Phoenix lenses

[LLoyd65]

Has any one herd about this and if so are they any good. Was on the net looking around and found them and they seem alfull cheap. I may be anserwing my on question but they have a 650-2600 telephoto for aroud $300 and change with shiping for CANON mount. would prefure a Canon lenes but on a bugiet right now with the way things are right now. But anyway just thought I would ask
Thanks Lloyd

[umajo]

looked at a few reviews and they say cheap and nasty me i am looking at a sigma 135-400 anyone know much about these and not bad priced but double the amount of this one you are talking about .

[LLoyd65]

That was my impression to but it never hurts to ask.Don't know much about Nikons but I hear Sigmas are a decent lenses. Thanks for your feed back.

[laura]

Lloyd, I've never heard of Phoenix, but the fact that they are so much cheaper than others would suggest low quality to me.

Umago, I have a sigma lens (55-200)its very good. Would definatly buy Sigma again.

[jerryph]

Phoenix lenses are old mirror style lenses of extremely low quality. High magnification, but very high distortion and very very slow. Most are in the F/9 and smaller aperture categories. Try taking a picture with your camera and lens at F/9... most will be so blurry and dark as to be useless. Now add some massive distortion and magnification to the mix, and that is a mirror lens.

[sobhana]

I've never heard of a Phoenix and I've had 2 Sigmas and returned them both. Horrible quality in my opinion. I know others have had Sigmas and loved them but they just wern't for me.

[dkippen]

Lloyd - I think this will be a case of you get what you pay for. Save your pennies for the Canon or better quality.

[LLoyd65]

Thanks for the feed back thats whay I was thinking just thought I ask someone with more exsperiance then me. Guess I'll just save up and get the Cacon lense I want. Again Thanks LLoyd.