I had the chance today to go with a friend to photograph an unofficial match between Alta IF and Kirkenes IF. Since it wasn't an official match, there were also very few spectators.
I don't have my dear SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm 1:2.8 ED (IF) SDM anymore, so I had to use my Sigma EX 105mm 1:2.8 DC Macro to get proper image quality at f/2.8 and autofocus. So some of th eimages are cropped quite a bit (those that look the most grainy), but other than that, I'm happy with the image quality.
Most are 1/800th, ISO 2000 or ISO 2500 and f/2.8, camera Pentax K-x White of course:
Click here to check the full size images and better image quality.
Hopefully I'll have the chance to do this again some day :)Oh, I also talked to a girl photographing for a news paper, and she used the Canon EOS 7D and the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8, and I got to test it. The zoom was great, but heavy, monopod needed for sure, and the zoom a bit too great when you're that close to the field, but the focus speed was very good and so was the continuous speed of the 7D :P 8 FPS is fun.
I'm hoping to be able to by the Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG Macro II HSM before the summer, hopefully before easter for the snowmobilcross and reindeer racing in Kautokeino. I might rent it or the SMC Pentax DA* 60–250mm f/4.0 ED [IF] SDM, but I think I want 2.8 for the depth of field, a more blurred background.
Here are the images of my friend that I came with, he does this a lot for newspapers.