Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG OS SLD Super Multi-Layer Coated Telephoto Lens for Nikon AF Mount Digital SLR Cameras
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Customer Review
A Very Nice Telephoto Lens, Especially for the Price
Camera:I'm the proud owner of a Pentax K20D, which is also my first DSLR (and SLR in general).Experience:Took up photography this past summer (summer 2009), but I've put a lot of time and research into it so far. But I'm far from a professional, of course.Previous Lens(es): which, by the way, I have been pleasantly happy with so far as my standard lens. It's also great for me personally, because of my landscape/panorama interest.Ownership Time:~A weekReview:This lens performs its duty well. I'll break the review down into further sections:Auto Focus Feature: It focuses fairly quickly, smoothly, and accurately in decent light, and hunts around for a little bit...
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Product Description
Sigma's 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG OS is a compact telephoto zoom lens. With a range that is useful for candid portraiture, capturing children playing in the backyard, amateur sports or even wildlife at the zoo this lens is usually the lens that photographers reach for first. It's great on vacation for capturing scenic details or even groups of flowers in a garden. The Sigma 70-300mm offers a 4 to 1 zoom ratio in a compact lens that is easily carried in your camera bag or left on the camera as you travel; and the images are magnificent. It also has a minimum focusing distance of 59 inches & allows macro photography & high close-up capabilities with a maximum magnification of 1:3.9. Top to learn more
Sigma 70-300 OS
I have only had 2 days to play with this lens, but so far am impressed with it's performance. I bought this mainly for outdoor use as I have a Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR lens for indoor shooting. I simply do not want that mammoth lens on my camera when hiking, etc., especially since fast aperture is not necessary in good light. This one looks like it will do nicely. Focus is pretty fast - hunts a little in lower light at telephoto, but that's pretty common for most lenses of this type. Image quality is very good so far. Some very minor fringing in a few of the shots (not an issue with JPEG's from my D90 because it automatically removes most CA). I'll shoot some RAW shots outdoors when I get a chance to see if it is anything to worry about, but so far it appears to be acceptable. Focus is extremely accurate - dead-on on every shot taken (no front focus issues that some Sigma lenses have). OS is also VERY impressive. I'd say really close to Nikon's best VRII lenses. I took a couple of 1/4...
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Seems Good Until You Shoot the Canon 70-300mm side-by-side
First a few words of caution about this review: Newb to dSLR's here!I recently made the decision to get a dSLR due to my recent frustration with a point-and-shoot at the Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C. I just couldn't get a picture of what I was seeing. No fiddling with the point-and-shoot would capture it.I purchased the from Amazon. WOW! What a difference this intelligent and capable piece of art can make. I read reviews that said shoot with it for a bit until you decide what you like to shoot before getting an additional lens. I took that advice and after a couple of weeks, decided I wanted a zoom with a bit of reach. After much trepidation due to the expense, I decided on a 70-300mm. In researching, I found the...
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