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[tonsoffun49]

Hi Everyone.

I found this site while googleing Sports Photography and saw a lot of amazing work, noticed a lot of informative people. I have a few questions about photography that I hope you guys can help me with so thanks in advance.

4 years ago I got more serious with photography and bought my first DSLR camera. It was my senior year in high school and I was made head of photography for our school yearbook. At the time I was also going to a career center for commercial photography where I did a lot of studio projects. My camera was a Olympus Evolt E-500 with 14-45mm 3.5-5.6 and a 40-150mm 3.5-4.5. At the time, this camera was pretty good (I assume). I took tons and tons of amazing sports shots for our yearbook (amazing at the time). But after graduation I put the camera down and hadn't really touched it since. I got busy with work and life and just lost interest. Over the past 4 years I have been trying to decide what to go to college for and I never could decide. Over the past few weeks I have started shooting again and am starting to realize (again) that I love photography. I now have realized that this is what I want to do. And yes I realize how hard it is to get into this profession, I am willing to do the time. lol

I still have my e-500 but i am finding that it isn't what it used to be and can not compete with all these new cameras and lenses. So now I am looking to buy a new dslr. I was looking at the Canon EOS 50D. My main focus is sports, as I am going to go back to my high school and shoot for them to build my portfolio. But I also want to do some portraiture. So my question is, what camera body would you recommend and what 2 lenses would you recommend.

Sorry for my long story, and thanks again for any help.

[fidgety]

We used a 50D as one of our backup cameras and it's done a fine job. With the high megs and high ISO it's ideal for shooting in low light situations and noise is fairly limited at 1600 and higher. It doesn't have the focus tracking with AI Servo and sharpness that the 1D series have but those bodies are in a different league.
For portraits and landscapes it's a fine camera with rich color and contrast and I would definitely recommend it.

[Frog]

I'm not a sports photographer but welcome to these forums.