We’ve had the wide end covered for some time now. I bought a Sigma 10-20mm before heading to Polska last year, and of course the camera came with a decent 18-70mm standard zoom. What we were lacking was a high power zoom.
It was never much of a priority, so I wasn’t looking to spend a lot of money. Sure, I’d love to have Nikon’s 80-200 2.8 lens, but at nearly a thousand dollars, it was well out of my budget. If I had no budget, I’d be ordering a
- Nikon D3x
- AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G
- AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
- AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
- AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED
- AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8G ED
- AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Having a budget that doesn’t quite make the approximately $13,000 necessary to buy that equipment, I looked back at SIgma, being very pleased with the 10-20. So for well under $200 I got a 70-300 4/5.6 zoom. Is it a great lens? For the money, yes.
1/1600, f/5.3, 240 mm
1/400, f/5.3, 220 mm
1/250, f/5.6, 300 mm
The bokeh is particularly warm and deep, but that’s to be expected at this kind of focal length…