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70-300mm VR lens for Nikon

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Allen:
Hi I was wondering if anyone has this lens and what they think of it for microstock.

I have the Tamron 70-300 and find it soft.

I would like a better lens than the Tamron for wildlife, but not sure how soft the Nikon gets at 300mm.  If you have something better you would recommend that is under $800 than please fire it off. 

The problem with most of the sites reviewing lenses is it is hard to find a 100% crop.

vonkara:
I already rented it just for fun when it came out and this one is soft also, from what I've experienced. You wont really have sharp lenses in the 70-300 category. Maybe the Sigma 100-300 f/4, but I had a bad experience also with some Sigma lenses. Never tried this one though

Try this link to look at what you can get better. The 70-200 are better but expensive and Nikon don't have a f/4 like Canon http://www.photozone.de/

You can get a crop of samples images for all lenses there

PaulieWalnuts:
I have one. Mine is very sharp at 70mm - 200mm and just a little less sharp from 200mm - 300mm. I've seen some posts saying 300mm is a bit soft but maybe I ended up with a better one. Color and contrast is good too.

Slrgear.com has a review.

http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/992/cat/13

davey_rocket:
Like Paulie said above I've noticed that mine is a bit soft on the 200-300 end of the range as well, especially at 300mm.  The rest of the range is great though.

yecatsdoherty:
Vonkara - do you purchase the red band sigmas or the gold band? the gold band Sigma lenses are pretty good. I really like mine. I wouldn't touch Tamron.

are you shooting with a tripod? and are you sure to set the VR to off when shooting with a tripod?

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