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:help:Hi all I was looking to increase my camera bag by buying a sigma 300mm lens for my nikon D40, when I bought the camera I was advised to buy the HSM lenses(which I believe stands for high speed motor:thinking:) but can't really afford to spend that much at the minute and was wondering is the normal sigma 300 just as good.:thinking:
My main use would be for athletics photos in track and field and cross country.
any advice welcomed
thanks:)
 
Is it this you're looking at? That's a seriously pricey piece of glass!! Good though.

Have you considered this instead? It has the length and is just a bit slower aperture-wise.
 
thanks daftbugga for putting me right on the HSM issue as you can gather I am new here and still learning
 
simply put if it isnt HSM then it will not autofocus on a D40, and you will have to focuse everything manually. whether that is a feasible option for you, well only you can answer that. Try putting whatever lenses you have on manual focus mode for a few days and seeing how it feels
 
Hi specialman as a beginner to photography dont know much still learning looked at both your links and neither where what I was looking for both to pricey for me what I was looking for is a 70-300 lens which is quite a lot cheaper but from what daftbugga said wuold I be right in thinking it still needs the HSM for auto focus purposes
 
thanks Bolerus for that I will give it a go and see how I get on
 
You could look at the Nikon 70-300VR zoom which is an AF-S lens so will auto focus on your body.

They come in under £300.00 nowadays.
 
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