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07 May 2010
A very good lens, Sigma 105mm,Macro lens.
I went for this Macro lens,Sigma 105mm because every time I saw a macro pics I felt like I was seeing something from another world or dimension.The inherent beauty of small things just tempted me to try it out.
The lens is well made.Focus is rather slow but accurante.Colors sometimes come out in low light rather pale with low contrast buy if the lighting is ok they come out great.Bokeh is wonderful,creamy and smooth so this makes it a great portrait lens.Working distance even though it's a 105mm equivalent to about 155mm on a cropped digital sensor,is rather short so you do have to be careful if photographing small critters like bees(if shooting 1:1).
All in all it's easy to recommened a lens with so much going for it.If you are going to buy a used one here on ebay, go for the DG model which has a special coating on the lens which is suppose to give you better color contrast.Highly recommended.
10 December 2015
Not really what it is .
Im a model builder and was looking for a glue dispenser that might help me get to those small dificult places with a minimun of glue . There are soom things with this glue that doesnt quite match up to my expectations . First the tip comes of the dispenser rather easily and it is very small , so much so that a very thin tip connected to the top of the cap is a incredible pain to get it into the small nozzle . Add that to the fact that the glue is very fast acting it creates a mess of thing by the time you get the tip in the nozzle . I can not recommend this product for any precision job .
07 August 2012
Still is one of the best buys out there in camera land.
5 of 5 found this helpful I had sold my D90 and already had a D7000 and wanted to get me a better camera then the D90. I had the money to get me a Canon 7D or 50D or 60D or a Nikon D300 . After having read reviews of all my options ( I also considered Pentax and Sony ) and knowing that I already had a stable of Nikon lens I opted for the D300 . I expected the camera not to have the picture quality of my D7000 .
I got me a mint D300 , in almost new condition with only 3,000 + shutter actuations for 719 dollars , way lower at what the camera cost a few years ago . I wasn't interested in video as I have always said if you want video get yourself a camcorder , plus my hobby was photography , not video .
What really surprised me is that photo quality is just a shade lower then the D7000 ( the area where it is most notable is in dynamic range) , so low that photos taken with both cameras are for all intent equals except for cropping which having 16MP is much better then 12.
The built of the camera is superb . Sturdy , refined and with a very nice grip . But there are two areas where the camera is head and shoulder beyond the D7000 and that is metering and autofocusing . Metering is more consistent then the D7000 . The D7000 can blow high contrast areas if you are not careful in sunny days using matrix metering . You have to use center or spot in order to have more control in high contrast situations . With the D300 in matrix , under high contrast conditions photos come out great ( you can still blow up areas as you can with any camera it's just that the D300 is more accurate )
What really blew me away was the autofocusing system . It is extremely accurate and fast with stills or moving objects . It is uncanny in the way it tracks subjects , you press the shutter and you get a nicely focus photo . The autofocusing system in the D7000 is better then the D90 but no way as good as the D300 . Those 51 autofocusing points are really doing their job. The only thing I did not like in the D300 is it's live view capabilities which are rather primitive in comparison with the D7000 or even the D90 but that to me is not a consideration as I hardly ever use the live view for photography and when I do my camera is on my tripod . Considering the cost of a used D300 or D300S I don't think their is a better camera out there at that price that can compete with it . You can get a D300 for 700+ or a D300s for 800+ dollars . Heck, even at it's list price of 1,800 dollars it a good buy for the quality you are getting Pro built , excellent metering and state of the art focusing, at 700+ in mint conditions it is a steal !