Sigma 70 300mm f/4 5.6 DG Macro Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon SLR Cameras
Normal Price:$149.00
Our Price:$99.95
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Manufacturer: SIGMA
Model: B000A0UHXU
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: SIGMA
Label: SIGMA
Features for Sigma 70 300mm f/4 5.6 DG Macro Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon SLR Cameras:
- 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
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Customer Reviews
It eats light, but it still works great 
2008-08-01
This is one of the best lenses you can buy for the price. The photos are clear and crisp. The only major problems is that it takes a ton of light to get a properly exposed picture, and if you don't have a DSLR that has AF built in it can be a challenge to get the lens to maintain its focus. This is a great lens for the price, just make sure you have a nice flash to get the most out of this lens.
Economical, but not fast or pro. 
2008-07-27
I've purchased the Sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6 DG Macro in 2007.
I purchased this for the use of photographing sports, especially football. Through my experience, this lens is worth it when shooting in ample light (meaning your shooting at least 1/250 @ ISO 800) and you're not shooting anything to increase your credibility. The lens is nice in terms that it's pretty large and the lens hood adds about 1.5" to the lens, which makes you look important if that's the case. On the other side, the lens is a little slow in terms of, the aperture is not large enough and the AF is slower since it's screw driven and covers a larger distance focus. *Just in case: A faster lens means that it has a large aperture closer or better to f/2.8 and you can use a faster shutter speed*
The lens does not have superbly dense photograph quality, but is acceptable with it's focal length coverage and low price. One this also is that the barrel rotates when focusing so beware for your fingers catching when focusing.
If you are on a budget, but want to have a telephoto lens and aren't in need of a fast lens, this Sigma 70-300 will work for your needs.
Great Value 2008-07-10
The lack of IS and auto-focus is going to turn off a lot of people, but I paid extra for a DSLR so I could manually focus so the bare bones nature of this lens is a positive for me. If you have plenty of light, a steady hand, and a little patience then this is a fantastic buy. For $80 shipped to my door it fills a gaping hole in my lens collection without costing a lot of cash.
Justshootin 
2008-06-15
Great lens. Used it for candid photo's with friends at our chess match a lot. Will be also using it at a wedding in Kula, Maui in two weeks! Can't wait. Aloha!
Great Lens For The price 2008-05-30
I came across this Sigma lens on Amazon - and I thought the price was a typo. I could hardly believe it was less than $80! Let me tell you at that price this is a great lens shipped amazingly quickly by 47th Street Photo. It's not a US warranty version, but that's ok for this price. Superb value for money.
Great price 2008-05-08
Telephoto zoom lenses with excellent cost performance and optimized 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. 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.SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass in this lens provides excellent correction of chromatic aberration.
Just for macro, not tele. 
2007-12-09
The price was low, so I thought I try it. The macro option is nice, but tele is very blurred. Not useful for quality photos. Also I don't like the enormous long nose. You do need it extended for macro. Also the button for going to macro is clumsy and to small to operate easily. Tried it on my D40, D40x and D300; all the same bad result at 300mm. Would not have bought it if I knew the quality.
awesome value for money 2007-11-22
I use this lens on my Nikon D50 and it produces awesome results. I used to initially use add on macro filters on the 18-55 lens kit. Though the magnification factor was really good in this setup, the working distance was bad. I had get to as close as 1 cm to get a nice macro. Then I got this lens and boy did things change for the good. I have damn good working distance and get a magnification of 1:2, meaning 1/2 real life size which is good considering the price. I always try and use it at 300mm in macro mode and move in as close to the subject as the lens would focus. The DOF is very good for a lens like this and I get really nice blurred out backgrounds for all my macro shots. I also use this as a nice potrait lens. Dont compare it other fixed focal length 1:1 macro lenses which are far more expensive, but then hey, If I showed you a photograph clicked by this lens and told you it was clicked by a more expensive one, you would believe me. I have added some to the product images section. These were shot without a tripod.... you can get sharper ones with a tripod. This lens is more useful for macro than a telephoto lens. The focussing speed of this lens is pretty bad, but hey for this price its the best you can get for the image quality that it produces. If you are just starting off with macro or need a handy cheap medium telephoto lens, go for this.
Cheers
Hari
Great lens but no AutoFocus 2007-08-29
We have used the lens and it takes great pictures. However, we were disappointed that this was not an Autofocus lens. The instructions and the box clearly show AF/MF but the lens is clearly MF only.
Better to name as "Macro Lens" 2007-07-12
I bought this lens with the hope of having a budget telephoto lens for my Nikon D100. The point is I bought a wrong lens, since it is not an "OS"(Optical Stabilizer) Sigma lens where it is a real pain to have shake-free images in high focal lenghts especially in low light conditions (ofcourse without using a tripod).
Macro performance is good but min focusing distance of 95mm may become a problem.
