18-200 mm DC 3.5-6.3 Lens f/Canon DSLR Review

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(More customer reviews)These lenses are not easy to find, but I have found a few dealers who sell them.
I know that Sigma makes the lenses for Quantaray, but as for quality, I am guessing that the Quantaray line is Sigma's inexpensive line for hobbyists and amateurs. That said, I wanted to comment on how well my Quantaray 18-200mm has been for me.
Ever since I first bought this lens, I have enjoyed countless photos. The lens has seen trips & vacations, portraits, weddings, and even an engagement session. I have captured some wonderful memories for myself and clients with this lens.
Granted, it is not Sigma's top brand, but it does do the job and after 3 years of owning this lens, I can say, I am wholly pleased with my choice. It doesn't pack the sucker-punch to the wallet, but it's still great quality. :)A Canon equivalent would cost three times as much, but if you're on a budget, like I am, sometimes you just have to compromise.
All in all, if you go for this lens, you wouldn't be sacrificing much. If you're just starting out, I'd highly recommend this to get you going, as this is a highly versatile product.
One thing to note tho, is if you own a full-frame camera, you'll want to stay away from this lens and go for the Sigma DG series. The DC series, is for crop-sensor cameras (XXXD Rebels, XXD's, et. al). Thankfully this works wonderfully on my Canon EOS 30D flawlessly. It,sadly, does not work with my 5D mark II; even though it fits on the camera, it causes severe vignetting. Even though that's a drawback, it's not something to warrant one less star for this wonderful lens.

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Exclusively designed for use with digital SLR cameras featuring APS-C size image sensor.
High zoom ratio 11:1.
Compact, Lightweight and Durable construction with diameter of 70mm (2.8 in.), length of 78.1mm (3.1 in.) and weight of 405g./14.3oz. Lens has Metal Mount.
Minimum focusing distance of 45cm (17.7 in.) at all focal lengths.
Compact, Lightweight Superzoom lens, with high zoom ratio 11:1
This high zoom ratio lens is exclusively designed for digital SLR cameras and capable of covering a wide range of focal lengths from wide-angle to telephoto. Two Special Low Dispersion (SLD) glass elements and two hybrid aspherical lenses offer the utmost correction for all types of aberrations, and enables this extended range super zoom lens to be housed in a compact and lightweight construction of 70mm (2.8 in.) diameter, and 78.1mm (3.1 in.) in length, and weighing just 405g/14.3oz. The new lens coating reduces flare and ghost, which is a common problem of digital cameras and also creates an optimum color balance. This lens has a minimum focusing distance of 45cm (17.7 in.) at all focal lengths and has maximum magnification of 1:4.4.
The lens design incorporates an inner focusing system, which prevents the front of the lens from rotating, making it particularly suitable for using circular polarizing filters and petal shaped lens hoods. The overall length of the lens does not change during focusing, ensuring convenient handling and ease of use. A zoom lock switch eliminates zoom creep during transportation, a convenient addition when traveling.

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Quantaray UV Multi-Coated - Filter - UV - 62 mm Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great filter to improve your outdoor pictures. The only problem, is that the Nikon lens cap that fits on my 18-70mm lens wont fit on with this filter in place. I was buying this not for improving pictures but to protect my lense, but if the cap wont fit then I'm not going to bother using it on a day to day basis... Keep that in mind. It does improve your pictures, and I will certainly use it for landscape shots and nature photography, but for day-to-day use when I'm pulling the lens cap on and off, it isn't worth the trouble.

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Multi-Coating improves overall quality of filter by correcting for refractive properties of the filter glass. With multi-coated glass your photos will look sharper and have more contrast. Though most people use the UV Haze to protect their lens from dust and scratches, it also absorbs ultra violet and blue rays without affecting exposure or color.

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72mm Pro-Digital UV Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)Wherein this was a quality filter for my Nikon 18-200 lens, after two weeks, the glass fell out of the rim. Just fell out while changing filters. What was an important component to my photography, and camera protection, is now an expensive piece of trash. As a replacement, I went with a different brand. I guess when the packaging says, "professional filter series," it means that "professionals" have enough money to purchase replacements when their equipment goes prematurely south. I can only hope my filter was a fluke and Quantaray does not have serious quality control issues. But like I said, it was a nice filter when it was in one piece.

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Absorbs ultra violet and blue rays without affecting exposure. The Digital UV filter also acts to protect the lens and minimizes flare and ghost reflections to optimize the performance of your lenses for digital imaging. The very thin frames of these filtes allow pictures to be taken with most normal range wide-angle lens without vignetting.
What Make this Filter special for Digital? Special Coatings - This filter has a newlly developed ultra-low reflection coating for digital camera to minimize flare and ghost reflections.
Black-ink Outer Rim Processing - The outer edges of the optical filter glass are blacked with ink to minimize inner reflection.
Special frame - All surfaces of these filters have a satin-like smooth surface to minimize extra reflection.
See What This Filter Will DOView The Quantaray Filter Demo

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Quantaray Digital Series DC - Telephoto zoom lens - 55 mm - 200 mm - f/4.0-5.6 AF Review

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(More customer reviews)As some folks have said it's an auto focus lens, but not for the lower end Nikon bodies. It doesn't have the auto focus motor built in so you need to focus yourself. It's still called an auto focus lens because it will auto focus with the correct camera body.
I have a D3000 and it's a compact body so it needs the lenses that have the motor built in. If you look at the back of the lens where it mounts to the camera you can see a silver keyed pin and this is what's driven by the cameras that have an auto focus motor. If you don't want to focus manually on these cameras, you'll need the one without the drive pin.
Even without auto focus built in the lens is easy to use and the pictures are clear. While you are buying, be sure to get a uv filter for it in 52mm. I had a spare because I bought two for my d3000 when I purchased it. Also, since you need to focus, make sure you adjust the view finder so your focus is correct. I had mine set incorrectly and when I though the picture looked good I was actually focused on something else.
Another thing, the zoom and focus are quite stiff when brand new and loosen up as you use it. I've got about 200 pictures on it and it's good. It feels good and solid. The Nikon one feels a little nicer but the price for the Quantaray is good.
My next purchase will probably be a 18-200 that they make so I don't have to switch out from the 18-55 and 55-200 on the fly.

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55-200MM F/4-5.6 DGITAL ZOOM F/NK

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Sunpak PZ40X II Power Zoom Digital Flash for all Nikon TTL, D-TTL, and i-TTL Cameras (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this little flash to use with my Nikon D90. This flash works well with the camera. It does not have many bells and whistles for special effects, but it's light, simple and the price is right. Recycle time is reasonable for quick burst at close range. I used it on around 1,200 shots without a single problem.

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