Got a photogenic pet? How about kids who play indoor sports or perform in band concerts? If you've graduated to a digital SLR and if you anticipate one heck of a holiday bonus, here's what should be on your wishlist : a 70-200mm zoom lens with a generous f/2.8 maximum aperture (lens opening) and optical image stabilization (OIS).
Whether you're halfway back in a school auditorium, shooting from the sidelines to the middle of a playing field under night lighting, or following your pet romping in the yard, you'll have enough magnification at 200mm to fill the frame. Indoors in an arena or auditorium or outdoors at dusk, you can turn the digital film speed (ISO setting) all the way up and have enough light for decent exposures. An image stabilizer offsets camera motion and lets you do good work at one-quarter to one-eighth the shutter speed you could otherwise. Translation: If you can hold a non-OIS lens steady for 1/200 to 1/250 second (not as easy as it sounds with a telephoto lens), stabilization could give you shake-free photos at 1/30 second. Here's who makes them:
Bill Howard
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