Zoom lens for Indoor Sports?

[hne]

I've started shooting quite a bit of fast-moving indoor sports in small, poorly lit, venues. I'm finding a 70-200/2.8 to be a bit long on the short end, almost short on the longer and just barely fast enough, constantly forcing me to use iso 6400 or higher for usable sharpness. When lacking reach, the images from my 5DmkIV allow for quite some cropping.

How would you battle the need for quickly (<2s) going from around 50mm to say 150mm?

I'd love to see an RF 50-150/2L lens. I'd sell my 70-200/2.8 in a heartbeat.

 

[EricN]

I've started shooting quite a bit of fast-moving indoor sports in small, poorly lit, venues. I'm finding a 70-200/2.8 to be a bit long on the short end, almost short on the longer and just barely fast enough, constantly forcing me to use iso 6400 or higher for usable sharpness. When lacking reach, the images from my 5DmkIV allow for quite some cropping.

How would you battle the need for quickly (<2s) going from around 50mm to say 150mm?

I'd love to see an RF 50-150/2L lens. I'd sell my 70-200/2.8 in a heartbeat.

It's more expensive and heavier, but you could set up two cameras. I thought there is a Sigma or Tamron like you want, but I think you'll need a Sony body which will also be more expensive.

 

[neuroanatomist]

There’s a Tamron 35-150/2-2.8 for Sony and Nikon mirrorless. There’s also an older Tamron 35-150/2.8-4 in EF mount, but that may not be fast enough for you.

If you have time to process RAW images, DxO PL can gain you a stop more of usable ISO.

 

[EricN]

There’s a Tamron 35-150/2-2.8 for Sony and Nikon mirrorless. There’s also an older Tamron 35-150/2.8-4 in EF mount, but that may not be fast enough for you.

If you have time to process RAW images, DxO PL can gain you a stop more of usable ISO.

I didn't realize it's available for Nikon. Should be better ergonomics than Sony but I think we've talked about changing to the opposite directions on the lens rotations isn't going to be a great adjustment.

 

[hne]

There’s a Tamron 35-150/2-2.8 for Sony and Nikon mirrorless. There’s also an older Tamron 35-150/2.8-4 in EF mount, but that may not be fast enough for you.

If you have time to process RAW images, DxO PL can gain you a stop more of usable ISO.

That's an interesting lens! Too bad I can't seem to be able to learn how to handle Nikon bodies. Sony for me is disqualified for life for way too sneaky business practices, like shopping malware on music CDs as a copy protection measure.