Baseball and a rented lens

[Pope_Larry_II]

I’ve been trying to get better at shooting sports this year (as well as just getting out to shoot again) and this past week I rented the Nikkor 70-200 1:4G to test it out. Here are the results

Sliding into second by Craig in TO, on Flickr

Out at Second by Craig in TO, on Flickr

Pitcher-20-2 by Craig in TO, on Flickr

Safe by Craig in TO, on Flickr

I’ve learned that unless I have the 400mm lens I’m cropping a lot, but with the lens it’s still amazingly crisp.

I’m going to try to get out to other “sporting events” (there is a BMX park close by I want to check out).

[CauseISaidSo]

I’ve learned that unless I have the 400mm lens I’m cropping a lot

I often ran into the same thing when shooting football, Pope, even with a 1.4x TE on the 200. But shooting from the sidelines I often also needed a shorter lens so it had to do.

[staplermofo]

I came here expecting a horror story about catching a foul ball with a rented 800mm.

[orionid]

I came here expecting a horror story about catching a foul ball with a rented 800mm.

LOL. That’s not just a horror. Wars have started over less.

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