Best Camera Lenses for Distance, Action, Face

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Canon EF-S 55-250mm AF Lens

$335.00 Est. at Amazon

from "TMarie", www1.wolfcamera.com
i did find that focusing with is on was bit slow when shooting very fast action shots so i just turn it off for those shots.
from "midge, www1.photoalley.com
i purchased this lense for action soccer shots & i am very pleased.
from "Campman83", www1.photoalley.com
daytime action photos are fantastic but not as useful in lower light with any movement.
from www.amazon.com
this has been a great lens for the action shots i want to take, it is great for the outdoor shots i take while motorcycle touring, is great for low light with a tripod.
from www.amazon.com
i purchased this lens solely for the purpose of getting better, up-close action shots of my son's athletic events and so far, it does not disappoint.

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Positives: Good Zoom, Excellent Affordability, Great Image Stabilization, Zoom Lens

2 RECOMMENDED by 10 people for DISTANCE, ACTION, FACE

Nikon AF-S DX 35mm f/1.8G Lens

$225.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i've found it easier to take pictures of people with faces in focus and background blurred than i could with the zoom lens.
from www.amazon.com
if the object is moving fast (sports/action) then vr feature alone might not help (depending on how fast the object is moving and how much light is available), and a fast lens often end up being a
from www.amazon.com
wide enough to get the whole family in the shot and long enough that you are a comfortable distance from your subject 99% of the time - its the perfect lens for dx.
from www.amazon.com
my only disappointment with this lens is that nikon did not build in a window that shows the distance the lens is focused to, as on some other dx lenses.
from www.amazon.com
my recommended picture taking distance with this lens is 3-10' away from the subject.

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Good Image Stabilization, Lightweight, Fixed Focal Length Lens

3 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for DISTANCE, ACTION, FACE

70-300mm 1:4.0-5.6 ED Lens

$367.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
nice lens, compact....incredible focal distance.....a little hard to frame at 600mm, but requires some practice to get used to it.
from www.amazon.com
while maintaining a distance that won't scare it away.
from www.amazon.com
i use this as my primary lens for all of my action (softball) shots.
from www.amazon.com
when you need it for fast action focus it really really sucks .
from www.amazon.com
this lens has enabled me to take some awesome action shots.

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Positives: Great Zoom, Nice Affordability, Great Image Stabilization, Zoom Lens

4 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for DISTANCE, ACTION, FACE

Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 AF APO DG OS HSM

$994.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
and all that said, it takes great optically stabilized photographs, from a distance (and it really didn't seem too slow...actually pretty quick now that i think about it).
from www.amazon.com
i've been trying to zoom out when i begin to track a flying bird at any distance and then zoom in on it as i try to capture it, other wise you'll never find it.
from www.amazon.com
so far i shot some 200 pictures of various subjects at various distances handholding the camera with the os turned on.
from www.amazon.com
after putting on this 150-500 mm lens the world has shrunk and i am able to reach out to things which were lost because of the distances.
from www.amazon.com
shooting small fast moving planes at great distances is a challenge.

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Positives: Excellent Zoom, Lightweight, Good Image Stabilization, Zoom Lens

5 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for DISTANCE, ACTION, FACE

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM SLR Lens

$250.00 Est. at Amazon

from www1.cameraworld.com
first time photographing a independent wrestling show ..much improved over kit lens is works phenomenal ..great buy pros: durable, sharp focus cons: slow focus best uses: general use, sports/action
from www.amazon.com
because i was dissatisfied with the performance of my (more expensive) sigma 17-35 ex (the newer model), which while sharp, is just too slow and inaccurate a focuser for close work in action sports.
from www.amazon.com
but not so great on up close birthday pictures and fast action baseball shots.
from www.amazon.com
the closest focusing distance is only a couple of inches or so, which is useful if you want to take semi-pseudo macro shots.
from www.amazon.com
so i like the closer shooting distances with this 18-55.

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Positives: Nice Affordability, Great Image Quality, Lightweight

Pentax DA 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 ED

$580.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
(this is a "vast" expanse of hilly grassland where you can see a very long distance and in the past, with my minolta 35mm film camera, it had been very difficult to do it justice with only 2
from www.amazon.com
i'm still a novice photographer but i wanted a lens that could offer close-up and distance mobility and this one fills the bill.
from www.amazon.com
the camera came with the 18-55 lens, but that didn't provide any capability to reach any distances to get that close-up shot.
from www.amazon.com
this lens although a bit slow is very sharp and ideal for broad vistas to tight distance shooting.

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Positives: Good Zoom, Lightweight, Excellent Affordability, Zoom Lens

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM LENS f/SONY/MIN 310205

$487.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the lens front focused at near distances and back focused at objects over 30 ft.
from www.amazon.com
the lens has not been out very long, and, to my knowledge, no formal reviews have been published (8/2008), but the general "buzz" is that people are seeing af problems at distances beyond a few
from www.amazon.com
when taking portraits you want nothing to distract the viewer from the face of the model; this lens does just that.
from www.amazon.com
hence, opening the lens wider by one stop increases shutter speed by double (up from 1/100 to 1/200 for example), which better freezes action and reduces the effects of camera shake on the final image
from www.amazon.com
other than close distances, the 50-60 feet shots were all i tried; the plane of the focus point wasn't within the depth of field until about f5.6.

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Positives: Nice Image Stabilization, Good Focus, Nice Affordability, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Lens

$499.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the lens has not been out very long, and, to my knowledge, no formal reviews have been published (8/2008), but the general "buzz" is that people are seeing af problems at distances beyond a few
from www.amazon.com
when taking portraits you want nothing to distract the viewer from the face of the model; this lens does just that.
from www.amazon.com
the lens front focused at near distances and back focused at objects over 30 ft.
from www.amazon.com
hence, opening the lens wider by one stop increases shutter speed by double (up from 1/100 to 1/200 for example), which better freezes action and reduces the effects of camera shake on the final image
from www.amazon.com
other than close distances, the 50-60 feet shots were all i tried; the plane of the focus point wasn't within the depth of field until about f5.6.

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Positives: Great Image Stabilization, Great Focus, Excellent Affordability, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Sigma SMC-A 50mm f/1.4

$487.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the lens has not been out very long, and, to my knowledge, no formal reviews have been published (8/2008), but the general "buzz" is that people are seeing af problems at distances beyond a few
from www.amazon.com
the lens front focused at near distances and back focused at objects over 30 ft.
from www.amazon.com
when taking portraits you want nothing to distract the viewer from the face of the model; this lens does just that.
from www.amazon.com
hence, opening the lens wider by one stop increases shutter speed by double (up from 1/100 to 1/200 for example), which better freezes action and reduces the effects of camera shake on the final image
from www.amazon.com
other than close distances, the 50-60 feet shots were all i tried; the plane of the focus point wasn't within the depth of field until about f5.6.

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Positives: Great Focus, Great Affordability, Good Image Quality, Focal Length: 50mm

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Lens

$492.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the lens has not been out very long, and, to my knowledge, no formal reviews have been published (8/2008), but the general "buzz" is that people are seeing af problems at distances beyond a few
from www.amazon.com
when taking portraits you want nothing to distract the viewer from the face of the model; this lens does just that.
from www.amazon.com
the lens front focused at near distances and back focused at objects over 30 ft.
from www.amazon.com
hence, opening the lens wider by one stop increases shutter speed by double (up from 1/100 to 1/200 for example), which better freezes action and reduces the effects of camera shake on the final image
from www.amazon.com
other than close distances, the 50-60 feet shots were all i tried; the plane of the focus point wasn't within the depth of field until about f5.6.

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Positives: Excellent Image Stabilization, Good Focus, Excellent Affordability, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Pentax SMCP-67 55mm f/4 Lens

$540.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this camera do not get face detection that i like to have, and the iso, that i like have 50.
from www.amazon.com
excellent lens which makes indoor/low light photography/fast action shots a breeze.
from www.amazon.com
for action and/or sport photographer, this cam perform too slow when you use the continous mode.

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Positives: Lightweight, Good Image Quality, Great Affordability, Fixed Focal Length Lens

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 IS Lens

$715.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
reviewer images (click to see full-size image) (click anywhere inside this popup to close it) zoom in action!
from www.amazon.com
this lens gets the most action/time on my camera.

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Positives: Nice Zoom, Lightweight, Great Focus, Zoom Lens

Pentax smc DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 ED IF SDM Lens

$1,424.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this is my reasoning at least and this is not a macro lens, we're talking regular focus distances here.
from www.amazon.com
the lens does not have a macro setting, but adjusting the distance between the object and the camera, though sometimes frustrating, works okay.
from www.amazon.com
the pentax 25-250mm may have more range but the focus speeds can't catch the action stuff.
from www.amazon.com
- minimum focus distance (1 meter/ 3.3 foot) there's definitely room for improvement!!
from www.amazon.com
just don't expect great performance for action shots (that's the pentax auto focus system not the lens).

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Positives: Excellent Image Stabilization, Good Focus, Lightweight, Focal Length: 50mm - 135mm

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM II Macro Zoom Lens

$760.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
since it is so fast even the worst high school gym lighting isn't a problem and action shots are great.
from www.amazon.com
work because the max focus distance is 1 meter / 3 feets, or for marketing purpose, they called it macro capability.
from www.amazon.com
has lovely bokeh, though since it's a 2.8 (rather than, say a 1.4 or 1.8) you can't produce completely blurred backgrounds unless the background is some distance back from your subject -- say, 30' or
from www.amazon.com
i was amazed at the clarity of the action pics.
from www.amazon.com
i like the 80-400, except for the minimum distance of focus.

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Positives: Good Zoom, Nice Image Stabilization, Lightweight, Zoom Lens

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 II EX DG APO Macro HSM AF Lens

$785.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
since it is so fast even the worst high school gym lighting isn't a problem and action shots are great.
from www.amazon.com
work because the max focus distance is 1 meter / 3 feets, or for marketing purpose, they called it macro capability.
from www.amazon.com
has lovely bokeh, though since it's a 2.8 (rather than, say a 1.4 or 1.8) you can't produce completely blurred backgrounds unless the background is some distance back from your subject -- say, 30' or
from www.amazon.com
i was amazed at the clarity of the action pics.
from www.amazon.com
i like the 80-400, except for the minimum distance of focus.

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Positives: Excellent Zoom, Nice Image Stabilization, Lightweight, Zoom Lens

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Best Camera Lenses for Distance, Action, Face

Canon EF-S 55-250mm AF Lens

Nikon AF-S DX 35mm f/1.8G Lens

70-300mm 1:4.0-5.6 ED Lens

Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 AF APO DG OS HSM

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM SLR Lens

Pentax DA 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 ED

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM LENS f/SONY/MIN 310205

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Lens

Sigma SMC-A 50mm f/1.4

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Lens

Pentax SMCP-67 55mm f/4 Lens

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 IS Lens

Pentax smc DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 ED IF SDM Lens

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM II Macro Zoom Lens

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 II EX DG APO Macro HSM AF Lens

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