Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG Macro Telephoto Zoom Lens for Pentax and Samsung SLR Cameras

Telephoto zoom lens with excellent cost performance and optimised for use with digital SLR cameras Capable of macro photography, this lens has a 1:2 maximum close-up magnification at the 300 mm focal length. It's the ideal high performance lens for portraits, sports photography, nature photography, and other types of photography that frequently use the telephoto range. SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass We used SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass in this lens for excellent correction of chromatic aberration. This also corrects for fluctuation of aberration due to focusing. The new multi layer lens coating reduces flare and ghosting, a common problem with digital cameras and also creates an optimum colour balance. Macro shooting with maximum magnification 1:2 The minimum focusing distance is 1.5 m/59 inches at all zoom settings. It also has a switch for changeover to macro photography at focal lengths between 200mm and 300mm with a maximum close-up magnification from 1:2.9 to 1:2. Without changing the distance between camera and subject, you can change the shooting magnification

Brand: Sigma Model: B000B8T6E2 Dimensions: 1.17 pounds Optimized for use with digital SLR cameras Multi-layer lens coating and lens design reduces flare and ghosting Minimum focusing distance is 59 inches at all zoom settings Features 14 lens elements in 10 Groups High-performance lens ideal for portraits, sports photography, nature photography

The Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 DG Macro Lens for Pentax Digital SLR Cameras is a telephoto lens that offers excellent cost performance and is optimized for use with digital SLR cameras. Capable of macro photography, this lens has a 1:2 maximum close-up magnification at the 300 millimeter focal length. It's the ideal high performance lens for portraits, sports photography, nature photography, and other types of photography that frequently use the telephoto range. The lens features a switch for changeover to macro photography at focal lengths between 200 millimeters and 300 millimeters, with a maximum close-up magnification from 1:2.9 to 1:2. The multi-layer lens coating and lens design reduce flare and ghosting, which is a common problem with digital cameras, and it also creates an optimum color balance through the entire zoom range. The minimum focusing distance is 59 inches at all zoom settings. The lens features a switch for changeover to macro photography at focal lengths between 200 millimeters and 300 millimeters with a maximum close-up magnification. Without changing the distance between camera and subject, you can change the shooting magnification.

Most helpful customer reviews of 294 289 people found this review helpful. excellent lens, and an incredible value! P. Landry I hesitated buying this lens for my Nikon D40x - probably in that capacity six or seven looked before they buy. Frankly, I was worried about how it is cheap. Now I'm probably very average amateur photographer, that the majority of my images are of the family: children's sporting events, holidays, birthdays, etc.. But that does not mean I'm ready for the quality to save a little money, compromise, and I know that the Nikon 55-200 is an objective quality. But I bought on the review Michael Del Priore base (his was the only critical at the time) - I thought (especially compared with the Nikon 55-200) at this price, why not give it a shot, and I'm glad that I did. This is an excellent goal. AF motor is not chew quickly and the battery (I was worried about it, but I played shot nearly 170 pictures on my son for two Saturdays, and no longer use the battery as the Nikon 35-70 lens supplied with camera) Like "cinderoo" I have no stability problems talk to one of the two also broke during the following 12-year-old boy run the length of a field. This may be more of a problem with macro photography, but I want most of the (admittedly limited) macro photography I'd probably still with a tripod could have imagined. Well, no I'd be shot for a professional photographer, but I can tell you that when I pull up photos with my D40x and Sigma lens on my 24 "iMac and put it in full screen, they are * all * I was looking for if I SLR decided to move. 104 of 107 people found the following review helpful. telephoto and macro lens for Nikon D40 D40x D60 .. .. CA Gaunt I bought Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 6 DG Macro lens for my Nikon D40.the lens has a built-in motor allows autofocus with the Nikon D40 very well .. D40X and D60 .. I shoot mostly landscapes, animals, birds and flowers and has some very nice pictures with this 70-300mm telephoto and macro lens. This lens has no image stabilization, but with the lens without a tripod does not seem too much of a problem because I have not moved much photos .. The lens is very affordable for the amateur photographer .. I got some of my recent photos I took with this lens, which is published on the Amazon list of my review. The lens comes directly 47th Street Photo and was received in two days. I highly recommend the Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG Macro Lens. 69 of 70 people found the following review helpful. Unbelievable bargain! By Dave I wanted a cheap telephoto lens for those times that I must achieve. Since I do not use it so often, I did not need a large or expensive lens. I debated between this lens, Tamron 70-300 Di, and Sigma APO of the same type, this was the cheapest so I went with it. Honestly, I can not believe how good this lens is its price. A 70mm is tack sharp corner to corner. 200-300 is also pretty good. And macro mode is just icing on the cake - 1: 2 magnification means you can get close enough. It's true, you need a reasonable amount of light for this purpose to shine - no argument there. But for the individual who does these things just for fun, this goal hard to beat. I can not imagine APO version is $ 70 more - I can not find any difference from the sample images posted online. So if you only need a lens focal length with this from time to time, this one to get. See all 247 reviews ....