Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 AF APO DG OS HSM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras Customer Review: Awesome Lens
I resently purchased this lens after reading a very postive review in Popular Photogaphy Magazine. I have been using it extensively for coverage of high school soccer, hockey,and football, and it has performed flawlessly. It has exceed all expectations and has become my favorite lens for shooting daytime sports. Each and every photo I’ve taken is tack sharp at all focal lengths. There is no perfect lens on the market today, but this one comes pretty darn close! I would highly recommend this lens to anyone involved in sports or nature photography.
Customer Review: Very sharp if you can get it to focus properly
I tried this lens out on a Nikon D700 but sent it back due to back and front focus issues throughout the entire focal range of the lens. The D700’s AF Tune feature cannot compensate for both front and back focus at the same time so eliminating one only increased the other.

I will add that when the lens was properly focusing it was very sharp wide open and extremely sharp stopped down one stop.

I don’t know if I just got a bad sample of the lens, or if Amazon’s poor packaging played a part in the lens’ issues. The lens was shipped in a box with inadequate padding to protect all sides of the lens’ box. The Sigma lens is packed loose in its nylon carrying case, with no additional in-box padding, so there was nothing to keep the lens from bouncing around during transit.

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