Optic NIKON 80-400 F4.5-5.6 Vs SIGMA 120-300 F2.8 ex dg os hsm

<p>Hallo .<br>

I love to take pictures of indoor volley contests .<br>

I currently had a NIKON D750 .</p>

<p>In your opinion what would be the best choice between NIKON 80-400 F4.5-5.6 Vs SIGMA 120-300 F2.8 ex dg os hsm ?</p>

<p>I don't care about optical weight because further taking sport picture I practise a lot of<br>

sports .......</p>

<p>I thank you in advance for your comments and opinions .</p>

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<p>I have not yet photographed indoor volleyball, but I would guess that same applies to volleyball as other indoor sports. In most sports arenas, all light power is needed, so lens with f/2.8 or faster is better choice. Depending how close one can shoot the game, even wider focal lenght might be nice for full body shots. 70-200mm f/2.8 might be optimal choice for game events, paired with some wide angle to get overall picture of the both teams.</p>

For indoor sports, use a fast f2.8 or even f2 lens. A 80-400mm f5.6 is unlikely going to work very well unless the venue is

extremely bright.

<p>The Sigma f/2.8 would imho be the one to use. 300mm ought to be sufficient, as I assume you will be on the floor, and can therefore only cover one team at a time due to the net - plus of course the battles on top of the net.</p>

<p>The lighting varies at indoor sports events, and I've seen poor lighting at volleyball competitions. The Sigma's f/2.8 aperture will serve you much better than the greater focal length range of the Nikon. Even though you practice a lot of sports, use a monopod when possible to help you hold up the weight.</p>

<p>as others have noted, 80-400 is more suited to outdoor use in good light.</p>

<p>I own the Nikon 80-400mm AFS. It will not do what you want.</p>

<p>Kent in SD</p>

<p>As Tuomas pointed out, the 70-200mm f/2.8 would be a better choice to get more on the wider end. I have shot some indoor volleyball and that was the only lens I needed since I was courtside. Of course if you are shooting from the stands then the 120-300mm would be better IMO.</p>

<p>As someone who uses the 120-300 f/2.8 I can tell you it is a large lens. You will not be hand holding it for long with out discomfort.</p>

<p>If you are court side I really think a 70-200 would do you well.</p>

<p>I don't have the 120-300mm/f2.8, but Nikon's 300mm/f2.8 AF-S is also large and heavy. I agree that is not something I would hand hold for a long time.</p>

<p>It is unclear how far you are from the action, but as it has been pointed out, the 70-200mm/f2.8 could be a good choice for indoor volleyball. If you manage to acquire one, the 200mm/f2 AF-S VR could be a very good lens for volleyball, but it is expensive.</p>

<p>If you are considering these long zooms, I assume you are mostly shooting behind the end line. Unless your usual venue has great lighting, I would go with a lens aperture of F/2.8 or wider. I don't shoot volleyball often, but when I do, I like to shoot form the sideline close to the net. This one was shot with a 50 mm lens. <br>

<img src="http://photos.randrews4.com/Sports/20141004-MCC-Volleyball/i-dPwNNWv/1/L/20141004_MCC%20Volleyball_4610a-L.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="600" /></p>

<p>I use the nikon 85mm f1.8 and the 80-200mm f2.8 - I like the 85mm it gets just about every shot you need. Plus with poor lighting in many gyms - it helps out as you can lower the f stop down to 2.2 or 2.5 if necessary - I try to shoot at 2.8 most of the time. If I had one lens I'd like to get it would be the 200mm F2. All the pics taken from this match were with a D4 and 85mm lens. I have the Sigma 120-300 and never use it indoors. You can crop the D4 16mp files easy and get all kinds of good stuff. Also with the 750 you can shoot in DX mode and it serves as a zoom so to speak - </p><div></div>

<p>Here is one from the endline with the 85mm where I did not crop very much</p><div></div>