Timeline for What lens do I need to take a decent picture of a graduation ceremony from football-field seating?
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| Mar 27, 2015 at 0:33 | comment | added | Michael C | OK. I misread graduate as graduation. | |
| Mar 26, 2015 at 23:58 | comment | added | Dan Wolfgang | @MichaelClark, I think we're focused on different words. :) You italicized decent, while I should have written "...decent picture of a graduate." | |
| Mar 26, 2015 at 23:06 | comment | added | Michael C | @DanWolfgang And who is to say how many heads have to be in the photo before it is no longer considered decent by the original poster? | |
| Mar 25, 2015 at 18:12 | comment | added | FreeMan | There are lots of lens rental places for short-term use of a very expensive, very long lenses. | |
| Mar 25, 2015 at 15:52 | comment | added | Dan Wolfgang | From across the field, 300mm will not capture a decent picture of a graduate. 300mm on a crop-sensor camera at an optimistic 160 feet away is likely to contain the heads of perhaps a few dozen seated graduates. | |
| Mar 25, 2015 at 14:59 | history | edited | Flying Trashcan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 25, 2015 at 14:52 | comment | added | osullic | I'm not sure about this particular scenario, but a monopod is oftentimes just as good as a tripod for trying to avoid camera shake. | |
| Mar 25, 2015 at 14:42 | history | answered | Flying Trashcan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |