What lens?

[Rich E500]

I went to the local indoor skate park tonight to take a few pics, of the 300 I took only 20 were any good

I tried my 17-44, fisheye and OM 50mm, the 50 was the final lens of choice because of the 1.8 apature as the lighting wasn't bright enough to get a fast shot with my other lenses.

Without spending loads on a digital lens, can anyone suggest a fast 1.8 OM lens that would be good for shooting in florescent light with a decent DOF so I can focus on the area the skaters will be in, but it doesn't have to be quite as precise as the 50mm?

I hope that makes sense...

 

[towershot]

You are asking the impossible, you will not get good DOF with a lens wide open, try very fast film or with a DSLR high ISO.

 

[Rich E500]

I see, I set the iso to around 800 and those shots came out really grainy and were no good, anything less than 600 was too dark

 

[wrx_dazza]

post up a grainy shot in mono !!! would love to see the effect !