Wonderfully light and unobtrusive. AF works well on my EOS. Fair-good performance in the central area of the frame up to about 200mm. Very handy and portable. Very, very cheap for something like this. You won't get the photo with your fast, monster Canon telephoto if it's too much of a pain to take with you, and you won't work unobtrusively wielding something that looks like a ballistic missle. Everything's a compromise.

Cheap plastic construction; parts seem somewhat ill-fitting. *Bad* corner performance at the wider apertures. 4.5-6.7 is slow.

I've found that in photography, you *don't* always get what you pay for. I've used Leica,Contax, Rollei, etc., and the astronomical prices for some of the items do not always return value in terms of results. Sometimes, the cheapest things - while not as good as their expensive counterparts - deliver what you need and can even surprise.

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Not many zooms. All kinds of quality primes.

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Will not function correctly with the Maxxum 7

This 100-300mm lenses does not function correctly with the Minolta Maxxum 7 camera body.
To make sure of my findings, I try these lenses at another store of a different name and even tried another Maxxum 7 body.
The lenses I tried are:
70-300mm AF zoom macro
100-300mm AF zoom
28-300mm AF zoom
None of these lenses function at the 300mm end starting at around 295mm and still will not function until the lenses are turned back to around 200mm or less.
The Maxxum 7 acts as if there is no lens on the camera.

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Limited focal length prevents 28-300 type distortion, price is correct for level of customer lens is designed for. I would say the build is probably better than a canon lens in the same price range.

Will not satisfy an advancing user, lens is designed for the weekend birthday party and little-league shooter.

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. This lens, and even the other "quantaray" (SIGMA made lenses, they are one in the same, check the prices and build if you dont believe me, or even ask the reps at the stores) are quite good considering the price, DO NOT EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO SELL THEM WITHOUT TAKING A LOSS. Aside from that, you can be sure a manufacturer's lens in the same $ range would not have a metal mount, solid contruction, or even optics of the same level. (i know, it sounds crazy>) But, as an advancing shooter myself, i would not buy them, just as i would not buy any other sigma lens, or tamron lens for that matter, buyer beware. If you're shooting with any demands in mind, choose your lenses carefully based upon OPTICS and CONSTRUCTION. Do NOT buy the Maxxum 7 and put an incredibly cheap lens on it. Buy the lower end bodies, such as the HTSI or XTSI and spend that $500 on an incredible lens. (incidentally, those quanta lenses will work on those bodies just fine.)

Customer Service

Better than average, as its a generic made for the store its sold by, the sales rep is more pliant.

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Slowish telephoto aperature, zoom ring super stiff- too stiff

I didn't even try this lens on a camera body before i knew that i could never use it. I t felt like junk. I hate thin plastic (especially the type in Canon's lenses), but this lense has thicker plastic type material used and it feels like junk.

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