Sigma has some beautiful and razor-sharp lenses. I love my 85mm and 125mm portrait lenses, as well as the 150mm macro. However, there is just one single problem: they are way too heavy. In my opinion, the 70-200mm is a bit short for landscapes. There's also a 100-400mm from Sigma, but compared to the more expensive Sony FE 100-400mm, it's too clunky and heavy. I know Sony lenses are about a third more expensive, but if I'm on a long trip in the mountains, like a few days ago in the Dolomites, I want light and sharp lenses with a wide focal length without compromises. This is why I am going for the Sony 100-400mm.
Nicely put together video Christian.. Since you have been out capturing mountain areas what are your thoughts on a lens ranging between 100 to 400mm? Instead of 70 to 200.
Thanks for the comment! When using the lens specifically in the mountains the 100-400 range might be better, since you can get closer on peaks further away and you dont really need the F/2.8 aperture so you can save some weight as well.
I saw a comparison with the Tamron 70-180 G2. And I like Tamron better in terms of bokeh and depth of the picture, it gives depth and plasticity to the photos. The bokeh of Sigma is too crystalline like taken with an iPhone.
Christian, You have made a fantastic presentation of this Sigma telezoom lens, which is very helpful for me to know more about the lenses, I also would like to know more about cameras, lenses and the related shooting skills. In this case, I’ve got two questions about the lens, and the tripod (a bit off today’s topic, please excuse me.) The first is that this Sigma 70-200 F/2.8 DG DN OS is compatible with Sony, I would like to know whether it is compatible with other brands of cameras. The second is about the tripod K+F Concept A 254 C4 1.4KG, on the website of the company, it tells that this tripod is compatible with Canon, Nikon, Sony DSLR cameras, I would like to know whether it is also compatible with other brands of cameras. I am thankful to you for your concern. My gratitude to you.
The lens it's build for a specific mount, so you have to buy the lens for your camera brand mount. This one it's for Sony e-mount... but Sony also have a-mount. Canon for example has the EF-mount... and so on. As for the tripod, normally, for most of the cameras the tripod mount it's universal. Hope it helps.
Thanks for the comment and sorry for my late response, I rarely find the time to check the comments currently :( As @diablopocket pointed out correctly, this lens is also compatible with other brands, it comes with different mounts (so you need to check the lens mount before buying)! As for the Tripod: You can use any camera brand on it as long as you can screw the tripod head plate under your camera! :-)
@@ThePhlogPhotography Christian, Thank you so much for your very informative and helpful comments! You let me know more about cameras and lens, which is the very inspiring aspect to me. I am always grateful to you. I am going to try to make a reply on all your comments in time, or as soon as I can. Every time I receive your response, it is my happiest moment. Sincerely Nancy
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The focal range sounds awesome, but tbh I dont have any personal experience with that lens. It doesn't have the big aperture the sigma lens has, this could be a problem for things like wild life or portraits, but for landscapes only it probably will work great!