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For a long time Sigma has been dedicated to making high quality lenses. Some of them are your typical 70-200, 24-70, and 50 1.4 variants, but Sigma makes some very interesting lenses that other manufacturers don't offer. Perhaps the most interesting is the 120-300 f/2.8 OS. If you know the basics of lenses, you are probably thinking this lens is huge and expensive. In some ways you would be right, but to be honest it isn't much bigger than a standard 300mm f/2.8 and it certainly isn't as expensive as the new Canon and Nikon 300mm f/2.8 lenses. As someone who has shot a variety of sports/action in the past, I see a need for this type of lens. It also makes for a great tight portrait/head-shot lens. As we say in Jersey, "That's compression holmes". Christine also talks about the "new" Sigma SD1 Merrill. It is nice to see a company caring about their loyal customers and offering a lens voucher/credit for customers who bought the SD1 at the original price. Admittedly I don't know a whole lot about the SD1 so I am going to catch up with either Dave Metz or Kevin Ames later today to get the full scoop on what the SD1 Merrill has to offer. -MZ