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ill be in roberts tower at daytona its pretty high up my dad has an old 35mm camera i could ask him what lens he used to shoot with there..since we are almost in the same seatsand his pictures were really good and he could voom in pretty good on the cars on pit road.. and jsut see if i can get something close to that would that work?
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Even if your on "track line" you will need something like 70-200 IS L 2.8
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ill be in roberts tower at daytona its pretty high up my dad has an old 35mm camera i could ask him what lens he used to shoot with there..since we are almost in the same seatsand his pictures were really good and he could voom in pretty good on the cars on pit road.. and jsut see if i can get something close to that would that work?
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It's hard to say whether or not a 200mm tekephoto would satisfy you without seeing the pictures that you dad took. Think distance, you can even open Google Earth and try to measure the distance from your seats to the pits. If you figure out the distance, I'll calculate the lens you need.
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Your camera is a 1.5 crop compared to a 35mm, so 200mm would be equivalent to what he has. A 300mm would get you even closer. There are cheap Canon 300mm's that you can look into, no idea how brightly lit the track is so I can't say if you'll be ok with the standard f/5.6 or if you'll need something faster.
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its pretty brightfor the most part but something a little faster probably would hurt...any suggestions? i would also like to be bale to get something i could use in the future in the daytime.
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I can tell you right now... that if you are not willing to spend over 1K on a telephoto lens... you might as well not worry much about speed and make sure you are taking photos with ample light...
Check out the two recommendations I made... both are under 1K and one of them is cheap enough that you could buy it from Ritz camera, shoot with it & then bring it back for a full refund... that is if they are still doing that.
[sarcarm] here is a link to the terribly paved road of canon lens reviews...
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ [/sarcasm]
Check out the two recommendations I made... both are under 1K and one of them is cheap enough that you could buy it from Ritz camera, shoot with it & then bring it back for a full refund... that is if they are still doing that.
[sarcarm] here is a link to the terribly paved road of canon lens reviews...
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ [/sarcasm]
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im pretty sure a nascar track at night, you are going to need a serious lens. You know where you are going to be seated at? Though now that i think about it, you really dont see a whole lot of nascar night photos either.
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