Lens Suggestions for Indoor Hockey - Sony FE 24-240?

[arthur]

Hi Guys,

 

Will be getting  a Sony a6500 and want to shoot the kids playing soccer and ice hockey.  I don't want to lug a around a Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens, nor spend that kind of money.  It's high school  hockey so I am reasonably close to the ice.

 

The Sony FE 24-240 f/3.5-6.3 oss was suggested to me.  Any thoughts, will it be sufficient to shoot decent pictures inside a hockey arena?

 

Also, any one use the Sony FE 24-240 as an all around lens when traveling?  How is it in museum low light situations?

 

Other lens suggestions?

 

Thanks!

[Dollanganger]

It depends on how big the soccer game is and how big the museum is.

 

Your A6500 will magnify everything by 1.5. Hence the 24-240mm will be able to reach out to 360mm. Is that enough zoom for your soccer games?

 

24mm will be magnified to 36mm inside a museum and may not be wide enough for you.

 

I’ve used Sony’s A mount 24-240mm and it’s nothing special but it’s not negative either. I’ve used an 18-200mm E mount and I did like it better.

 

An all around lens good for both high zoom and indoor shots doesn’t really exist. (they do exist but they’re shoddy quality so I wouldn’t recommend them).

 

You’ll get far more for your money with two different lenses.