I appreciate the finance aspect, but a used 10Dand a 70-200 with IS
and you will be very impressed with what you can do
in a soccer match.
Hire or borrow and try it
Unfortunately there are some indoor venues that just
aren't light enough even for the mighty Canon
Last Sunday my son-and-heir was playing in a Soccer dome in Montreal. At best, I was scraping 1/200s @ 2.8 with ISO3200. It just wasn't enough! http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/soccer
In case you hadn't guessed, my boy is number 15
Wendy
Wendy,
I liked your pictures and thought that for 3200 at f2.8 and 1/200 they were very good. I have gotten good and bad shots at 3200 and therefore try to avoid it because I haven't yet figured out what causes the good ones and the bad ones, besides the photographer. When it gets darkest I'll just set the ISO to 1600, the aperture at f2.8 and the shutter to about 1/180 or 1/250 and just shoot. It usually works out ok except in the corners of the field where the lights just don't reach (I was recently told that HS stadium lighting is set for football and not soccer so it can get dark in the corners during a soccer game).
Larry http://www.cook-imaging.com/
