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Illegally_Alive
31st of January 2005 (Mon), 21:25
I've been looking at posts about telephoto lenses and haven't seen any mention on this lens- the sigma 100-300 f4. It can be found for $834 w/ shipping.
Because I have the canon 28-135 I want a longer range than the 70-200 f4 can offer (granted it's $300 cheaper). Any thoughts are appreciated.

-B

[edit] Oops... i just realized that the bigma is about the same price- so ummmm... yeah. Does that change any thoughts on this lens?
minatophase3
31st of January 2005 (Mon), 21:45
I am giving this lens some serious thought as well. You can find some good clean used ones for around $600. Here are some reviews of this lens if you are interested:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=103&sort=7&cat=37&page=1

Yes, the Bigma is similar in price, but you are not getting a constant f4. Throw a 1.4tc on this lens and now you get up to a 420 and if I recall, I think it weighs about a pound less than the Bigma.

Tim
CyberDyneSystems
31st of January 2005 (Mon), 22:23
It's a great lens,. one of Sigma best EX Zooms. I've never heard a bad thing about it,. and the one I tried was really sweet!
Illegally_Alive
31st of January 2005 (Mon), 22:28
minatophase3- Thanks for the link! I read the whole thing and now I'm really torn... grrrrrr. :D
aggarcia
31st of January 2005 (Mon), 23:46
This lens is the little brother to the Sigma 120-300 F2.8. If yuo search the archives will will find posts about the F4 lense. It will be my next lens purchase because I like the constant f4, is fairly light weight, and is more affordable than the F2.8 version. In general the reviews for this lense are very good.

Andrewg
minatophase3
31st of January 2005 (Mon), 23:54
minatophase3- Thanks for the link! I read the whole thing and now I'm really torn... grrrrrr. :D

Glad I could help :-). If it makes you feel better, I am just as confused as you.

Tim