Cheapest Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 DG Macro For Nikon Digital & Film Cameras – For Sale
SIGMA 4.0-5.6/70-300 DG NAFD
List Price: £169.99
07
Dec 2011
UK Sell Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 DG Macro For Nikon Digital & Film Cameras Best Price
FANTASTIC LENS!!! GREAT BUY!!!,
As a professional photographer I was very nervous about buying this lens, however I was in desperate need of a last minute emergancy lens for very little cash until I could get a new Nikon model! This lens is a brilliant buy! I researched it through various sources for days before buying it and in the end I decided to just buy it and pray! I am so glad I did!
It is well built and very strong and the auto focus is well above parr – better infact than on some Nikon lenses I have used! And as an added bonus it comes with a lens hood. As this is not a VR lens, I would recommend the use of a tripod for non-professional photographers and as you may find it heavy and experience “camera shake” but that is to be expected of a lens this size!
I am unable to fault this lens at all, it is a brilliant buy!
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|Outstanding lens,
Wow, you will not believe just how good this lens is until you try it. It’s very rare that a product surpasses your expectations even when the majority of reviews you may have read are good, but this does trust me. Autofocus is fast and accurate and only very rarely gets caught ‘searching’. I shot about 500 frames at two wildlife parks recently and only a couple of times did it struggle to find the subject behind bars (and we all know what fun and games that can be!!)
Results are very sharp straight out of the camera and colour saturation I found was even better than the kit lens. You really will be getting pro quality results in no time with this baby. As for needing a tripod, what a load of old cobblers. Unless you’ve got seriously shaky hands you’ll have no problem getting great pictures. A couple of tips on this point, firstly try and make sure your shutter speed is at least equal to the focal length, for example if your at 200mm then 1/200 sec, or more if possible. If you think your on the limit for hand holding use the continuous shooting mode and whack off 3 or more frames, your bound to get at least one in sharp focus. If the light isn’t great just up the ISO – most of my recent animal shots were at 800 ISO and they look excellent.
A lot has been said about the noisy mechanics on this lens. Sure it’s louder than the kit lens but as for scaring off a herd of wildebeest two miles away, get real!!! Again you’ll have to trust me it’s not a problem.
Finally I’ve noticed that not all that much has been said about the macro mode on this lens. Guess what, I’m gonna rave about that too!! It really is superb. I’ve done a fair amount of macro on my D40 and whilst the images have always been vibrant from the kit lens the Sigma takes it all to a completely new level. Even when there isn’t a great deal of distant between subject and background you get fantastic shots, with those milky blurred backdrops seen on magazine pages. This is the real deal, and at this price a total steal. Go for it and have fun.
Oh, and one more thing, of course it bloody autofocuses on a D40. It says so in the description for starters, but if yours doesn’t you’ve either ordered the wrong one or it’s faulty in which case send it back.
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|good lens & excelent macro, quality double what i expected,
bought this lens through amazon from 47th st photo in new york to use with a nikon d60, i received it in the UK two and a half days later(excelent service), i have to say i have only used it for a day but i am amazed at the quality of the shots especialy in macro mode the finnished pictures are professional like, but macro can only be engaged between 200-300mm but still great, unless you have a really steady hand a tripod is possibly required after 220mm , internal focus is fast and precise and depending what af setting you have your camera on ie continuouse for instance it can re-focus on something else if you move it , internal motor is louder than my nikkor 18-105mm but i dont think its as noisy as some of the other reviews indicate, what i am not keen on is the rotatinng element to focus as this is the reason i sold my 18-55mm kit lens , in genral a very good lens which is at least double the quality that i expected, some say you get what you pay for which goes to show how much we as consumers get ripped off as this is double what i paid for, personaly im glad i bought this and can recomend it just for the macro alone, i hope to take it down to silverstone in a couple of months for the renault world series and give it a proper field test and hopefuly review it after that
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