Review of my new 70-300mm VR....

[coastietech]

Well I told Red Devil that I would take some pictures and post my thoughts on the new 70-300mm VR lens that I got today. Don't mind the crappy lighting and the horrible composition. I was sort of in a rush to get these done so I could relax for the night. All of the pictures are taken at 1/60s shutter speed and HAND HELD. I took pictures at 70mm, 145mm, and 300mm. I also took pictures of those focal points at wide open and f11. Wide open varies on this lens from f4.5-f5.6. I am very happy with the sharpness of this lens compared to the 70-300mm G lens I had. Not to mention this friggin VR thing rocks. The fact that I can hand hold at 1/60 at a 300mm focal length and still get sharp pictures is great. Hope these pictures help those of you that are on the fence about getting one.

70mm f4.5

70mm f4.5 100% crop

145mm f5

145mm f5 100% crop

300mm f5.6

300mm f5.6 100% crop

70mm f11

70mm f11 100% crop

145mm f11

145mm f11 100% crop

300mm f11

300mm f11 100% crop

 

[Sw1tchFX]

probably blows your sigma out of the water eh?

 

[coastietech]

probably blows your sigma out of the water eh?

Without a doubt. These pictures really do this no justice. At 1/60 my other 70-300mm would look like a friggin puddle of color and the sigma looks like the whole picture has Gaussian blur. This lens is very impressive, atleast to my noob eye.

 

[Sw1tchFX]

even when the sigma DID make a sharp image, I bet the Nikkor is still sharper.

 

[RedDevilUK]

looking good

awwww i want one now

i have put my investment of a 70-300mm normal lens on hold now.

i want/need a VR version now with ED glass :mrgreen:

instead of paying £129 for a normal version, i am going to wait another week and get another weeks wage in, and buy the VR version for approx £330

looks like its worth it

cheers coastietech