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The Quantaray AF 70-300mm is a budget super zoom lens that can take excellent images. These particular models are re-badged Tamrons sold by Ritz cameras. They can be found in excellent condition for anywhere between $60-$100. Build quality is very good and it's actually quite light weight. The lens size is large at 62mm and I had no problem finding a quick replacement lens cap for under $2 on ebay. Zoom and focusing is very easy. And I'm able to take wonderful pictures. In decent light, AF is fast and not loud. Although it will use the screw-drive for AF. The ultra-zoom is great. At 300mm, f5.6 is quite excellent considering that kit zooms will do 55mm at f5.6. But at 300mm, a small vibration is a pretty big change, so you will need either lots of light, high ISO, or a good tripod if you really want to get the most out of your pictures. For the price, it's a wonderful lens. Of course, we all want 70-300mm f2.8, but just look at the 4-figure price-tag. Macro mode is incredible fun. However, the *only* negative about this lens is sometimes switching from Macro to Normal takes some adjusting. It may require that you AF in macro mode to something far away so that it can reduce the barrel length, then zoom out enough to flip the switch back to normal. Full extended (300mm plus max focus in Macro), this is a beast of a lens! There are few versions of this lens, I'll summarize my findings here: DI version - Re-badged Newer Tamron DI/LD LD version - Re-badged Tamron LD (model being reviewed here!) - white/gold, macro at 180-300mm LDO - Re-badged Sigma non-DG APO Super Macro II (?) - Gold ring, macro at 300mm TECH-10 - Re-badged Sigma non-DG APO Super Macro I - Green writing, macro at 300mm General rule is that 62mm filters are Tamron and 58mm is Sigma. I believe Quantaray used Sigma first, starting with the TECH-10 and then the LDO. Then, they switched to Tamron. Starting with the DL, then moving to the Di/DL which is the most recent model. You'll find mixed reviews about which is better in many Sigma vs Tamron forums. Summary: Excellent budget super zoom. Great quality. Performance per dollar cannot be beat for these zooms. 300mm is tricky.Vollständige Rezension lesen
I am not the one to give advise or criticize anything to do with photography. I was in manufacturing i.e. I owned a machine shop for 30 years and took up photography after I retired. I generally buy Nikon camera equipment and have come to appreciate Nikon quality. Nikons' quality is evident to the touch, it just feels well made. I wanted to try a different brand to compare the quality to the price. It seems like "you get what you pay for". The Quantaray lens feels cheap to the touch, and didn't seem to focus as well as what I have become use to. It comes with a warning not to do certain things with the switches that I've never heard of with a Nikkor lens. In general I guess if I had never used a Nikon product, I probably would of never known that the quality of this lens seems to be rather a poor. But this is all from the view of a novice.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Back when I had a Minolta Maxxum (Dynax for you who don't live in the US), this lens was my go-to lens for darn near everything. Now that I have a D80, I bought it again in the Nikon mount. I'm still very satisfied. The "macro" is actually pretty useful. Focus is fast and accurate. Image quality is great.
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