found an excellent deal on sigma 70-200 f2.8 OS
my actual preferred portrait lens is Canon 100mm macro almost perfect:
razor sharp, great colors, no optical weaknesses, can get really close to your subject if needed, the only thing I miss is stabilization: not easy to use indoors without flashes
Sigma 70-200 would offer me flexibility of a zoom plus stabilization but I will have to carry extra weight
should I do it, should I keep them both ?
Do you need the macro as a macro?
<a class="bbc_url" href="http://snowporing.deviantart.com/">dA</a> Canon 7D2, 7D, 5D2, 600D, 450D, 300D IR modified, 1D, EF-S 10-18, 15-85, EF 35/2, 85/1.8, 135/2, 70-300L, 100-400L, MP-E65, Zeiss 2/50, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300/2.8, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Olympus E-P1, Panasonic 20/1.7, Sony HX9V, Fuji X100.
Keep the 100mm? Much lighter, and at 100mm better. And Macro. Save for the EF 200mm f2.8 USM II? Much less weight, and more towards 200mm at MFD.
Hi toni-a,
You could also consider replacing teh 100 Maco with the 100L IS macro if macro is what you'd need or want.
It really dpeends on what you want to use the 70-200 for. If you need the shallow depth at F/2.8 and the zoom range, I guess you'd have to go for it, but still reflect on possibly replacing the macro, or selling the macro if you don't need it.
If you do need the zoom range but not F/2.8, the Canon EF 70-200 F/4L IS could be an option, and its added benefit is that it is quite a bit lighter than an F/2.8 70-200 zoom. You could possibly also consider upgrading the macro to the L version in that case.
Personally, I sold my 100 macro, basically because I prefer the rendering of some of the L-lenses, even non-macro, for close-up and macro work, like the 50L and 135L, with extension tubes (I also liked the 70-200 F/4L for that, both non-IS and IS versions, as well as the 100-400L with a 500d close-up lens, although I sold both a while ago to just shoot with primes). I did get a 180L macro however, which I prefer well over both 100 macro lenses in the Canon range.
Other lenses I like to use in close-up and macro mode, with and without extension tubes, are the TS-Es, 24, 45 and 90. Obviously they have many other uses as well  .
Just some ideas.
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
06-21-2016, 07:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-21-2016, 07:38 PM by toni-a.)
The sigma was decentered plus front focus issue didn't take any risks
Thanks Klaus for the tip on recognizing decentering via live view
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