Except for when there is no light… And in photography, that often means - no action. No action, unless you have one of those so-called “fast” lenses - a lens with a very wide aperture, usually f/2.8 or wider. Wide aperture allows for more light to enter your camera, which translates into acceptable (read - faster) shutter speeds. Acceptable, to where you can catch something in the action and “freeze” it, or as photographers often say - “stop the action”. I never owner a fast lens before, and I tend to shy away from higher ISOs simply because D70 is not quite good at it (that’s probably the only reason I consider upgrading every once in a while), so no light for me has always meant - no action. Last night, as we were coming back from Ana Maria island beach I was playing with my recently acquired Nikkor 70-200mm VR and managed to snap this picture:

Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8D G-AFS ED-IF VR lens, f/2.8, 1/30, VR on, Active on, 70mm, continuous shutter mode - 5 shots takes, only 1 winner. Of course active VR helped a lot, I was in a moving car… and f/2.8 was what allowed me to shoot the other moving cars without any blur. I’m quite impressed :-)

This entry was posted on Monday, March 5th, 2007 at 9:46 pm and is filed under Photography. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.