Photoclubalpha

"Mine stays on my camera of the moment most of the time. In fact right now I have the 5D with the 70-300g (SSM does the focus speed thing) and my a700 has the 18-250 both sitting on my table. If I need to rush out into my garden to shoot a butterfly or bird I grab the appropriate combo." ...

I guess I didn't phrase that very well. If I am taking shots in my garden, unless I need wider than 70mm, I will pick the camera with the 70-300g, which will almost always be my lens of choice for things like butterflies, birds or close ups of flowers. It just has better IQ than the 18-250 especiall...

Good captures. My copy was not very sharp even though it looked new and I sold it . It's a great carry round lens being small and compact. You seem to have a good copy so enjoy!

tom

OK. It's gratifying to see my thread on DP review quoted by Sonalta. Basically this subject has been done to death over there. In the days when I had enough money not to worry about it I would have swapped my Tammy for a Sony if there was any difference. There wasn't and isn't so far as I can see. I...

Tom, is this the close up lens you're referring to? http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=1001932 Yes, that's the one. It works pretty well with the Sigma 70-300, but I am not sure, based on my tests today, whether it will be useful with the 70-300G. I didn't know it was still av...

Thanks Guys, for the welcome I don't have a 62-58 converter ring yet so cannot really try the combo I mentioned properly. I did try holding the close up lens against the filter (not the front element!!!) of the G today. It didn't work very well! The focus range is very small althugh the image is cer...

Hi For what it is worth, I have had the Min 75-300 'new' (with dof hold button on the side), the KM 75-300D, the 100-300apo (non D), the sigma 70-300DG APO (red ring) and the 70-300G. The best is without a doubt the 'G', which is quite outstanding at 300 wide open. The 'New' and the 100-300 apo were...