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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 8263" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>If you are going to shoot basketball games in a Gym and you are allowed to use flash then you will need something with kick. As Eduard says look for a referb SB600 or SB800. You can also go with Anthony's suggestion and go manuel with a LumoPro LP160. The only lens you list in your profile is a 70-300mm f/3.5-5.6. Without flash that lens will be to slow and won't give you enough shutter speed for stop action shots. Even using it with flash you will get a shadow cast from the front edge of the lens without using a flash bracket. For basketball I would suggest using a Nikkor 50mm D, f1.8. It's not very expensive. If you can get on the sidelines that lens will give all the close up shots you want. The D3100 will give excellent performance at higher ISO levels. So the 50mm at f1.8 at a high ISO should give you enough shutter speed for stop action you can live with without the flash.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Joseph Bautsch, post: 8263, member: 654"] If you are going to shoot basketball games in a Gym and you are allowed to use flash then you will need something with kick. As Eduard says look for a referb SB600 or SB800. You can also go with Anthony's suggestion and go manuel with a LumoPro LP160. The only lens you list in your profile is a 70-300mm f/3.5-5.6. Without flash that lens will be to slow and won't give you enough shutter speed for stop action shots. Even using it with flash you will get a shadow cast from the front edge of the lens without using a flash bracket. For basketball I would suggest using a Nikkor 50mm D, f1.8. It's not very expensive. If you can get on the sidelines that lens will give all the close up shots you want. The D3100 will give excellent performance at higher ISO levels. So the 50mm at f1.8 at a high ISO should give you enough shutter speed for stop action you can live with without the flash. [/QUOTE]

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