Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon SLR Cameras
- Optimized for use with digital SLR cameras
- Multi-layer lens coating and lens design reduces flare and ghosting
- Minimum focusing distance is 37.4 inches at all zoom settings
- Features 14 lens elements in 10 Groups
- High-performance lens ideal for portraits, sports photography, nature photography
Product Description
The high performance telephoto zoom lens is ideal for digital SLR cameras. This lens has two SLD glass elements in the front lens group and one in the rear lens group It's able to shoot with maximum magnification 1:2 at the focal length of 300 mm. It's the ideal lens for portraits, sports photography, nature photography, and other types of photography that frequently use the telephoto range.Amazon.com Product Description
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Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon SLR Cameras
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I used this lens for about 6 months or so with my D50. It is a nice, small lens. Decent sharpness and overall IQ. I got many good photos with it.
I replaced it with the 3x more expensive Nikon VR lens only because I wanted stabilization at the long end. I still own the lens and occasionally use it on my film SLR.
Rating: 4 / 5
Reasonably good build and functionality. This lens needs LOTS of light. It’s virtually useless indoors. Works well outside on bright days. I like the macro function. If I were to do it again, I probably would not buy this lens. I’m using it on a D70
Rating: 3 / 5
great product! and its price is equal to other lenses 70-300mm, but with an incredible macro and a good feel for the hand
Rating: 4 / 5
My opinion about this lense has changed, I changed my rating from 1 to 4. please read all the way….
I would have given this lens a “zero” rating if I could! I bought 3 Sigma lenses and it is the second time that I had a problem with the lens produced by this manufacturer. All of the images I took with this lens (not one exception) came out soft to very soft even at smaller f-stop and even at the shortest focal length settings. MACRO mode is simply unacceptable. I took just a little over 70 test shots and after careful reveiw of each image I concluded that this lens may be inexpensive but it is not worth to carry around (I am just afraid that I might ruin THAT shot of my life). I posted some of the pictures I took with this lens, here on this page, for you to see as well.
Perhaps I got a defective product because my other two Sigma lenses, AFTER AN EXCHANGE ON ONE OF THEM, perform well. I did not exchange this lens and got stuck with it. It was not because of the vendor or Amazon. I was tied up with work at the time and did not have a chance to initiate the returning or exchanging of the product in time.
My opinion, Sigma lenses can be very good but the quality is not always consistent.
Other than images that I took with this lens, I have also posted images taken from many of the other lenses I own (in the corresponding product pages). Please check them out and decide for yourself.
July 23, 2008
A friend of mine had this lens and it worked very well with his D200. So I borrowed it and found that it also worked well with my S3 and S5 pro. So I went ahead and got myself a second copy of the very same lens (I must be crazy) since I could return it. After 50+ some images, I am going to keep the product and give this lens a few more points. The previous lens was obviously a defect and had found its place in the city dump site last week.
November 17, 2008
After a thousand images or so, I can now really say this lens is a very good lens FOR THIS PRICE RANGE. It may not give you the same quality that you can get from professional lenses (I have serveral professional Nikon prime lenses) but after the comparison I can say that it is acceptable and I am glad that I bought the second one. I leave it on one of my cameras when I am in the field for quick response.
Last word, since I had to buy two of the very same lense before getting a good one, there is a good chance that it is a quality control or design issue with this lense. And my final rating, for the copy I have, will be 3.5 (I don’t consider the price range for this rating…merely my satisfaciton with the images).
December 31, 2009
I took a little over 6,000 images with this lense (the second one I bought) and I am satisfied and have to admit that it is a good lense for outdoor with plenty of light.
Rating: 4 / 5
sweet product but then again if it was crappy i would not have bought it. discs are a little stiff when zooming, focus is crisp, IF would be nice but it is more $, and the macro switch makes for quicker focusing in AF, overall a very nice lens and pretty well built. god bang for your buck.
also for those that do not know…
digital cameras have a greater reproduction ratio, because the CCD is smaller than 35mm film, thus on a digital camera, other than nikon’s new D3 have a 1.5 reproduction ratio, this lens acts as an 105mm-450mm
Rating: 4 / 5