Sigma 120-300mm 2.8 sport lens vs Canon 100-400 is usm ii: Looking for some feedback on these two lenses. Going to be shooting baseball and college hockey. Love them both need help in...

DonOles

Looking for some feedback on these two lenses. Going to be shooting baseball and college hockey. Love them both need help in deciding which one to purchase.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

DonOles wrote:

Looking for some feedback on these two lenses. Going to be shooting baseball and college hockey. Love them both need help in deciding which one to purchase.

These links may provide some useful information.
https://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Compare/Side-by-side/Sigma-120-300mm-F28-DG-OS-HSM-S-Canon-versus-Canon-EF-100-400mm-F45-56L-IS-USM__1063_0_598_0
https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Sigma-120-300mm-f-2.8-DG-OS-HSM-Lens.aspx
http://www.ronmartblog.com/2015/02/review-canon-ef-100-400mm-f45-56l-is-ii.html

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

DonOles wrote:

Looking for some feedback on these two lenses. Going to be shooting baseball and college hockey. Love them both need help in deciding which one to purchase.

Outdoors the Canons extra reach will be appreciated. Indoors its terrible and the Sigma truly is king being the worlds ONLY 300mm F2.8 zoom lens. I would never be without mine for indoor sports!

DonOles

Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like i need to choose either or. Any suggestions

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

DonOles wrote:

Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like i need to choose either or. Any suggestions

I own and use the Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 regularly. So for me a slow lens limited to 400mm is worthless. For longer zooms I use the Sigma 150-600mm Sport, its only 1/3 stop slower than the Canon 100-400 and it has 50% more reach for 2/3's the price and 4 times the warranty! Great daylight sports lens!
The Sigma Sort is the ONLY variable aperture lens I own, all my others are fixed aperture lenses for the image quality they provide.

DonOles

The 150-600 5.0 -6.3 sport model?

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

DonOles wrote:

The 150-600 5.0 -6.3 sport model?

Yes

jameyward Loc: North Carolina

I have both and I shoot a lot of high school sports. The Canon is a fantastic lens but the Sigma is much better in low light (which you will need with indoor/stadium lights). It also works great with the 2x teleconverter.

Jerrin1 Loc: Wolverhampton, England

DonOles wrote:

Looking for some feedback on these two lenses. Going to be shooting baseball and college hockey. Love them both need help in deciding which one to purchase.

Having at one time owned the Canon 100 - 400mm f4.5/5.6L IS II I can honestly say it is a great lens - for wildlife. I also owned a Canon 300mm f2.8L IS at the same time and it blew the 100 - 400mm out of the water. If I were you I would go with the Sigma 120 - 300mm f2.8 as it is far more suitable for the environment you will be working in.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

These links may provide some useful information.
https://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Compare/Side-by-side/Sigma-120-300mm-F28-DG-OS-HSM-S-Canon-versus-Canon-EF-100-400mm-F45-56L-IS-USM__1063_0_598_0
https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Sigma-120-300mm-f-2.8-DG-OS-HSM-Lens.aspx
http://www.ronmartblog.com/2015/02/review-canon-ef-100-400mm-f45-56l-is-ii.html

He's asking about the MK II canon, NOT the I, Jerry

SteveR Loc: Michigan

I recently bought my daughter the Nikon D7500 and a Tamron 100-400 f4.5-6.3. I knew it would be good for soccer pics of the grandkids but doubted its usefulness for basketball. Nevertheless, Julie used the combo at my grandson's first basketball game, using iso of 12,800. Her shots were surprisingly good, with good lighting and focus. The one problem I noticed was in the faces. Noise may have crept in there. I'd be interested to see what they'd look like when run through a de-noise program since they looked out of focus while the uniform jerseys were crisp and clear. She was shooting at the wide end of the lens, so she was shooting at f4.5 and 1/500th.

anotherview Loc: California

You may also wish to consider the new Sigma 100-400mm zoom lens. It directly competes with the Canon lens of the same focal range:

https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Sigma-100-400mm-f-5-6.3-DG-OS-HSM-Contemporary-Lens.aspx

https://fstoppers.com/gear/fstoppers-reviews-sigma-100-400mm-f5-63-dg-os-hsm-contemporary-lens-198129

I own and use this lens with great results mounted to my Canon 6DII. I can recommend this lens.

MT Shooter wrote:

Outdoors the Canons extra reach will be appreciated. Indoors its terrible and the Sigma truly is king being the worlds ONLY 300mm F2.8 zoom lens. I would never be without mine for indoor sports!

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

DonOles wrote:

Looking for some feedback on these two lenses. Going to be shooting baseball and college hockey. Love them both need help in deciding which one to purchase.

As much as I love my 100-400mm MII for indoors I will have to go with the faster lens. Not as sharp as the Canon but lower ISO and or faster shutter speeds will more than make up for the difference.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

DonOles wrote:

Looking for some feedback on these two lenses. Going to be shooting baseball and college hockey. Love them both need help in deciding which one to purchase.

I am a Nikon guy all the way and proud of it, BUT, I know a lot of my friends who use the Canon 100-400 II, and it is fantastic. It should blow the Sigma away. My only wish is that the Canon was available in a Nikon mount. (Sorry, no adapters please)

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

billnikon wrote:

I am a Nikon guy all the way and proud of it, BUT, I know a lot of my friends who use the Canon 100-400 II, and it is fantastic. It should blow the Sigma away. My only wish is that the Canon was available in a Nikon mount. (Sorry, no adapters please)

It won't adapt too well.