Originally posted by pinholecam I need some advise on these 2 choices for a long tele.
This will be a general purpose long lens, good for indoor shoots like fashion shows/ events and outdoor.
I know the Sigma can be very sharp wide open for a good copy, but it has a slower max aperture. I am unsure if this will be a problem indoors.
I have no idea on how the Tamron performs. The reviews I can gather say its sharp enough. Its certainly faster at f2.8, so indoors it may be the stronger lens. The downsides are the weight and manual focus.
Prices would be about the same.
Has anyone tried out both lenses or used the Sigma 100-300/4 indoors and found it sufficient?
Thx
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I've used the Sigma 100-300 f4 indoors, but usually in pretty good f/4 lighting. The
extra stop of the Tamron adaptall 300 2.8 might be better for low-light shooting on the
K10D/K200D - on the K20D/K7d/K100D, you could bump up to ISO 1000 and still get
very clean results with f/4. With the K-X (
), you could probably shoot at ISO 2000 and
use the Sigma all day long in low-light.
Here are some shots from my Sigma - again, not really low light though.
270mm wide-open about 50% crop:
300mm f/5
300mm f/8
300mm f/5 (Mall of America angst
)
300mm f/4
300mm f/5