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Sigma 50-150/2.8 VS 70-200/2.8
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Steaphany
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notalent
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coming back to your topic Vigor:
I`d recommend the 50-150 f2.8 because as a handheld lens the balance between weight, ienght and handholdability is perfect !
With the 70-200mm handheld photography will be shaky resulting in more blurred pictures e.g. mostly unusable ones. Don´t forget multiplying the given lens numbers with the factor 1.7.
Some user find the 50-150 less sharp wide-open in that case you simply stop down to f4.0.
With all front-back-focus problems I recommend sending it to Sigma service (with your Sigma camera body(ies)) as often as needed which will cost you shipment only under guarantee. If they don´t get it properly fixed I would insist on an exchange lens.
The 70-200mm definitely is more of a tripod oriented lens for professional quality results. A integrated anti-shake/OS version of this lens would be killer !!!
Good luck, with time and patience your efforts will be rewarded with great FOVEON pictures !
I`d recommend the 50-150 f2.8 because as a handheld lens the balance between weight, ienght and handholdability is perfect !
With the 70-200mm handheld photography will be shaky resulting in more blurred pictures e.g. mostly unusable ones. Don´t forget multiplying the given lens numbers with the factor 1.7.
Some user find the 50-150 less sharp wide-open in that case you simply stop down to f4.0.
With all front-back-focus problems I recommend sending it to Sigma service (with your Sigma camera body(ies)) as often as needed which will cost you shipment only under guarantee. If they don´t get it properly fixed I would insist on an exchange lens.
The 70-200mm definitely is more of a tripod oriented lens for professional quality results. A integrated anti-shake/OS version of this lens would be killer !!!
Good luck, with time and patience your efforts will be rewarded with great FOVEON pictures !
Hi there.
Meanwhile I bought 70-200/2.8, not macro and not II version, but it's still great lens. I didn't have right oportunity too realy test it, specialy at 2.8, but at f4 it is reeeeeealy sharp. Yes it's heavy and im planing to buy a monopod to avoid shaken pictures, but I think it' s worth it. After I will go to test it, than I will post some images here.
'till then, I wish you great light
Meanwhile I bought 70-200/2.8, not macro and not II version, but it's still great lens. I didn't have right oportunity too realy test it, specialy at 2.8, but at f4 it is reeeeeealy sharp. Yes it's heavy and im planing to buy a monopod to avoid shaken pictures, but I think it' s worth it. After I will go to test it, than I will post some images here.
'till then, I wish you great light
I decided in the older times for the 50-150/2.8 for me. Mainly because of the weight advantages over the 70-200/2.8.
I had with one lens backfocus problems, it git replaced against the 50-150/2.8 HSM II. This one has no BF problems, it is sharp wide open, although ov course not as sharp as my Zeiss ZS FFL on the Sigma.
What I miss a littel bit with the 50-150/2.8 is the possibility to blurr the background better. The Crop factor of the SD14 is quite heavy (1.7), so every mm you have more oin the long end helps to make the images looking better by blurring wide open (F2.8-5.6) the background
Do you have accidentely some images to show wide open (F2.8/4/5.6) handheld with low ISO (100 or 400) and a background which is not too far away from the subject?
Thanks
Hi Vigor
thanks for the images. It seems to me, that the difference between the 70-200/2.8 and the 50-150/2.8 with respect to blirring the backgroudn if teh background is near the subject and teh photographer is not close enough to the subject, is marginal.
I used to have 2 years ago a Nikon VR 70-300 with a Nikon D80. And with 300mm I ws able to blurr easier the backgroudn away, although I was far from the subject. But teh Nikon D80 has a crop factor of 1.5 and 300mm is 100 more than 200mm. So not a fair comparison.
I am afraid that I need then to reach for a longer focal lenght. But I do not like to carry so much weight
Sigma sends me sometimes lenses to test them. But I try to limit this, since my wife will kill me if the house is always full of "photography stuff" :z04_zeter01:
Today my son will have hockey training. I will grab a Sigma 150-500 and my SD14 and try to make some shots, Weather is not really good here. But I will try. I will then upload here in the forum.
Thanks again for the example shots
Best wishes
thanks for the images. It seems to me, that the difference between the 70-200/2.8 and the 50-150/2.8 with respect to blirring the backgroudn if teh background is near the subject and teh photographer is not close enough to the subject, is marginal.
I used to have 2 years ago a Nikon VR 70-300 with a Nikon D80. And with 300mm I ws able to blurr easier the backgroudn away, although I was far from the subject. But teh Nikon D80 has a crop factor of 1.5 and 300mm is 100 more than 200mm. So not a fair comparison.
I am afraid that I need then to reach for a longer focal lenght. But I do not like to carry so much weight
Sigma sends me sometimes lenses to test them. But I try to limit this, since my wife will kill me if the house is always full of "photography stuff" :z04_zeter01:
Today my son will have hockey training. I will grab a Sigma 150-500 and my SD14 and try to make some shots, Weather is not really good here. But I will try. I will then upload here in the forum.
Thanks again for the example shots
Best wishes