Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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I have a Nikon d500 and I keep researching and struggling to decide what 70-200 2.8 I should get. There are so many options and generations of basically the same lens.

I'd prefer Nikon or sigma I think. Main function will be youth baseball. I have daytime shots covered but I need a lens that can handle lower light scenarios and still reach out some.

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https://www.mpb.com/en-us/product/nikon-af-s-nikkor-70-200mm-f-2-8g-ed-vr-ii

This is the one I have and it is a great lens. There is a newer version (the E instead of the G) and I don't think it is worth the step up in price.

70-200 on the D500 is a great combo for sports. That will give you a great shot at pitcher or batter and probably decent out to 2nd but you will need to crop some there.

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I have a 200-500 that I love for day games. But later in the day it's found wanting. The 70-200 I'd like for closer work at baseball, later games and for other projects I do with cheer teams etc.

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The 200-500 is a fantastic lens and they have the spiritual successor in a 180-600 Z lens that I am probably going to pick up this spring.

any thoughts on using manual lens like canon FD series in mirror less camera via adopter?

has lens technology progressed so much that it is not worth the effort? or the outcome or result not so good?

OKC~Ag said:

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any thoughts on using manual lens like canon FD series in mirror less camera via adopter?

has lens technology progressed so much that it is not worth the effort? or the outcome or result not so good?

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I've used a manual lens on my R5 with an EF adapter and all I got was frustrated. It technically worked, but I was not smart enough to deal with it.

I don't know that FDs can even be adapted to mirrorless, and even if they could, I don't think it would be worth it.

I have a Nikon D600 and a Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G lens. And a tripod.

Suggestions for settings (ISO, F stop, etc.) to shoot high school soccer games at night under lights? I use a tripod, but I feel like my images have too much blur and grain. Do I need to rent a different lens?

Set your shutter speed at about 1/640th of a second. 1/800th would be better, and there could be some motion blur on feet and ball, but faces should be sharp.

Set aperture to 2.8.

Move the ISO up until you properly expose. Probably start at 3200. Go up higher to properly expose. You may be at 6400 or 8000. As you go up, you will have more grain, but properly exposing will lower the grain you see. Under exposing then raising it in post processing will cause more noise.

Back button focus with single point.

dcbowers said:

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I have a Nikon D600 and a Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G lens. And a tripod.

Suggestions for settings (ISO, F stop, etc.) to shoot high school soccer games at night under lights? I use a tripod, but I feel like my images have too much blur and grain. Do I need to rent a different lens?

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Guitar covered it nicely. I have shot many many many high school soccer games with the same lens but on a D850 and D750 body. Are you shooting in Raw? If so the grain can be handled in post, its an artifact of the higher ISO. As guitar said, max aperture and back button focus in key. Depending on the shot, and if light ir really bad at night, you can also get a way with a 1/500 shutter speed. Shoot continuous. Tweak your ISO up or down as lighting conditions allow.