Hi all,
Currently contemplating whether to buy the sports version or not. I currently own the AFS 80-400 VR 2, I liked the lightweight telephoto. However, the 600mm sounds great with my D7100. Any Nikon users who have owned these 2 lenses before? mind sharing your input? Is the sigma sharper or on par with the Nikkor? Thank you!
P.S. i don't mind the weight. Handheld the AFS 300 non VR before in the past.
I have the C version (understand you asked for S) and do own the 300mm AFS and also rented the 80-400 V2 before. My body is 7100.
After using for 3 times, I still find issues getting sharp focus on my Sigma C especially at 600. I know 600mm was reported to be less than optimum in other forums but I still think it cannot be that bad. So far I taken with tripod with OS off, so I will try OS on next time.
At this point, I would say I have better pictures with Nikkor 300mm and 80-400mmm. I hope its my settings or techniques that caused issues with Sigma. I will bring to Sigma to do a calibration too in the near future.