Hi Thibouille The Tamron I have shows very little CA even in high contrast situations (samples if you want them), likewise my friends sample.
The shot of the Cormorant: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7228514&size=lg .........is a 100% crop from the centre frame @ f/8 300mm, apparently it gets better at f/11. I can confirm that it's better than my FA 80-320, F 70- 210 and the DA 50-200 I had. I haven't tried the DA 55-300 so can't comment, as for the DA* 300 f/4, well RRP c.£1000 in the UK against <£120. Toine was quite impressed with some sample images I sent him, personally I've never seen a budget consumer zoom perform this well, it's performing completely out of it's league. It gets better, I bought mine secondhand for £65 on the strength of the performance of my friends sample, bought new. If I have a good sample he has the identical twin! I'm just expressing my opinion on what I see. Regards, John On Tue, 6 May 2008 08:37:52 +0200, Thibouille wrote > There was a test on DPR I will try to find back comparing DA*300, > DA55-300 and Tamron 70-300. > > DA* is superb of course but the 55-300 holds its own pretty well even > at 300mm. The Tammy shows sooo much CA it is completely destroyed by > the DA55-300. > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille > ---------------------- > Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... > Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB > Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
