sigma 120-400 or 150-500

[powell7]

hi all,
well my hopes of moving house early next year have now gone :shake: so i`m needing a smile put back on my face.

i`m looking into buying a new lens its between the
sigma 120-400 or the 150-500.

has anyone got or use one of these?
how would your rate it?

i`ll be using it for airshows,wildlife,motorsports etc

any help would be great,thanks chris.

 

[scottthehat]

have you considered a 50-500mm, its a better lens than both.

 

[powell7]

do they do a sony fit?
i have upto £750

 

[scottthehat]

the older non os version can be had 2nd hand for about £450/500 but the newer os version is about£1200, as you have sony you could get the older non os version as your bodies have sss built in, heres one on ebay.
they dont come up very rarely in sony mount.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sigma-Ex-...=UK_Lenses_Filters_Lenses&hash=item19cbba05ef

 

[powell7]

why would you pick that over the other 2 ?

 

[scottthehat]

optically it a better lens, and it has a better range.

 

[gt13013]

I have tested my 120-400 for 2 years (but in Nikon mount). My opinion on this lens can be found here: http://sn.im/gt_telephoto

 

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Two shots taken with the Sigma 120-400mm. Both at 400mm at 1/1000sec f8 200 ISO. Camera D300

 

[scottthehat]

50-500mm od and d300