70-200mm 2.8 - Sigma vs Nikon
Hi guys,
Need your advice on this one. I am going back to HK in a month and I plan to pick up a telephoto zoom to upgrade from my 55-200mm VR.
I've been reading up a lot of great reviews on the Nikkor 70-200mm VR. the only downside is it costs ~1800 CDN (at best probably 1600 if purchased in HK)
then i decided to research for cheaper alternative and came across the Sigma AF 70-200mm f2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM which costs considerably less at around 900-1000. Reviews seem to be generally positive with the only downside being there is no image stabilization.
Which would be a better choice? And are there any alternative I can look into?
I am planning to use this for mostly shooting indoor sports photography for my university newspaper and unfortunately the lighting is pretty poor in our gyms so using my current 55-200mm is out of the question.
thanks
Need your advice on this one. I am going back to HK in a month and I plan to pick up a telephoto zoom to upgrade from my 55-200mm VR.
I've been reading up a lot of great reviews on the Nikkor 70-200mm VR. the only downside is it costs ~1800 CDN (at best probably 1600 if purchased in HK)
then i decided to research for cheaper alternative and came across the Sigma AF 70-200mm f2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM which costs considerably less at around 900-1000. Reviews seem to be generally positive with the only downside being there is no image stabilization.
Which would be a better choice? And are there any alternative I can look into?
I am planning to use this for mostly shooting indoor sports photography for my university newspaper and unfortunately the lighting is pretty poor in our gyms so using my current 55-200mm is out of the question.
thanks
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