OK, so we don't get to see a lot of basketball here in the UK - particularly of the professional kind.
In a couple of months, professional basketball returns to Brentwood in Essex. This may not be earth-shattering news but it could open up some opportunities for me as the local paper I shoot for will undoubtedly need pics.
My usual work involves outdoor sports: cricket, soccer, rugby. Going indoors is going to be a little bit different. My 'standard' lens is 300mm outdoors with or without the 1.4x converter - so I am going to have to work differently from a courtside position I'm sure.
I hope you guys can help me out with a few pointers. The key things (I imagine) are going to be (i) lens choice and (ii) shooting positions.
No flash will be allowed so it's down to available light (and no, I won't be able to visit the venue in advance) but both my bodies (1d mark II and 10d) are able to reach 3200ASA in desperate times!
The current kit bag contains: 17-40 f/4L (too wide, too slow?), 28-70 f/2.8L (might be OK?), 70-200 f/2.8L (OK too?) and 300mm f/2.8L (too long?)...
I was wondering what you regular basketball shooters use and where you station yourselves around the court. I am also considering adding an 85mm f/1.8 or 100mm f/2 lens to the bag - a good choice?
Any tips would be of great use to this basketball 'virgin'...