Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO Macro Super Lens for Pentax-AF Camera

by Sigma

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000501TA
• Item model number: 508945
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

The high performance telephoto zoom lens is ideal for digital SLR cameras. This lens has two SLD glass elements in the front lens group and one in the rear lens group It is able to shoot with maximum magnification 1:2 at the focal length of 300 mm. It's the ideal lens for portraits, sports photography, nature photography, and other types of photography that frequently use the telephoto range.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good for the price, January 12, 2003

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"lawgone" (Fairfield, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO Macro Super Lens for Pentax-AF Camera (Electronics)

I'm suprised by one of the others reviewers quality problems. I have pointed the camera both straight up and straight down and the zoom and focus do not move one bit - it is dampened very well. I almost wonder if they are referring to a different model. The lense seems to be high quality and the autofocus is fairly quick and quiet for a lense in this price range. I would definately recommend it to anyone.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product, September 15, 2011

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Agent 007 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO Macro Super Lens for Pentax-AF Camera (Electronics)

For the price this lens gets the job done. Stopped down to f/7.1 - f10 gives amazing sharpness. As far as I can see there are no chromatic abberations. Focusing is very quick compared to the Tamron 70-300. The Focusing motor is a little noisy. I'm using this lens on the K-r. Because the K-r has a high ISO range, in low light I shoot at ISO 5000 with good quality and no problem. High ISO ranges eliminates the need the for the very expensive f/2.8 lens hype. I'm a wedding photographer and my lenses put in alot of work so I'll update my review soon.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this Lens!!, August 20, 2003

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Farrah (Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO Macro Super Lens for Pentax-AF Camera (Electronics)

This is an awesome lens! and so compact. The quality is just great and the price is so reasonable...absolutely no problems here! I highly recommend this lens!