Best Nikon fit lesn for Silverstone....

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I have full weekend tix for Silverstone Motogp and have always been disappointed with my 70/300 Nikon. in terms of reach at Silverstone.

If I were to hire from,say Lens for Hire, what would you recommend ?

Id rather not spend silly money either!
 
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Do you want to take as few lenses as possible or will you be carrying the 70-300?

Crop or FF?

Assuming you'll be behind the barriers, my main experience with SS says that 200mm FF in Media is too short. I'd probably want 400mm, and obviously even more if behind the barriers.
 
given the pushed back stands and small ness of bikes, id say 400mm or above, easily.
 
I'd be taking one of the Sigma or Tamron 150-600mm's
 
Hertsman said:
I have full weekend tix for Silverstone Motogp and have always been disappointed with my 70/300 Nikon. in terms of reach at Silverstone.

If I were to hire from,say Lens for Hire, what would you recommend ?

Id rather not spend silly money either!
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I'd probably be looking at something like the Canon100-400mkII - not sure what the Nikon equivalent is...
 
Depends where you're going to photograph from and what you happy capturing, ie cropped in shots or full frame images. The MotoGP Saturday Sunday would be jammed packed, photo opportunities will probably be elbowing room only in the right places. People have used a 70-200mm at Silverstone, but I've always used a 300mm and 1.4 or 2x TC. The Nikon 100-400 equivalent is the 80-400mm which should work well with you D300.

https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/silverstone-advise-please.556589/
 
This will be about my 4th visit and I know the curcuit pretty well. I also know that 300mm isnt really long enough. I have a bit of pin money spare that makes me consider hiring some good glass, but not pro glass looking at the pricing,
 
I shot the air show at Yeovilton last month with the new version Nikon 80-400mm. It performed very well, I thought, so it might also be pretty good for bikes. It's not cheap though..
 
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I shot the air show at Yeovilton last month with the new version Nikon 80-400mm. It performed very well, I thought, so it might also be pretty good for bikes. It's not cheap though..
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OPs not buying it, just hiring the lens
 
I thought the 80/400 was notoriously slow to AF ?
Not what I need for fast bikes thats for sure!
 
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I thought the 80/400 was notoriously slow to AF ?
Not what I need for fast bikes thats for sure!
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The original version was &@£!, but Nikon revamped the lens in 2013 and its much improved. Just not value for money when it's competing with the sigmas

https://photographylife.com/reviews/nikon-80-400mm-vr
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/nikon_afs_nikkor_80_400mm_f_4_5_5_6_g_ed_vr_review/

An alternative to a zoom as you probably be at 300/400mm 99% of the time is the 300mm f4 prime and attached the 1.4 or 1.7x TC, fantastic lens and would beat any zoom on performance.
 
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Value for money is subjective, especially when reliability is concerned. I have got burned twice in the past with Sigma's poor quality control. They may have improved since my experiences which were a few years ago but I still won't touch them with a barge pole. Add to that recurring problems of compatibility with future camera bodies and they may well cease to be value for money in the long run. As for the idea of using a fixed focus lens for something as dynamic as a racetrack, all I can say is in two recent outings, the day I mentioned above at Yeovilton, and a day at the Bird of Prey Centre at Newent I made full use of the zoom's versatility. At the latter venue I got some superb images of birds in flight. With some of the birds flying very close, a fixed long focal length would have lost me many shots.
 
400mm is the ideal minimum requirement for the majority of SS, although inside of Brooklands is good with 2-300mm
 
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