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gpaleo - 01 Jan 2007 20:21 GMT

I'm sniffing around Sigma's 100-300 f4 APO for my D80.
Anyone have first-hand experience with it?
Photozone likes it a lot, as do others I've read.
TIA, George

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Just D - 01 Jan 2007 22:31 GMT

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.htm

"Don't even consider second and third rate brands like Sigma or Tamron
simply because you can get genuine Nikon for about the same price."

> I'm sniffing around Sigma's 100-300 f4 APO for my D80.
> Anyone have first-hand experience with it?
> Photozone likes it a lot, as do others I've read.
> TIA, George

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donLouis - 02 Jan 2007 01:49 GMT

> > I'm sniffing around Sigma's 100-300 f4 APO for my D80.
> > Anyone have first-hand experience with it?
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Tamron simply because you can get genuine Nikon for about the same
> price."

1) name the equivilant nikkor.
2) don't top post.

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Just D - 02 Jan 2007 03:57 GMT

http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqi
d=13948&p_created=1143233777&p_sid=PWMHPAqi&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcm
NoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD04JnBfcHJvZHM9MTksMjE3JnBfY2F0cz
0xODcmcF9wdj0yLjIxNyZwX2N2PTEuMTg3JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF
9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1#Anchor-lenses

Nikkor AF Telephoto Lenses

Btw, Nikon is going ahead with its current lenses producing very good ones,
and they are significantly cheaper than the previous ones with worst
parameters. That's why I like progress. :)

1. You'll never find the same, but similar - possible. Actually ask the
authour of the site mentioned earlier.
2. Don't teach donLouis.

>> > I'm sniffing around Sigma's 100-300 f4 APO for my D80.
>> > Anyone have first-hand experience with it?
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> 1) name the equivilant nikkor.
> 2) don't top post.

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donLouis - 02 Jan 2007 23:46 GMT

> http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqi
d=13948&p_created=1143233777&p_sid=PWMHPAqi&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcm
NoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD04JnBfcHJvZHM9MTksMjE3JnBfY2F0cz
0xODcmcF9wdj0yLjIxNyZwX2N2PTEuMTg3JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF
9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1#Anchor-lenses
>
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> 1. You'll never find the same, but similar - possible. Actually ask
> the authour of the site mentioned earlier.

the nikon link that you posted further illustrates my point; nikon
_doesn't_ have something similar to sigma's 100-300 f/4. they do
have a 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 and a 70-300 f/4-5.6, but if they are any-
thing like the 55-200 f/4-5.6 that i thought "it cant' be that
bad, can it?", i don't want to spend money on those either.

sigma's 30 f/1.4 is another example; is this a "bad" lens just
because it's a sigma? what is the nikkor equivilant?

> 2. Don't teach donLouis.
>
> :)

by "don't teach", i believe you are referring to my "don't top post"
comment. open question. which example is easier to read and reply to?

    >> why is top posting bad?
    > because it's hard to add a reply.

        or

    > because it's hard to add a reply.
    >> why is top posting bad?

as a parenthetical aside, i would say that i am "preaching" as opposed
to "teaching", which, i would agree, i probably shouldn't do.

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