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Canon EF-S 17-55mm VS Sigma 17-50mm VS Tamron 17-50mm?

Started Jan 7, 2013 | Discussions thread
Buchanan Senior Member • Posts: 1,124
Re: Canon EF-S 17-55mm VS Sigma 17-50mm VS Tamron 17-50mm?

nobi wrote:

I have canon kit lens stm, it's not good at indoor sport because I have to increase my shutter speed all the way between 1/800 to 1/1000 and its the image is very dark and if I want some light I have to increase iso really high and the picture quality is not good at all.

What level and type of fast action indoor sports?  I found my Canon 17-55 for high school basketball and volleyball too short for my liking.  It did do a nice job early on for YMCA volleyball where we had to sit right on the sideline of a gym half court.  The first lens I bought for indoor sports was a Sigma 50-150 EXII 2.8 (no longer available) then I moved to the Canon 70-200L 2.8 IS v2.  For me, the 50-150 focal range was perfect on my crop T1i and later, 60D; the 70-200 was OK on crop but preferable when I moved to the 5DIII.  I see you have the 85 1.8.  If you are using it for the tighter shots and looking for wider coverage the Canon 17-55 will do the job although due to its focal length it is not known as a sports type lens.

You might research the Sigma 50-100 f/1.8 also.  Could help get the shutter speed up and ISO down as long as it didn't make the DOF too thin.

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