How to be pitch perfect
Digital Camera UK|April 2023
You don't need a press badge to visit your local club and capture some fast-paced action
How to be pitch perfect

Spring is the perfect time to try out some fast-paced photography with a sports team near where you live. If you have a zoom lens with a decent range then you have everything you need.

Local matches are usually free to attend and you can get reasonably close to the action without being faced by a fluorescent wall of stewards like you find at professional matches. Today, I’m taking my slightly older Fujifilm X-T2 (I don’t mind if it gets a bit beaten up or splattered with mud) paired with a Fujifilm XF 50-140mm F/2.8 R LM OIS WR telephoto lens (a 70-200mm in full-frame equivalent terms). I find that it’s a perfect focal length for this environment, allowing plenty of versatility when the action is in the closer half of the playing field.

This story is from the April 2023 edition of Digital Camera UK.

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