Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro

[DieHarder]

Hi, thinking of getting this lens to bring for travelling, most probably without tripod or monopod. Anybody uses this lens on 5D, care to share experience on its usefulness and its focusing speed? Thanks.

 

[GENO]

its a good lens if u can make full use of it.

 

[obrag]

Its a pretty good lens for the price. I just picked up one for my wife's 5D. The anti-shake works well with it. Here's a handheld (with no support) test macro shot using the 300mm end @ f/5.6 and 1/20 sec (yes, 1/20) shutter, on autofocus:

 

[obrag]

Its a pretty good lens for the price. I just picked up one for my wife's 5D. The anti-shake works well with it. Here's a handheld (with no support) test macro shot using the 300mm end @ f/5.6 and 1/20 sec (yes, 1/20) shutter, on autofocus:

Forgot to add, shot taken @ ISO 400.

 

[phantasia]

heya,

I haf the non-DG version of this lens. Its a pretty good lens for the money. I use it handheld all the time with the 5d (just crank up the ISO if you need to). Colours are good with good lighting. But sometimes there appears to be colour-shift, resulting in more "cool" images than it should be.

Focussing is decent outdoors in good lighting, but simply dun expect much from it in low-lighting, as the focussing just cannot make it then. The macro mode is pretty useful for larger critters such as dragonflies etc.

All in all...i think its quite a good lens, but just dun expect miracles given the price you paid for it. For some samples of the colours from the lens, can take a look at my gallery, the 1st 4 pics are taken with the 70-300 non-dg.

Hope this helps.

 

[blurboiboi]

How is this lens line up against the KM 75-300mm??

 

[tokrot]

Hi, thinking of getting this lens to bring for travelling, most probably without tripod or monopod. Anybody uses this lens on 5D, care to share experience on its usefulness and its focusing speed? Thanks.

Yes, I am using the earlier version. This is the upgrade version of APO II. Definitely worth it. You can click on my galleries for APO II samples.

http://www.pbase.com/tokrot/singapore_zoo

http://www.pbase.com/tokrot/dynax_bird_park_shots

http://www.pbase.com/tokrot/wakeboarding

But beware it hunts at low light.

 

[obrag]

How is this lens line up against the KM 75-300mm??

There is currently a thread running on dpreview.com Minolta DSLR forum comparing various 70-300 lenses. You can find it by doing a search on the string:
"Lens Shootout (4) 70-210 & 70-300 zooms compared"

 

[DieHarder]

Thank you all for your feedback, appreciate it