Which 70-200 2.8

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I'm after a 70-200 2.8 for Sony a mount.

I need fast and reliable af as I'll mainly be shooting dogs.

Secondhand is fine and budget is around £500.

Cheers.
 
You should be able to get a sigma 70-200 f2.8 OS 2nd hand. If you stretch to £560 Euro 799) you can buy them new from Amazon.de at the mo.
 
moojii said:
Like rocking horse poo those are.
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One just went on the FB Sony Cameras and Equipment for Sale group for £380!

I have the Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 USD, and am very happy with it, so could certainly recommend one - worth getting the newer USD version over the older screw-drive version
 
Faldrax said:
One just went on the FB Sony Cameras and Equipment for Sale group for £380!

I have the Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 USD, and am very happy with it, so could certainly recommend one - worth getting the newer USD version over the older screw-drive version
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Yeah, I just missed out on that one
 
snerkler said:
There's about £200 import charges to add to those making them over budget unfortunately. It is a great lens though.
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I didn't know about it, so i am sorry if i missed this part, i am not from UK and never use UK market to know about shipping or imports fees.
 
think id favour sigma over the tamron, has os and teleconverter ability, and i prefer the sigma focus motor over the tamrons ive tried (not tried the 70-200)

the sony ssm2 should focus faster and play better with focus limiter on a77ii, but be stupidly expensive unless you can find one second hand

i got a sigma 70-200 2.8 no os one and i do like it :), when its dull it retains its af speed well :)
 
pingu666 said:
think id favour sigma over the tamron, has os and teleconverter ability, and i prefer the sigma focus motor over the tamrons ive tried (not tried the 70-200)

the sony ssm2 should focus faster and play better with focus limiter on a77ii, but be stupidly expensive unless you can find one second hand

i got a sigma 70-200 2.8 no os one and i do like it :), when its dull it retains its af speed well :)
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The tamron has VC (their version of OS) which works brilliantly and there's no reason why it shouldn't work with a teleconverter. Every review, test I've ever read rates the Tamron over the Sigma tbh. That being said, I had the Sigma OS for a while and IQ was excellent. I thought AF was really good until I bought the Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 VRII and realised that the Sigma was some way off in terms of AF speed. Still not bad though.
 
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pingu666 said:
tamron dont do vc on A mount
sigma does on longer focal lengths
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Ahh yes, it's for a sony isn't it. There's 2 threads running at the mo about 70-200's and got confused. The tamron's out of budget for the OP isn't it, but VC isn't needed anyway as I'd always favour the IBIS, especially if the IBIS stabilises the image on half press of the shutter like it did on m old A77II :)
 
Easy question to answer.

Without question and by a country mile the Tamron 70-200 usd. Hell its practically as good as the acclaimed canon 70-200 mk2.
The sigma is soft by comparison
The Sony mk1 is soft by comparison I think the mk2 is the same but it hasn't been side by side tested.

It's fast to focus and practically silent and great in low light focusing. The Minolta 70-200 is hardly rare, they can be had on eBay quite easily. Rare is something like the Minolta 1x-3x macro. The Minolta is screw drive, loud and clunky in comparison.
 
the tamron doesnt have vc on A mount, and sigma have a "matched" teleconverter, while the tamron doesnt, so not sure how well it works with sony or sigma ones, and kenko decent ones are hard to find :(
 
Ibis copes fairl well up to 200mm on the Sony and a teleconverter will only add to the sigmas lack of sharpness... When sigma make an Art version they'll have my attention!
 
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Brazo said:
Ibis copes fairl well up to 200mm on the Sony and a teleconverter will only add to the sigmas lack of sharpness... When sigma make an Art version they'll have my attention!
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I had the Sony A77 and A77II and found the IBIS worked brilliantly at 300mm too. The A77II also had the advantage over the A77 in that it stabilised the image in the viewfinder too (as you get with IS in the lens)
 
Minolta 80-200 f2.8 is the daddy here :-) you wont be disapointed ;-)
 
Brazo said:
Ibis copes fairl well up to 200mm on the Sony and a teleconverter will only add to the sigmas lack of sharpness... When sigma make an Art version they'll have my attention!
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I find IBIS works well with my 500mm reflex. On my A550 that was uncertain because shutter shock softened images at under around 1/300th sec, but the A77 with EFCS has removed that problem and really cleaned up lower shutter speeds and made IBIS more useful. Perhaps what you mean by not coping so well beyond 300mm is not doing as well as a modern in-lens stabilisation?
 
chris malcolm said:
I find IBIS works well with my 500mm reflex. On my A550 that was uncertain because shutter shock softened images at under around 1/300th sec, but the A77 with EFCS has removed that problem and really cleaned up lower shutter speeds and made IBIS more useful. Perhaps what you mean by not coping so well beyond 300mm is not doing as well as a modern in-lens stabilisation?
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Absolutely, When people can hand hold a 200-300 mm lens at 1/15 sec with in lens os, then Ibis and I mean the current Sony a mount 2 way ibis is a poor relation. The current 5 way ibis on cameras like the second gen a7 is far superior. Even the ibis in my rx10 can do 1/15 at 200mm equivalent.
 
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