 4:37 PM

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the VR one wont cut the mustard for you Olesya, the Tamrons good value for money but not built as well at the Nikon or optically as good but for the money its well worth it..

I used the Tamron and did well with it.

olesya

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3 Dec 2009 - 5:21 PM

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Thanks for all the comments so far!

I use Nikon D80 (should have mentioned that at the start). My usual ISO setting for this work is 800 for stage-lit performances but I can get away with 400 with daylight indoors sometimes if lucky.

At the moment all my 3 lenses are Nikon and quality is great (although were not expensive). I wonder if i will be disappointed with any "third party" lenses. I 've read a bit about Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 and it sounded good on paper - but anyone had real life experience with it and how it compares to say, Tamron or are these really not worth it? 24-70 would actually be the ideal range for me (but £1200 - ouch!!!!). 70-200 would be too long for indoor work and I have a lovely (and cheap) Nikon 70-210 f4-5.6D which covers that range outdoors.
Thanks again and looking forward to more opinions!!!!

O.

User_Removed

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3 Dec 2009 - 6:18 PM

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I would go for the Nikon 50mm AFS f/1.4 G

Cracking lens and ticks all the boxes for low light shooting

Paul_Barr (e2 Member)

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3 Dec 2009 - 9:02 PM

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What about this?

theorderingone (e2 Member)

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4 Dec 2009 - 6:03 PM

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That 20mm is horrible wide open. the 24mm f/1.8 they also do is very good at f/1.8 and cheaper too.

dandeakin (e2 Member)

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6 Dec 2009 - 3:28 PM

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My 20mm is excellent wide open.