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Sigma 70-200mm sports vs EF version 3 and RF 70-200mm 2.8 feedback?

Started Oct 30, 2021 | Questions thread
Luis Gabriel Photography
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Re: Sigma 70-200mm sports vs EF version 3 and RF 70-200mm 2.8 feedback?

higheronymous wrote:

Luis Gabriel Photography wrote:

Hi!

I am considering the Sigma sports version vs the RF 70-200mm or even the EF version 3.
My concern with the RF version aside from the much higher price is the heavy focus breathing where 200mm is much shorter than the old EF but of course it does focus closer.

I would like great Eye AF accuracy and overall fast AF so perhaps that means the RF but maybe the Sigma is not far behind? I love my other Sigma glass adapted so far.
This will be on the R5 and R6
Thanks

Another rumor being blown out of proportion by the jealous proponents of other brands. Hate to sound so negative but it's true. The lens is very, very good.

Is not a rumor, is a fact.

"Out of proportion" is a matter of opinion as it depends on individual needs. I don't buy a zoom lens that is supposed to be 200mm to end up with a real world 170mm or so.

I have seen the results side by side, as I had tamron before and saw it barely matching 167mm.

Of course at longer distances is not an issue and for some it will be fine but it is a real thing and it simply does not work for my needs.

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