Shooting sports with a 50/1.8......Manual Focus? - Canon Digital Photography Forums

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Jamesino Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 416 IMAGE EDITING OK	Shooting sports with a 50/1.8......Manual Focus? My 70-200/4 isn't fast enough for high school basketball shooting, but my adapted nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 prime is. But it is manual focus only. Is it possible to take sports shots with a manual focus lens? How did sports photographers in the pre-AF era do it?

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