Hey get published in the surf magazines and sites such as surfer and now espn and I use a 30d canon and some decent canon lenses but my main lense is a 500mm 4.5 sigma. Its a great lense but a new one costs $4800 or lists for that. I must say if you want a good sports setup get a canon or nikon and don't buy these cheaper manual focus lenses. save up and or buy used to get a better lense. and get a good tripod if possible. You basically need good af speed, and a f8 lense is very limited unless shooting direct sun. I would say a sigma lense or a tamron is a good lense or some other decent brand that will work well with your camera. Unless your really good at manual focus I wouldn't suggest a manual focus lense on a af camera. matter of fact you can probably get away with a 70-300 or a 70-200 for surfing. you dont need all 500mm all the time for surfing. well hope this helps.</p><div></div>
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<p>Brad,<br>
Hey get published in the surf magazines and sites such as surfer and now espn and I use a 30d canon and some decent canon lenses but my main lense is a 500mm 4.5 sigma. Its a great lense but a new one costs $4800 or lists for that. I must say if you want a good sports setup get a canon or nikon and don't buy these cheaper manual focus lenses. save up and or buy used to get a better lense. and get a good tripod if possible. You basically need good af speed, and a f8 lense is very limited unless shooting direct sun. I would say a sigma lense or a tamron is a good lense or some other decent brand that will work well with your camera. Unless your really good at manual focus I wouldn't suggest a manual focus lense on a af camera. matter of fact you can probably get away with a 70-300 or a 70-200 for surfing. you dont need all 500mm all the time for surfing. well hope this helps.</p><div>
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