sports help please

[fraggles]

hello would like some advice of you guys please:D i have a 30d put would love to start taking sports pictures ect football ,horse racing ,surfing,ect ,what lence would you sugest ? do not wanna spend a fortune but got a budget of $1500 australian dollers or less :) many thanks

[Steve Beck]

Not sure the exchange rate. But surfing will require some reach. The best bang for the buck for an low budget woul dbe the 100-400L IS USM.

[fraggles]

ok thanks steve for your time mate :)

[evandavies]

I also vote for the 100-400mm

Some examples of waterski which is pretty fast and less than ideal lighting (backlit):
http://www.pbase.com/evandavies/liquidleisure

[fraggles]

thanks evan :) did not think i was going to get any replays :(

[LBaldwin]

While I agree with Evan & Steve re: the 100-400, you are probably going to want to go to primes at some point. So start with the easy ones like the 400 f5.6 (rented if you can) and see how you like that as well.

Often times a 70-200 w/ 1.4 can be useful too. But depending on how close you can get to the action you want at least 350 on the long end.

Cheers