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User currently offlineCoa764 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 328 posts, RR: 3
Posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1355 times:

Thinking about picking up one of the following lenses and wondering if anyone has any feed back on them, thanks..

Sigma - 50-500 F4-6.3 EX APO HSM Lens for Minolta
Sigma - 100-300mm F4 EX IF HSM Lens for Minolta AF
Sigma - 170-500mm F5-6.3 EX APO lens for Minolta AF

Quantaray - 135-400MM F4.5-5.6 Lens for Minolta AF
Quantaray - 100-300mm F4.5-6.7 zoom lens for Minolta AF


Please oh please Mr Moderator Nazi, dont delete my thread.
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User currently offlineVir380 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2002, 616 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1311 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Sigma 50-500mm excellent lens crystal clear and super fast focusing system as youd expect from the EX range see below for examples :


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and i now own the 100-300f4 again very fast focus and pin sharp images, see below for examples :


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As for the 170-500mm again no real experience with but if its EX you cant really go wrong.

In my opinion i would stick to the EX Sigma range rather than look at the Quantaray range , now i have no experience in the Quantaray range i really dont have an accurate view but i havent heard very good reviews .

On separating the 2 lenses i used its a very difficult choice as the 50-500 had pretty much the whole range you would need but the 100-300 has the lower light capability therefore slightly more usable.

The big issue on this subject really is funds , as the Sigma EX range i would guess will cause more of a hole in your pocket

Hope this helps

regards Tony


User currently offlineJan Mogren From Sweden, joined Dec 2000, 2043 posts, RR: 52
Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1299 times:

Tony,
shouldn't that ex Corsair 743 be "untitled" ?

/JM


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User currently offlineLGW From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1283 times:

Hi all,

"shouldn't that ex Corsair 743 be "untitled"?

Should have got baddirty too with that dust spot in the sky  Smile

Anywhoo, I also use the Sigma 100-300mm f4 EX lens and as Tony says its fast AF and tack sharp and I am very happy with it.

Cheers

Ben Pritchard

User currently offlineJetTrader From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 586 posts, RR: 13
Reply 4, posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1277 times:


Of all the lenses I ever sold, I only regret selling 2 of them, one of which was a Sigma EX 100-300 f4 - a REALLY nice lens - If I could find one at a good price I'd have another one tomorrow!

Cheers,
Dean



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User currently offlineVir380 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2002, 616 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1270 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Jan for once woud it be too much to ask for you to keep to the thread title ?



 Smile/happy/getting dizzy


on another point if you take a look at Sven De Bevere he uses the 50-500mm

regards Tony

[Edited 2005-01-27 15:35:54]

User currently offlineJan Mogren From Sweden, joined Dec 2000, 2043 posts, RR: 52
Reply 6, posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1239 times:

Touchy, eh?
 Wow!

/JM


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User currently offlineVir380 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2002, 616 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1234 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Not at all Jan ... just messin with you  Smile

regards Tony

@ Ben .... trust you to spot that !

now i have to go looking with my made up anti spot stick !

User currently offlineCoa764 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 328 posts, RR: 3
Reply 8, posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1193 times:

Thanks for the feedback..


Please oh please Mr Moderator Nazi, dont delete my thread.
User currently offlineHodges From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 138 posts, RR: 4
Reply 9, posted (8 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1189 times:

You might want to look into buying Sigmas new 80-400mm OS lens. I've heard some pretty good things about it. And it only costs a little more than the 50-500mm plus you get Sigmas optical stabilization.

Hope this helps,

Erik


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