Sigma 50-200mm

Dooku77

Dooku77

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Does anyone have or used this lens before and if so how is it? I stumbled across this while Internet shopping and it is a stunningly low price with some pretty good reviews. I'm holding out for my Tamron 70-300mm VC lens bit wasn't sure if I should pick This little gem up to have in the kit bag. Thanks
 
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stmv

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well, if the price is low, why not. You can always resell if it does not live up to your expectation, or keep it as a backup.


I have liked Sigma, and I doupt if the quality is much different than the 55-200 Nikkor, and will just be missing the VR.
 
AC016

AC016

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First, i would like to say that it's your money, so i can not tell you what to do. That being said, i am not to sure why you would buy both a 70-300 and a 50-200. You are overlapping your focal lengths. You already have an 18-50, so once you have the 70-300, you need to make up 20mm. 20mm is how many steps forward or backward? It just does not make sense to have both. But again, it's your money;)
 
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stmv

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sounds like the 50-200 is a steal, so,, buy, and resell when you get the 70-300, Another lens to consider is the 55-300 VR. These lens go on sell once in a while, I got mine for an amazing price of 260 on Amazon (one of those lightning 2 day sells). I have found the 55-300 VRII matches quite well for my D7000.
 
Dooku77

Dooku77

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stmv said:
sounds like the 50-200 is a steal, so,, buy, and resell when you get the 70-300, Another lens to consider is the 55-300 VR. These lens go on sell once in a while, I got mine for an amazing price of 260 on Amazon (one of those lightning 2 day sells). I have found the 55-300 VRII matches quite well for my D7000.
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Yes 159.00 new from amazon for the 50-200. I can get the 70-300 Tamron for 299 used. Both have their own kind of image stabilization. I know having 2 lenses with almost the same focal length seems foolish, but one of them is quite small for times when I don't want to have a big telephoto on.
 
AC016

AC016

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Dooku77 said:
Yes 159.00 new from amazon for the 50-200. I can get the 70-300 Tamron for 299 used. Both have their own kind of image stabilization. I know having 2 lenses with almost the same focal length seems foolish, but one of them is quite small for times when I don't want to have a big telephoto on.
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50-200 is 4" long when retracted
70-300 is 4.7" long when retracted
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slowpoke

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I bought my sigma 70-300mm with macro switch for $269.00 new at Future show.It's good glass.Your tamron idea is great and you saved money by not getting the 50-200.Way to go.Good luck,Joe
 
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