Oh man I'm not even sure I'd feel comfortable holding someone's fancy camera much less use it! Wow.
I think indoor action shots definitely need an f/2.8 or better. At f/2.8 I was able to get up to around 1/1000 to 1/3200 depending on the color of the dog. It was fairly light in there though, but I still wanted it as open as possible to get the fasted possible shutter speeds.
I do know the feeling of "OMG THEY ALL SUCK!" The last time I took my camera to the agility barn for photos I came home and looked at them and was so sad because they were awful. The shutter speed was ok, the dogs were frozen in action, but they were so grainy they were entirely unusable.
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I think indoor action shots definitely need an f/2.8 or better. At f/2.8 I was able to get up to around 1/1000 to 1/3200 depending on the color of the dog. It was fairly light in there though, but I still wanted it as open as possible to get the fasted possible shutter speeds.
I do know the feeling of "OMG THEY ALL SUCK!" The last time I took my camera to the agility barn for photos I came home and looked at them and was so sad because they were awful. The shutter speed was ok, the dogs were frozen in action, but they were so grainy they were entirely unusable.