rob_w Posted January 23, 2011 Share #1 Posted January 23, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I will be visiting the Australian Open this week and would appreciate suggestions as to the best lens or combination to take. I have with me 24 Elmarit, 35 Summilux and 90 Summicron. I don't really want to take all three. Anyone been to the tennis and have advice on what they found worked best? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sblitz Posted January 23, 2011 Share #2 Posted January 23, 2011 i have been to the US Open many many times and, as is usually the case with questions such as these, what type of photos do you like to take at a sporting event and where are your seats in relation to the court. Most enjoy taking the players in action and so a long lens is best. Others prefer shots encapsulating the wide spectacle of the event, and others the people watching. In sum, take the 35 and 90. Should be more than enough. And if you only want to take one, take the 90. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenerrolrd Posted January 23, 2011 Share #3 Posted January 23, 2011 Rob Shooting tennis action is very challenging with an M system. I did this in 2009 at the US Open as a test with M8 s and the 135 apo and 75 summicron lenses. You really have to work hard to prefocus on locations where the player is hitting the ball and then work out your fine tuning and timing. You can see the results on my website ..but look at the 2009 US Open ..in 2010 I went primarily with a Nikon D3X to get longer glass and AF. Be sure to work the side courts that is where you can get close to the action . Shooting the event itself is typical street shooting ....28/50/90 work well . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_w Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks Roger. Had a look at your work for both 2009 and 2010 (very nice, too! ). I can see that the longer glass gives you an 'easier' job of getting the long shots and adds more telephoto compression, but overall both sets are good and the telephoto did not make a standout difference. I like the 'street photo' analogy which I had not really thought about -- capturing stuff in the margins of the event. As sblitz said, probably the 35 and the 90 will be best. Many thanks ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_w Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted January 29, 2011 In the end I took the 35 and the 90. The 90 was fine for photos of the players -- with a bit of cropping if necessary to bring them in closer (digital zoom ). I would have been better with the 24 for photos of the spectators and the whole spectacle: the 35 could not get in the full stadium as I had expected. BEWARE: there was a limit on photographic equipment which could be taken in to the venue. I have never seen this before. Lenses of 200mm and over must be checked in and collected again aftwards. Not very friendly although it did not affect me personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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