No problem..been doing this for five years.You can see my work on Flickr if you want under Birdwatcher 1406.
Q-Ball40 wrote:
Greetings,
I am thinking of purchasing a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens for indoor volleyball sports photography because of it's superior results in low light & high speed action conditions. I believe this lens was made for a "Full Frame" image sensor camera body for optimal performance. Are there any concerns or problems using this lens with an APS-C image sensor?
Thank you for any advice you can offer.
I agree with other responses, EF 70-200mm f/2.8 is fully compatible with both full frame and APS-C Canon DSLRs. In fact, all EF and all EF-S lenses are fully compatible with the crop sensor cameras.
It is the full frame DSLRs that are limited to only EF lenses (can't use EF-S, by design).
On a crop sensor camera a 70-200mm is going to be a pretty long lens for indoor sports like volleyball. You'll also find that f/2.8 isn't really all that big and bright.
There also are "faster options".... for example an 85mm f/1.8 has more than a full stop larger lens aperture and an 85mm f/1.4 is two full stops larger. Those and perhaps a 50mm f/1.4 would be my choices for indoor volleyball.
Each full stop of larger lens aperture allows you to double the speed of your shutter or halve the ISO you need to use... or a little of both.
not at all, it will work fine.. kinda like using a 747 to go downtown for two qts of milk tho, Ed
Q-Ball40 wrote:
Greetings,
I am thinking of purchasing a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens for indoor volleyball sports photography because of it's superior results in low light & high speed action conditions. I believe this lens was made for a "Full Frame" image sensor camera body for optimal performance. Are there any concerns or problems using this lens with an APS-C image sensor?
Thank you for any advice you can offer.
Most APS-C sensors have a very small pixel pitch. The small/tight pixel pitch has a tendency to make any motion blurr/focus blurr/lens resolution blur more perceptable. This is compared to using most full frame sensors.
.
bwana
Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada
Q-Ball40 wrote:
Greetings,
I am thinking of purchasing a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens for indoor volleyball sports photography because of it's superior results in low light & high speed action conditions. I believe this lens was made for a "Full Frame" image sensor camera body for optimal performance. Are there any concerns or problems using this lens with an APS-C image sensor?
Thank you for any advice you can offer.
It will probably work better with an APS-C sensor since it'll be using the sweet spot of the lens!
bwa
bwana wrote:
It will probably work better with an APS-C sensor since it'll be using the sweet spot of the lens!
bwa
Isn't it the other way around??
bwana wrote:
It will probably work better with an APS-C sensor since it'll be using the sweet spot of the lens!
bwa
Beat me to it. The center of the image projected by a lens is considered the "sweet spot".
bwana
Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada
PHRubin wrote:
Beat me to it. The center of the image projected by a lens is considered the "sweet spot".
And I have living proof with some of my 'not so great' full frame lenses. An APS-C sensor crops the nasty edges and corners...
bwa
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