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[hesaias]

Well, it rained the games out tonight. So tomorrow I will be takin my first shots with my f/2.8 EF L 70-200 lens and my 580EX Flash.

Any tips? I got a polarizing filter for the lens, btw. I have taken a few shots and am utterly blown away. I will post one in a few.

[Jimmy B]

So Scott did you get the IS lens? I am considering getting one. Races at PHX are coming up I have to work 2 of the 4 races down there, maybe saturday I can shoot?
Jimmy B

[JSPhoto]

Well, it rained the games out tonight. So tomorrow I will be takin my first shots with my f/2.8 EF L 70-200 lens and my 580EX Flash.

Any tips? I got a polarizing filter for the lens, btw. I have taken a few shots and am utterly blown away. I will post one in a few.

Polarizing filter? You don't want that for sports. What you need is something to protect the glass from damage, and something to keep the dirt and dust off the glass, as well as the occasional finger print.
What you do want is: Hoya UV(0) filter and make certain it is the (0) not the (1) or any other number as the (0) is the only one that will not affect colors.

Now I have a question: Tonight was supposed to be football right? Was it lightning? And if not why did they cancel? I think only one game in Indiana got rained out and that was due to the field being flooded, otherwise everyone played in the rain Thats football though!

JS

[hesaias]

Polarizing filter? You don't want that for sports. What you need is something to protect the glass from damage, and something to keep the dirt and dust off the glass, as well as the occasional finger print.
What you do want is: Hoya UV(0) filter and make certain it is the (0) not the (1) or any other number as the (0) is the only one that will not affect colors.

Now I have a question: Tonight was supposed to be football right? Was it lightning? And if not why did they cancel? I think only one game in Indiana got rained out and that was due to the field being flooded, otherwise everyone played in the rain Thats football though!

JS

Thanks for the info on the filter. Guess I shoulda questioned the salesman. We did not play due to local flooding. Also, fewer fans show up in he rain, so the gate money is much lower. Last week, there were about 15,000 at the Gaffney Byrnes game.

[hesaias]

So Scott did you get the IS lens? I am considering getting one. Races at PHX are coming up I have to work 2 of the 4 races down there, maybe saturday I can shoot?
Jimmy B

Nah, I did not get the IS lens. Maybe one day. I got the 580 EX and a PIXMA ip6700 Printer at the same time.

Did you see my shots of Charlotte? I think the 2.8 wolda made the diff. I really do not know how much the IS would have helped though.

[JSPhoto]

Nah, I did not get the IS lens. Maybe one day. I got the 580 EX and a PIXMA ip6700 Printer at the same time.

Did you see my shots of Charlotte? I think the 2.8 wolda made the diff. I really do not know how much the IS would have helped though.

Scott,
The IS would have also made a big difference, thats why we use it for motorsports and other sports, especially at night and in poor lighting..

JS

[JSPhoto]

Thanks for the info on the filter. Guess I shoulda questioned the salesman. We did not play due to local flooding. Also, fewer fans show up in he rain, so the gate money is much lower. Last week, there were about 15,000 at the Gaffney Byrnes game.

Scott,
I have found very few salesmen actually know about filters, but they all are taught to to sell polarizers because they are expensive. The Hoya UV(0) isn't cheap, but then most salesmen don't know filters affect color and that this particular one will not affect color. All it does is keep out UV and protect the glass on the lens. You can find them for 77mm lens for around $46....cheap insurance! I have now replaced three in the 4 years I have used them, and I have two that use the 77mm version. But $48 is much less than replacing glass or having the lens repaired due to chips and scratches.

JS