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6/12/2006
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100% of reviewers
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$1,100.00
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Hokum
Registered: June 2006
Posts: 5
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Sigma 300mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM APO review by Hokum
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Review Date: 6/12/2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,100.00| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Very Very sharp, great colour, fast AF, "cheap"
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Cons:
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Not weather sealed
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Probably the best lens i have ever used. Sharp at f2.8, and even sharp at f4 with a 1.4 x TC, with the sigma 2x you only need to stop down 2/3 to f7.1 to get exceptable images.
The bokeh is creamy smooth, the contrast is good and the colour rendition has none of the old sigma yellow cast.
Though lacking VR/IS and weather sealing for the price it is more than worth not having these. Both the canon and the nikon are several thousand more.
AF is fast, though not lightening like, but more than capable for tracking birds in flight. AF accuracy is ok, my copy does tend to front focus a little. Without the TC's lockon is SURE with the 2x TC it does sometimes hunt.
Some samples
http://images.fotopic.net/dl-v2/size=40/quality=90/ygppw1.jpg
http://images.fotopic.net/dl-v2/size=40/quality=90/yi1peu.jpg
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