Fast lenses? yes. Fast body? not so much. One can shoot action with
Manual Focus gear.
-Adam
Jens Bladt wrote:
I'd rather stay an amateur too. And refrain from doing action photography,
BTW.
I was just making a point: Action photography requires fast lenses (and
perhaps a fast camera body :-).
And they are quite expensive.
BTW:
It's not really a lot of money, if you want to make a living from sports
photography.
Or if you just want to make excellent photograps, compareable with what is
published in the local paper.
Think of what a cap driver has to pay for a Mercedes Benz (90% of all taxies
here are just that).
I believe they sell for 160.000 USD here. This also happens to be the
average cost of creating 1 job, where I live.
Regards
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
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Fra: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 23. februar 2006 00:24
Til: [email protected]
Emne: Re: SV: *IST-D / DS & High speed action!
Mark Roberts wrote:
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 22/2/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed:
"Most professional sports photographers have the following set of
equipment:
3 top-of-the-line digital camera bodies, such as the Canon 1D or Nikon
D2H
($3,000 each)
6 Extra batteries ($100 each)
Extreme wide angle 14mm f/2.8 ($1,400)
Wide angle zoom lens 17 - 35mm f/2.8 ($1,400)
Fast short telephoto 85mm f/1.4 ($900)
Telephoto zoom 70-200 f/2.8 ($1,500)
Fast Telephoto 300mm f/2.8 ($4,400)
Fast Long Telephoto 400mm f/2.8 ($7,700)
Teleconverter 1.4x ($450)
Teleconverter 2x ($450)
2 Monopods ($150 each)
Tripod ($450)
2 Flashes ($400 each)
Radio Remotes ($300)
Light stands, umbrellas, misc lighting equipment ($500)
Laptop with extra ram ($2,500)
Photoshop ($600)
Other software ($500)
Rolling camera case ($300)
Rain gear ($500)
Total: $34,000"
Don't forget:
Insurance for above ($2500 yearly)
New car every 3 years ($28,000)
Interest on overdraft facility (£500)
Hospitality to kennel maids etc ($10,000)
Assistant ($22,000 yearly)
Drinking habit ($12,000)
Alimony ($68,000 yearly)
And:
Personal masseuse ($25,000 yearly)
Emergency gear rental when airline loses it $10,000
Licensing photos from Ken Rockwell when yours turn out like crap $50,000
And:
Sherpa named Cesar (six pack of beer daily)
--
Christian
http://photography.skofteland.net
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