Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

jvmanolis wrote in post #8836868
capturing a moment at f/2.2

nice shot!

Thanks DStanic & Tourist for your comments!

A few from this morning ...

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Very Nice set!! Speech less!!

^^ great set in the fog!

Playing the kitchen drum set... this lens gives good isolation even if it is "only" f/1.8:

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For guys using this lens on actions shots, what setting are u using? ap/ss/and focus?

i tried taking shots of my daughter on a swing today at 2.0. ss-1/1600 and the are surprisingly blurred.

AMAZING set pixel junkie! Putting that 85 to good work.

Use Ai servo on moving objects; not one shot if that's what you used

kekoa wrote in post #8843093
For guys using this lens on actions shots, what setting
are u using? ap/ss/and focus?

i tried taking shots of my daughter on a swing today at 2.0. ss-1/1600 and the are surprisingly blurred.

kekoa wrote in post #8843093
For guys using this lens on actions shots, what setting are u using? ap/ss/and focus?

i tried taking shots of my daughter on a swing today at 2.0. ss-1/1600 and the are surprisingly blurred.

With a very small window of accuracy at f/2, any lens will have difficulty keeping up with the back and forth of a swing if you try and make it track continually. It is easier to pre-focus at the top of the arc and then fire off when they swing in to the focus zone.

Example >>> http://i.imgur.com/F6a​Na.jpg (shot with 200/2.8 @ f/2.8 and a 12mm ext. tube, no cropping done)

Cassie wrote in post #8841709
Very Nice set!! Speech less!!

Mooseknuckle wrote in post #8843379
AMAZING set pixel junkie! Putting that 85 to good work.

TheHoff wrote in post #8841931
^^ great set in the fog!

Thanks guys.

One from yesterday. daughter and wife.

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kekoa wrote in post #8843093
For guys using this lens on actions shots, what setting are u using? ap/ss/and focus?

i tried taking shots of my daughter on a swing today at 2.0. ss-1/1600 and the are surprisingly blurred.

You will probably have better luck shooting at f/2.8 or even f/4.

I was shooting some track and field (getting the whole body in the frame) and they looked like crap at such high aperture. If the shoe was in focus, the face was not.. very narrow DOF to work with. Shooting at f/4 (like with my razor sharp 70-200) got better results.

At a picnic in Vegas...

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pixel_junkie wrote in post #8841396
A few from this morning ...

Wow, wonderful set pj!

pmnd, nice shot.. but haven't you already posted the same photo 3-4 times?