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How big of a difference is f/4 and f/2.8 (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by WMUBronco1994@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I want to photograph a few sporting events locally.

2.8 is obviously a lot more expensive, but is it worth it?

70-200 lens

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[–] pspetrini@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

If you are shooting high school sports, or even lower level college sports, it’s not questionable. It’s the 2.8 and it’s not close.

Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to try to shoot football at a shitty high school field when the game starts an hour after sunset and there are only two sets of barely functioning lights in the middle of the field … 25 yards away from the action.

In those situations, F4 is going to be completely unusable.

Hell. It’s hard to even use F2.8 and get decent shots in those situations where you’re cranking your ISO to 6400 and your shutter speed down to 1/500 because it’s the slowest speed you can use and still get action.

If you’re shooting in easy peasy lighting situations, sure, save the money. But if you’re doing this professionally, you HAVE to invest in the best glass.