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[WilliamLofton]

Im a student on a serious budget. but I have an opportunity to shoot local football games at night, great experience, but my current 70-300 f4.5 lense is not fast enough to shoot with the low light conditions, so... I am looking for a reasonably priced 70-200mm f.2 lense for a Nikon. Thanks.

[Sahil]

Welcome to the Forum, William,

You can try Lensrentals, maybe.

[Sahil]

Mind if I ask, which camera body do you have?

[rpcrowe]

See this thread, especially the post regarding shooting night football witha 70-200mm f/4L IS lens.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=746074

O-T-O-H, it depends a lot on the lighting where the game is played. I have seen some pretty decently lit high school stadiums (mostly in Texas) but many city stadiums in other areas where soccer would be played could have abismal lighting.

[WilliamLofton]

shooting with a Nikon D80, and I was told the lighting at this particular stadium was the worst in the area

[Shadowman]

Also, who are you shooting for, the newspaper, the school, for yourself?

[WilliamLofton]

shooting for a local sports show, its mostly video, but they wanted some still shots to go along with it I was using a monopod(somewhat, mostly hand held) and had my iso at 1600, I am going to add the shots to my site ...
http://williamlofton.weebly.com/photography.html

I was not happy with these shots at all...