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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 324935" data-attributes="member: 24285">I have two longer lenses that shoot up to 300mm.&nbsp; A Nikkor AF-S 55-300 DX VR that I bought with my D5100 two years ago, and a Sigma 100-300mm F4.5-6.7 AF-DL&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; that I bought about 14 years ago with my F60.&nbsp; &nbsp; I used the Siggy on a trip to Scotland and at the time was very pleased with the results.&nbsp; But after a while the cost of developing among other things gradually reduced my use of the F60 and then I got a Fuji Digital and the rest is history for my F60.&nbsp; Now it sits in it's box waiting to become an antique.&nbsp; When I got the D5100 I had hopes of using the Siggy 300 but alas it did not autofocus and I was swayed to buy the newer Nikkor with &quot;VR&quot;.&nbsp; I used that lens in the past two years and have been happy with it.&nbsp; The Siggy collected more dust.Now I have a D610 and pulled out the Siggy again.&nbsp; I did some testing and expected the IQ from the Nikkor with VR to be better than the Siggy because of the VR - but I think the greater resolution of the FX Siggy lens wins the day.&nbsp; Because I expect to use this both hand held and on tripod I tried to test the IQ hand held.&nbsp; Picked a rather bland view of the end of my old garage but it serves the purpose.&nbsp; I let the D610 autocrop for a DX lens.&nbsp; Other than that the settings were pretty much the same, F/8 in aperture priority.&nbsp;&nbsp; I took several shots and picked the best - there wasn't much difference. &nbsp;First one is the Nikkor, Second the Siggy. [ATTACH]97970[/ATTACH][ATTACH]97971[/ATTACH]I understand there are better lenses than this old Siggy but for my purposes and pocket book for now it will be my long lens.&nbsp; Thought of buying a different &quot;less expensive&quot; aka cheapo, long lens but I don't want to spend over $200 and from what I can tell what I can afford at the moment won't be much better than the Siggy I have.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I was to replace my Siggy what would you recommend?&nbsp;&nbsp; If cheap enough maybe sooner rather than later - either that or I start hinting at what Santa can bring me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 324935, member: 24285"] I have two longer lenses that shoot up to 300mm. A Nikkor AF-S 55-300 DX VR that I bought with my D5100 two years ago, and a Sigma 100-300mm F4.5-6.7 AF-DL that I bought about 14 years ago with my F60. I used the Siggy on a trip to Scotland and at the time was very pleased with the results. But after a while the cost of developing among other things gradually reduced my use of the F60 and then I got a Fuji Digital and the rest is history for my F60. Now it sits in it's box waiting to become an antique. When I got the D5100 I had hopes of using the Siggy 300 but alas it did not autofocus and I was swayed to buy the newer Nikkor with "VR". I used that lens in the past two years and have been happy with it. The Siggy collected more dust. Now I have a D610 and pulled out the Siggy again. I did some testing and expected the IQ from the Nikkor with VR to be better than the Siggy because of the VR - but I think the greater resolution of the FX Siggy lens wins the day. Because I expect to use this both hand held and on tripod I tried to test the IQ hand held. Picked a rather bland view of the end of my old garage but it serves the purpose. I let the D610 autocrop for a DX lens. Other than that the settings were pretty much the same, F/8 in aperture priority. I took several shots and picked the best - there wasn't much difference. First one is the Nikkor, Second the Siggy. [ATTACH=CONFIG]97970._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]97971._xfImport[/ATTACH] I understand there are better lenses than this old Siggy but for my purposes and pocket book for now it will be my long lens. Thought of buying a different "less expensive" aka cheapo, long lens but I don't want to spend over $200 and from what I can tell what I can afford at the moment won't be much better than the Siggy I have. If I was to replace my Siggy what would you recommend? If cheap enough maybe sooner rather than later - either that or I start hinting at what Santa can bring me. [/QUOTE]

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