russell_t Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 <p>If you had the opportunity to get a 300mm f/2.8 IS USM lens for the weekend, what would you shoot?</p> <p>I have a 70-200 f/2.8 IS2 Canon lens and shoot a lot of local sports for a rec adult sports league, but I just got the opportunity to take the 300mm USM IS lens out for a weekend.</p> <p>I live in Atlanta, and am not opposed to a little travel (within a 4 hour drive). So... if you were in this situation, what would you choose to shoot?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 <p>I suspect most people would suggest a sports event or wildlife (zoo?). Why not just take it to the places you normally would go shooting, and see if you capture anything "extra" with it? You could go somewhere special, I suppose, where you might get some interesting shots, but then you would get interesting shots with your current kit in that situation too, which might confuse you as to its utility for your photography.</p> Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin O Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 The southeast of where? England? ;) Since 300/2.8 is such a popular sports lens, and you shoot sports already, I'd suggest just using it to shoot your local sports and, as Robin suggests, see if it offers you anything over the 70-200/2.8 you're already used to. If it doesn't, fine. If it does, start saving! No need for any 4-hour drives, just to try out a lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 <p>If I had a 300/2.8 for a day ...</p> <p>I'd use it to exploit the shallow depth of field and perspective compression for street scenes (people). 300 mm is on the short side for wildlife (animals) except in a park or near a bird feeder. Perhaps the most common professional use is for fashion or sports. A 300 is also good for closeups (using extension tubes), because it controls the background with its narrow field of view.</p> <p>I have a 300/4, which is very nice but seldom used, largely because it does not have image stabilization. Instead, I use a 70-200/2.8 VR with a 1.4x tele-extender. That may change, because I can use it, hand-held, with my Sony A7ii, which has in-body image stabilization, as slow as 1/30 second and still get reasonable sharpness.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straw_man Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Having been stationed at Dobbins AFB in Marietta, a suburb of Atlanta, I would shoot anything that got me back to Seattle post haste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frode Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 <p>You can use it for landscape type photos (not same lens, but a Pentax M* 300 f/4):<br> http://www.photo.net/photo/17832741<br> http://www.photo.net/photo/17828556<br> http://www.photo.net/photo/17828557<br> http://www.photo.net/photo/17837779<br> http://www.photo.net/photo/17830739</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAngell Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 <p>A friend has one (Nikon) that I borrow occasionally and am thinking of getting one myself. For me it's the ultimate street lens. If gives me some distance from my subjects (usually people riding bicycles) and has great DoF. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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