You might find a use for the 50mm in a gym, though I hardly ever did over
the years. Do keep in mind that with basketball there's no shooting along
the sidelines, only from the stands or from either end of the gym under one
of the baskets--or worse, from one of auxiliary gyms up stairs which
usually have wells at either end of the gym for someone to look down from.
In any event, depending on distance the 85mm would serve you I suppose,
better still a 100mm or 135mm if they're available for the Canon system.
I've no idea.
Question: what "mistakes" are there to make with the 50-250? (I assume you
referred to focus.)
Tris
All good points, and don't worry, even if I made an investment in an 'other'
system, I'd still be a Zuikoholic at heart. Just sell a few of the lesser
used items and.....
I did a little homework, based on Bruce Hamm's posts (come on people,
haven't you played with these things) and came up with this 'sports kit':
EOS 7E Body - $460
75-300 f/4-5.6 Image Stablized EF - $490
50/1.4 USM - $365
85/1.8 USM - $390
Total = $1705
Prices new at B&H. E*bay prices are about the same, which seems silly.
Not a trivial spend, but could be covered by selling some things. Seems
like the 50 and 80 cover Basketball and the 75-300 covers soccer. You can't
say they're that expensive, compared to even good used OM. The Image
Stablization combined with Autofocus appeals to the gadget freak in me.
I'm going to follow Bruce's advice and see if I can rent a setup for one
weekend.
One thing has me back on the fence. I just got back the rolls shot today.
The stuff with the 4T/50-250 all came out perfect. With 400 speed film, I
was shooting 1/250-1/500 at f/8-f/11, so the depth of field covers my
mistakes.
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