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Dear all, just a hobby: permanently I am looking for lenses: optical performance/(size*weight) is maximized for my D300. Now I found the Sigma 24-50 UC. Not a fast lens, but wondering how good the resolution is. I made a test against newest Nikkors 18-55 VR/ 16-85 VR. See http://joergvetter.oyla.de/cgi-bin/hpm_homepage.cgi . resistance seems to The AF is quite fast. Does anybody has a manual or test reports from that lens? Any other advice for "minimized" lenses for D300 ? Thanks Atomino

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I know you're looking for a zoom, but...
I'd suggest looking at the Nikon AF 35mm f/2.0D. It sits in the middle of a 24-50 zoom, has a much larger aperture and very nice image quality.
Same holds true for the Nikon AF 50/1.8D.
And both are small lenses!

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Thanks for your suggestions. Its a hobby to look outside the main stream.
Still I am looking for results with the SIGMA 24-50 UC . BR Joerg