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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
Road Side Pub
New Camera anyone have help on some lenses?
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<blockquote data-quote="08mojo" data-source="post: 16757497" data-attributes="member: 132915"><p>for track days, you will want to have some reach since you will be far away. For car shows, you will want wide angle to capture the cars since you will be close.</p><p></p><p>You mentioned not wanting to spend a ton, so don't get too worked up over aperture size. Most car shows and track events will be during the day time. You will not need a super fast lens since you will have plenty of light. Look for lenses with 4.0 or smaller (larger number), that will keep the cost down. Also, I'd strongly suggest looking at used lenses. KEH camera has been good for me.</p><p></p><p>I think you are set with 28-70 for car shows. You may find it to not be wide enough, but on a full frame 28mm gets you a decently wide shot. I think you'll figure out how to make it work for you. I worked with a 24-100 for a long time for car shows, but eventually ended up with a 16-35. 24-100 was perfect if there was some room to move back and take a shot, if the car show was super crowded and I had to be close to the car, I used the 16-35.</p><p></p><p>This was shot at 93mm, and I know it's not the full car, but I like this shot and I was really close to the car.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/8727/29514820944_0ba8a00461_6k.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This was at 45mm and I was not more than 6ft away...not a great shot, but giving you an idea that a superwide lens on a full frame is not really needed for what you are looking to do:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/863/39851519430_d70fbf679a_6k.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>You are definitely going to want more reach for track days. I use canon, so not familiar with sony lens series but the zoom ranges and aperture usually are similar across brands. For track days, I use a 100-400mm zoom lens.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/4472/36951311544_f0222080dc_5k.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5207/30026716352_2b10cab1dc_4k.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="08mojo, post: 16757497, member: 132915"] for track days, you will want to have some reach since you will be far away. For car shows, you will want wide angle to capture the cars since you will be close. You mentioned not wanting to spend a ton, so don't get too worked up over aperture size. Most car shows and track events will be during the day time. You will not need a super fast lens since you will have plenty of light. Look for lenses with 4.0 or smaller (larger number), that will keep the cost down. Also, I'd strongly suggest looking at used lenses. KEH camera has been good for me. I think you are set with 28-70 for car shows. You may find it to not be wide enough, but on a full frame 28mm gets you a decently wide shot. I think you'll figure out how to make it work for you. I worked with a 24-100 for a long time for car shows, but eventually ended up with a 16-35. 24-100 was perfect if there was some room to move back and take a shot, if the car show was super crowded and I had to be close to the car, I used the 16-35. This was shot at 93mm, and I know it's not the full car, but I like this shot and I was really close to the car. [IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/8727/29514820944_0ba8a00461_6k.jpg[/IMG] This was at 45mm and I was not more than 6ft away...not a great shot, but giving you an idea that a superwide lens on a full frame is not really needed for what you are looking to do: [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/863/39851519430_d70fbf679a_6k.jpg[/img] You are definitely going to want more reach for track days. I use canon, so not familiar with sony lens series but the zoom ranges and aperture usually are similar across brands. For track days, I use a 100-400mm zoom lens. [IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/4472/36951311544_f0222080dc_5k.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/5207/30026716352_2b10cab1dc_4k.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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