Tris,
These are just 8 year olds, so I do have side-line access.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tris Schuler" <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Oh no, will the Zuikoholic defect?
> You might find a use for the 50mm in a gym, though I hardly ever did over
> the years. Do keep in mind that with basketball there's no shooting along
> the sidelines, only from the stands or from either end of the gym under
one
> of the baskets--or worse, from one of auxiliary gyms up stairs which
> usually have wells at either end of the gym for someone to look down from.
> In any event, depending on distance the 85mm would serve you I suppose,
> better still a 100mm or 135mm if they're available for the Canon system.
> I've no idea.
>
> Question: what "mistakes" are there to make with the 50-250? (I assume you
> referred to focus.)
>
> Tris
>
> >All good points, and don't worry, even if I made an investment in an
'other'
> >system, I'd still be a Zuikoholic at heart. Just sell a few of the
lesser
> >used items and.....
> >
> >I did a little homework, based on Bruce Hamm's posts (come on people,
> >haven't you played with these things) and came up with this 'sports kit':
> >
> >EOS 7E Body - $460
> >75-300 f/4-5.6 Image Stablized EF - $490
> >50/1.4 USM - $365
> >85/1.8 USM - $390
> >
> >Total = $1705
> >
> >Prices new at B&H. E*bay prices are about the same, which seems silly.
> >
> >Not a trivial spend, but could be covered by selling some things. Seems
> >like the 50 and 80 cover Basketball and the 75-300 covers soccer. You
can't
> >say they're that expensive, compared to even good used OM. The Image
> >Stablization combined with Autofocus appeals to the gadget freak in me.
> >
> >I'm going to follow Bruce's advice and see if I can rent a setup for one
> >weekend.
> >
> >One thing has me back on the fence. I just got back the rolls shot today.
> >The stuff with the 4T/50-250 all came out perfect. With 400 speed film,
I
> >was shooting 1/250-1/500 at f/8-f/11, so the depth of field covers my
> >mistakes.
>
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