If you have any experience with Quantaray - Tech-10 70-300mm High Speed Auto Focus Zo

[Leon]

Hi,
I'm considering getting 70-300mm lens and looking into most affordable choices.

If you have any experience with Quantaray - Tech-10 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 High Speed Auto Focus OR Nikon - 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED what would be your suggestion?
Thanks for any input.
Leon

 

[Raymond Bradlau]

The Quantaray is Ritz branding of Sigma lenses it would be an option over the 70-300 G not the Nikkor ED or Sigma APO stuff, the ED or APO glass should give better image quality.

Just make sure you compare apples to apples

regards
Ray

Hi,
I'm considering getting 70-300mm lens and looking into most
affordable choices.
If you have any experience with Quantaray - Tech-10 70-300mm
f/4.0-5.6 High Speed Auto Focus OR Nikon - 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED
what would be your suggestion?
Thanks for any input.
Leon

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[daye]

Hi,
I'm considering getting 70-300mm lens and looking into most
affordable choices.
If you have any experience with Quantaray - Tech-10 70-300mm
f/4.0-5.6 High Speed Auto Focus OR Nikon - 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED
what would be your suggestion?
Thanks for any input.
Leon

If they say 'high speed auto focus' in the title, then it could be
the HSM of Sigma. That sounds strange, as Sigma does not have
an HSM for the 70-300mm itself.

I would choose an HSM lens over the Nikon 70-300mm ED.

 

[Dafka_Dafka]

The Tech-10 is reported to be a very good lens and a bargin. I visited a Pro's website (sorry can't remember URL) and saw wonderful sharp colorful photographs and the photographer raving about the quality of this lens; it has a macro feature.........now that's a lot of bang for the buck.

Larry.

Hi,
I'm considering getting 70-300mm lens and looking into most
affordable choices.
If you have any experience with Quantaray - Tech-10 70-300mm
f/4.0-5.6 High Speed Auto Focus OR Nikon - 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED
what would be your suggestion?
Thanks for any input.
Leon

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Larry.

 

[Raymond Bradlau]

Just a guess, but I think the "high speed" would be IF (Internal Focus) its faster than the old type where the front element rotated during AF. If it where a version of AFS, HSM, USM Id think they would make it EXTRA clear.

AFS, ED, IF, IS, APO, VR, HSM, OS, USM, SLD, Di,...... I think I understand why some of these are so big, they just need room for the freakin name!

regards
Ray

Hi,
I'm considering getting 70-300mm lens and looking into most
affordable choices.
If you have any experience with Quantaray - Tech-10 70-300mm
f/4.0-5.6 High Speed Auto Focus OR Nikon - 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED
what would be your suggestion?
Thanks for any input.
Leon

If they say 'high speed auto focus' in the title, then it could be
the HSM of Sigma. That sounds strange, as Sigma does not have
an HSM for the 70-300mm itself.

I would choose an HSM lens over the Nikon 70-300mm ED.

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http://www.pbase.com/ray645

 

[thinkin2]

Just a guess, but I think the "high speed" would be IF (Internal
Focus) its faster than the old type where the front element rotated
during AF. If it where a version of AFS, HSM, USM Id think they
would make it EXTRA clear.

AFS, ED, IF, IS, APO, VR, HSM, OS, USM, SLD, Di,...... I think I
understand why some of these are so big, they just need room for
the freakin name!

regards
Ray

Ray, that's really funny. Probably why they cost so much too. Takes a lot of box to print all of that on, LOL!
Jerry

 

[fickalosh]

Leon,

I bought the lens this past summer as I needed a zoom lens for cheap. And it certainly is inexpensive for what you get. The high speed is really not very high speed, your kit lens is WAY faster focusing than the tech10. That being said, in decent light, it takes great pics for the money. If you only have the ~$180 to spend, you wont be disappointed. I brought mine to Europe last summer and nailed some great shots. It takes great portrait shots with good light. When the light starts to fade...

I have just recently bought a 80-200 2.8 ED Nikkor, no comparison. The Tech 10 has not made it out of my bag since. I will probably keep it as a backup or a lens to bring when I don't want to haul the big glass.

One thing that annoyed me about the lens was the noise it made when focusing, again not that fast.

But hey you are only spending 180. Really can't go wrong if you need a zoom in this range.

Pete

Hi,
I'm considering getting 70-300mm lens and looking into most
affordable choices.
If you have any experience with Quantaray - Tech-10 70-300mm
f/4.0-5.6 High Speed Auto Focus OR Nikon - 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED
what would be your suggestion?
Thanks for any input.
Leon

 

[DStan]

Hi,
I'm considering getting 70-300mm lens and looking into most
affordable choices.
If you have any experience with Quantaray - Tech-10 70-300mm
f/4.0-5.6 High Speed Auto Focus OR Nikon - 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED
what would be your suggestion?
Thanks for any input.
Leon

Lately they've been shipping the Tamron. Get the latest Sigma APO Super II Macro or whatever they call it, the one with the red stripe. See the Quantaray below and tell me it's not a Tamron. I took the picture myself, recently.



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In the beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth...
And G-d said, let there be light: and there was light.
And G-d saw the light, that it was good.
Eventually man created the camera, that was good too.
Now I know why G-d created man.

 

[Yendor]

Ritz no longer actually ships the Tech-10 70-300mm. If you're looking at their web site, it's wrong. You can still get these used off of eBay though (make sure the lens actually says "Tech-10" and "MACRO").

Hi,
I'm considering getting 70-300mm lens and looking into most
affordable choices.
If you have any experience with Quantaray - Tech-10 70-300mm
f/4.0-5.6 High Speed Auto Focus OR Nikon - 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED
what would be your suggestion?
Thanks for any input.
Leon