No introduction needed for this one and a shame it has been discontinued.
If you are looking for a serious zoomlens in this range and you can get it, don`t hesitate.
It`s sharp, well build and even wide open allready usefull. And, important for wildlife shooters, it focusses fast and can take a good amount of rain.
Some testshots I made when I got this baby right out of the shop, if you click trough to Flickr fullsize resolution (4672x3104, sooc) is available.
K20d with sigma 100-300F4 on tripod, 2sec selftimer with MLU, iso200
1: 100mm F4
2: 300mm F4
3: 300mm F5.6
4: 300mm F8
And some fieldshots:
5: PENTAX K-5
1/200"
F4.5
Aperture priority
500
+0.3EV
CenterWeightedAverage
300mm
6: PENTAX K20D
1/800"
F4.5
Aperture priority
400
+0.7EV
CenterWeightedAverage
300mm
7:PENTAX K-5
1/1000"
F4
Aperture priority
80
+0.7EV
CenterWeightedAverage
260mm
8:PENTAX K-5
1/500"
F5
Aperture priority
250
±0EV
Pattern
280mm
9:PENTAX K-5
1/500"
F5.6
Aperture priority
400
CenterWeightedAverage
300mm
10: PENTAX K-5
1/1600"
F5.6
Aperture priority
160
+0.3EV
CenterWeightedAverage
220mm
Lets see some more
Jacco
Last edited by TenZ.NL; 06-25-2012 at 02:27 PM.