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    What's the difference between these two lenses

    Hi all

    Can someone tell me what the difference is between these two lenses

    http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...3537/show.html

    http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...3535/show.html

    I'm going to america at the weekend and will be looking to buy a zoom lense.

    Between the above two lenses and a 55-200 AF-S VR nikkor which would people go for? Looking on Amazon prices seem to be 1-1 pounds to dolars so much cheaper to buy in the us.

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    Andy

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    Re: What's the difference between these two lenses

    DG is older. APO is the one to go for as it uses different glass to reduce aberrations.

    http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/lenses/lens-tech.htm

    And I'd go for the nikkor - VR is nice for this class of telephoto.

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    Re: What's the difference between these two lenses

    Having the 55-200 Nikon and having used a 70-300 APO, I would go for the latter.

    It's louder than my Nikon and perhaps a teeny bit slower, but optically I couldn't separate them and the extra length will come in handy at some point.

    The Nikon is a decent little light lens in it's own right, but it's got little in the way of advantages over the APO.

    Now if you were to compare the Nikon 70-300 to the APO it would be a different matter - the Nikon 70-300 VR is a big step ahead of the 55-200 'kit-sidekick' and wipes the floor with the the APO... but then it's twice the price and it's debatable whether it's worth the extra - I think I would go for it if I needed longer lenses more, but the fact that I still have a 55-200 suggests I don't use long zooms much at all. I much prefer to use my Sigma 150mm prime and just walk back and forwards! That's a cracking lens!

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