Anubis
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Anubis
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real lenses arent measures in a ##x
all a 10x soom is telling you is trhat the difference between wide open and fill zoom is 10
so a camera with a 20-200mm lens woudl basically be 10x
and 70-300 lens is a 4.28x zoom
Anubis
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thats not how they are rated in terms of mm
that has to do with how far fromn the film plane the focusing element in the lens is when the lens is focused at infinity
that has to do with how far fromn the film plane the focusing element in the lens is when the lens is focused at infinity
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if you want to know how telephoto it is, normal is 50 mm, so 100 is 2x closer, 200 is 4x closer, 300 would be about 6x closer, iirc.
but regular 'zoom' lenses on p&s cameras start at a wide end, so their '10x' zoom isn't 10x magnification from normal.
Anubis
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its great for what it costs as i said earlier, the only one of them that is better is the Nikon 70-300 ED, however it doesnt have the nifty macro feature that the sigma has if you care about that
i highly recomend it as a buget long zoom lens, many people on dp review use it as well as the nikon 70-300G, and it takes great pics, i had teh nikon and it was great
Anubis
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Originally posted by: NFS4
Thanks, I trust your opinion very much when it comes to matters like thisI'll see where I can pick one up the cheapest and report back
i just sold my nikon 70-300 for 50$
virtuamike
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You can get it for something like $129 from http://www.sigmaforless.com which is cheap even for what I paid a few months ago for it. Its a good lens for the $$ and the pictures look good from it even at 300mm. Make sure you have a tripod or a monopod. She is hard to hold at 300 by hand.
Get yourself a 50mm 1.8 while your at it. Its probably my favorite lens and its cheap as dirt.
Get yourself a 50mm 1.8 while your at it. Its probably my favorite lens and its cheap as dirt.
If you've got the money, get the sigma over the tamron - it's better at controlling CA / Purple fringing.
Which ever one you get, they're both sharpest after you stop down a little. I have the tamron, and after a little informal testing, it seems that the pictures are sharpest when the lens is closed down to at least F/8.0.
Oh, and if you're hand holding the lens, remember to keep the shutter speed at or over 1/focal length. Otherwise the pictures are likely to come out blurry as hell
Another thing you may want to look at, if you don't need to go quite that long (though, if you're going to use it from the nosebleed seats at a ballgame, you'll need all the reach you can get), you might want to look at something like the Sigma 18-200, as well.
Nate
Which ever one you get, they're both sharpest after you stop down a little. I have the tamron, and after a little informal testing, it seems that the pictures are sharpest when the lens is closed down to at least F/8.0.
Oh, and if you're hand holding the lens, remember to keep the shutter speed at or over 1/focal length. Otherwise the pictures are likely to come out blurry as hell
Another thing you may want to look at, if you don't need to go quite that long (though, if you're going to use it from the nosebleed seats at a ballgame, you'll need all the reach you can get), you might want to look at something like the Sigma 18-200, as well.
Nate
Anubis
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Originally posted by: NTB
If you've got the money, get the sigma over the tamron - it's better at controlling CA / Purple fringing.
Which ever one you get, they're both sharpest after you stop down a little. I have the tamron, and after a little informal testing, it seems that the pictures are sharpest when the lens is closed down to at least F/8.0.
Oh, and if you're hand holding the lens, remember to keep the shutter speed at or over 1/focal length. Otherwise the pictures are likely to come out blurry as hell
Another thing you may want to look at, if you don't need to go quite that long (though, if you're going to use it from the nosebleed seats at a ballgame, you'll need all the reach you can get), you might want to look at something like the Sigma 18-200, as well.
Nate
the 18-200 is pure crap STAY AWAY FROM IT
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http://www.resellerratings.com/seller9336.html
Lifetime Rating: 9.85
BizRate:
http://www.bizrate.com/ratings_guide/cust_reviews__mid--97119.html
Anubis
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Originally posted by: NFS4
http://www.resellerratings.com/seller9336.html
Lifetime Rating: 9.85
BizRate:
http://www.bizrate.com/ratings_guide/cust_reviews__mid--97119.html
go ahead and order from them, i know lots of peopel who have, many peopel recomend them because they are so cheap sof sigma stuff
Originally posted by: NFS4
http://www.resellerratings.com/seller9336.html
Lifetime Rating: 9.85
BizRate:
http://www.bizrate.com/ratings_guide/cust_reviews__mid--97119.html
Well, they've only been around a few months and most of the people who reviewed them only had one or two reviews. Also, what's with the callback?
I don't have any experience with them, but that stuff just seemed a little odd. The fact that nobody has posted a bad experience says alot though.
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One more question
Is the APO version of the 70-300 worth the $45 more?
http://www.sigmaforless.com/sess/utn;js...2Bfor%2BNikon%2BAF%2B=28SG70300F4NI=29
http://www.sigmaforless.com/sess/utn;js...Bfor%2BNikon%2BAF%2B=28SG70300F4ZNI=29
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