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Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX DG IF HSM APO Telephoto Zoom Lens for Sigma SLR Cameras |  | Brand: Sigma
Category: Photography
List Price: $3,900.00
Buy New: $2,999.00
as of 9/5/2010 07:39 PDT details
You Save: $901.00 (23%)
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  12 reviews
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Maximum Focal Length: 300
Minimum Focal Length: 120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.7
Dimensions (in): 15 x 9.2 x 9.1
MPN: B000BBGB0Q
Model: B000BBGB0Q
UPC: 085126135560
EAN: 0085126135560
ASIN: B000BBGB0Q
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Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks
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| Features:
| • | Features a large aperture of f/2.8 at the 300 millimeter focal length | | • | Multi-layer lens coating and lens design reduces flare and ghosting | | • | Features SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements for superior correction of chromatic aberration | | • | Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) for ultra-quiet shooting |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The Sigma APO 120-300mm f2.8 EX DG HSM Lens for Sigma Digital SLR Cameras features a large aperture of f2.8 at the 300 millimeter focal length and is optimized for used with digital SLR cameras. This lens transforms a large-aperture f2.8 300 millimeter lens into a zoom lens that allows you to determine the picture composition you want without having to change your vantage point. It has two SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements in front group and another SLD element in the rear group for excellent correction of chromatic aberration. The latest in multi-layer lens coating technology 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 lens' AF drive is equipped with a silent, responsive and high speed Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM), which also provides full-time manual focus function. Since focusing and zooming do not change its overall length, this lens is easy to hold and use. In addition, since the front of the lens does not rotate, a circular polarizing filter can be easily attached and used. High-speed focusing is possible when this lens is used with dedicated APO EX 1.4 x or 2x tele-converters (sold separately).
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 12
 Awesome Lens for Sports May 4, 2010
Donald Lu
Got this lens for use with a Nikon D3 and D300. I shoot mostly sports and needed something a bit longer than my old 80-200/2.8 for field sports like baseball and lacrosse. I also have used this lens indoors for volleyball on my D3 so I can sit way up in the stands and still get close enough while looking down onto court at a cool angle. The 2.8 really comes in handy since my gym's lighting is absolutely horrible.
Anyway, I also got the Sigma 1.4x TC (which only AF and meters with a few lenses, including this one and the 300/2.8 prime, but they don't tell you that until you read the booklet insde the TC box!) So combining my 1.5 crop D300 with the 1.4x TC and this monster lens, I get about 250-630/4. In the full-frame D3 I get about 168-420/4 with the same setup. I have heard that some copies of this lens don't zoom all the way out the the claimed 300 mm but my metadata shows that my max focal length is actually 420 mm with the 1.4 TC on the D3, FWIW.
I thought about getting the 300 prime but really wanted the zoom feature since moving around a lot is not really an option for most sports shooting. I would love to get the Nikkor 200-400/4 but at $5K, that's not really an option and besides, I have a 2.8!
Pros: Good image quality, even with 1.4x TC, on par with or better than my Nikkor 80-200/2.8; great in low light at f/2.8; fast and quiet focusing that can keep up with fast action sports; way cheaper than anything Nikon makes (especially since they don't even make a 120-300/2.8 zoom!)
Cons: Cheap metal finish quality (thin, matte paint that shows scratches easily, if it doesn't chip off entirely); the zoom ring is reverse of Nikon direction (not bad if zooming is slow and deliberate, but I have issues when I need to snap in or out quickly and old habits take over from using Nikon lenses); zoom ring feels a bit stiffer than my 80-200 (don't know if it's just my copy, but I only need gentle fingertip pressure on the 80-200 to zoom but the Sigma requires a firm finger "squeeze") which affects how fast I can zoom in and out and thus how I shoot; lame lens cover "sock" that doesn't stay on when the hood is deployed
Other thoughts: Great lens for the money, especially when paired with 1.4x TC. The zoom ring issues I'm dealing with ok, it's just annoying at times, but not a deal-breaker for me. The biggest niggle is the cheap paint that flakes off (especially on the handle of the rotating collar and the edges of the hood--places that see the most action)
Great lens!! April 26, 2010
kjwesphotos.com (Houston, Texas)
We are sports photographers so my review is based in that domain. This is a great lens! Shooting high school sports, we need to move from an on-the-field moment to something in the dugout or sidelines quickly and this does just that. AF is fast and accurate, and very quick. I lose very little time when we have the 1.4 extender on either. I almost got the dedicated 300mm and I'm glad I got this instead.
She never let me down January 23, 2010
Thomas Gregoretti (Long Island NY)
Have used this lens to photograph my son's football Games for the last 5 years and it never let me down. During the last season I took over 10,000 pictures and never had a glitch. They say the Canon lens's are a faster focus but I have a number of Pro Canon lens's and see no difference. For the money there is no better lens of these specs out there. The lens was out there with me getting wet, freezing, getting bounce around and always came through game after game after game. I post the pictures at [...] if you want to see what the lens can do. All of the football photos were shot with the lens, the closer ones of the Cheerleaders were shot with a different lens. Maybe next year I will start getting paid for shooting football games, I hope.. Its a great Lens.. Tommy
heavy and heaven December 28, 2009
Aloysius B. Heijst
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this lens after reading many reviews. When the pricely item arrived, I could hardly wait to try my first shots. But the results were very poor. It seemed that it didn't focus properly. At this moment, after a few weeks, I'm used to it and it is the main lens on my Nikon D90, although it is very heavy. I have made many shots with it. Focussing works fast and nice. I did bother about the lack of stabilisation, but the wide aperture gives a better shutter speed and a nice bokeh. I like this lens very much.
haven't used it yet but it's coming December 8, 2009
LL (Northern New Jersey)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
i bought this lens at a time when i had some more free time and figured i'll buy it once, and have it forever. I can't comment on the quality of the pictures b/c i haven't really taken any yet. I will say this thing is a TANK! it's really really heavy so make sure you have a good sturdy tripod. The construction seems very good-i've owned other sigma lenses in the past (they were all stolen, thus this new purchase) and they were terrific. The real test for me is coming up in November 2010 when I go on Safari to Africa. I'll update my post then.
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