Lens Question

[I649A]

I really enjoy shooting sports photography and spend a lot of time shooting my daughters basketball team. I have a Nikon D90 and have been using a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens. I really like the speed of the 1.8, and I can usually crop shots when I need it closer. I was wondering though if there is a good 1.8 zoom in the 16mm-75mm range with a 1.8 aperature? I have done some searches but can't find anything. I would think that there would be a need for a lens like that. If anyone knows of one please let me know.

Thanks!

[IABoomer]

Most fast zooms are going to be f/2.8 max, so you'd be looking at something like the 24-70 f/2.8. If you need more reach with an f/1.8, you might have to get a longer prime like an 85 f/1.8.

If you can rent/borrow a 24-70, I'd try that out first and see if it will suit your needs.

[I649A]

Ok, that answers my question. Thanks for the quick response!

[daft_biker]

Do Olympus do some f/2 zooms? Or maybe just the 1?

Doesn't help if you're not an Oly owner but they can do zooms faster than f/2.8, at least on small formats. Not sure how well anything faster would work on larger formats....it would probably be huge and may well suffer fisheye levels of distortion.

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by daft_biker

Do Olympus do some f/2 zooms? Or maybe just the 1?

They do, but they can afford to: the Olympus SLRs use the 4/3rds sensor, so an f/2 zoom isnt massive.