Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 AF APO DG OS HSM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

This ultra-telephoto zoom lens covers a telephoto range up to 500mm and allows photographers to bring the subject close and short perspective. Sigma's original OS (Optical Stabilizer) function offers the use of shutter speeds approximately 4 stops slower. It is ideal for sports, wildlife and landscape photography with handheld shooting. Three SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements provide excellent correction for chromatic aberration. This lens is equipped with a rear focus system that minimizes fluctuation of aberration caused by focusing. The super multi-layer lens coating reduces flare and ghosting. High image quality is assured throughout the entire zoom range. This lens incorporates HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor), which ensures a quiet and high-speed AF as well as full-time manual focusing capability. The addition of the (optional) 1.4x EX DG APO or 2x EX DG APO Tele Converters produce a 210-700mm F7-9 MF ultra-telephoto zoom lens or a 300-1000mm F10-13 MF ultra-telephoto zoom lens respectively. A removable tripod socket (TS-31) is included as a standard component.

Brand: Sigma Model: 737-306 Dimensions: 3.74" h x 3.74" w x 9.92" l, 4.20 pounds Incorporating Sigma's original OS (Optical Stabilizer) function. An ultra-telephoto zoom lens covers a telephoto range up to 500mm and allows short perspective. Three SLD glass elements and a rear focus system provide optimum image quality throughout the entire zoom range. Super multi-layer coating reduces flare and ghosting. HSM ensures quiet and high-speed autofocus.

Most helpful customer reviews 180 of 189 people found the following review helpful. Great lens! Because I feel so much better ... I have this lens and did a test shot I made with other lenses. I took a picture of a satellite dish for half a block away. Handheld. Magnifiers with Photoshop, I can clearly see not only "Dish Network", but extending a little more I "TM" in the logo to read. Clear as a bell. It's an enormous improvement over the 170-500 model. I used the lens on a wildlife trip and Jack was the ISO 800-1600 for proper shutter speed and a clear picture. Unfortunately, the input sound, really bad in some shots. The D300 is much better than the D200 in this regard, but the lens was pretty useless without a tripod. This objective will relieve some of these problems. I usually buy Nikon lenses. This, and SIGMA previous models including the 170 to 500 (which I had to buy for a trip and now I sell) are the only lenses I could find that a significant difference compared with the Nikon 70-300 VR were Nikon 80-400 VR is $[...] and focuses slowly, and you can be pretty easy to reap the 100mm difference to achieve (. I have to be sure) I look forward to this with a 1.4 teleconverter you lose focus and you can stop, only down to 100mm, but received a 35-mm equivalent of 1050mm! For only $[...]! The lens quality is very good. There is zero zoom creep. Autofocus is fast, but just a bit off (a few pixels from the "TM" -. Can the camera and can be set) Manual focusing is difficult with tripod collar, it blocks the focus then either gradually move up you slide your hand between the lens and collar, or take the collar off. I have perfect focus with the viewfinder indicator as a reference point. The finish is of high quality but a little 'Strange entire lens including the CAP is coated with a sort of flat textured matte black finish that makes me think of a stealth bomber. I made a lot of research to find this lens, and waited for it since the introduction of 2 or more months ago. There is only the equivalent without buying the Nikon f / 4 400 mm with a TC-17 for around $ 5000 or so. If Nikon has a 500-600mm lens for a not too bad I bought the real thing. After playing with this objective only a little, I'm glad I bought it. They are very loyal to Nikon, and is probably a better product, but I can afford to buy this lens more than 5 times, if something goes wrong and you also save the full price of 2 photography workshop / tour. There will probably be a lot of testing and comparing this lens. None of this matters to me when he passed the test with flying colors dish, I did not even know was there before TM today. Edit 3/16/09 - I recently purchased the Sigma 1.4 4 multiplier to go with this goal the first time I used the combo was for the addition of the arrow in the Trump Tower in Chicago. I was on the seventh floor of a building, 1-1/2 miles measured with Google Maps. I could see the men waiting in the tower to get to the next section. I had to stop on the way back to the goal of obtaining the tower and the helicopter sections lower in the chassis. I've lost the autofocus, but it was not much to the development visually or manually with the indicator of development. Unfortunately I had to shoot through a dirty window, and was rather vague, so the shots are not terrible, but I do not blame the lens, the shots are better than anyone else. Change 18/03/10 - Added the image Trump Tower for product images. 109 of 113 people found this review helpful. Very satisfied with this goal johnme'm very glad I bought this lens for my Nikon D80 mounted after reading lots of reviews of the few options available, such as the Sigma 50-500 and Nikon 135-400 and 80-400 I wanted to have the longest range possible of $ 1500 on a brand. I reduced my choice to 50-500 or here. The optical stabilizer and facts.