----- Original Message ----- From: "Toine" Subject: DA 55-300 LBA
> After a small price drop I couldn't resist the new 55-300 any longer. > A very nice lens. Lots of plastic fantastic but it feels well build. > The lens doesn't creep like the 80-320. The 16-45 feels cheaper. > Image quality is very good. Corner sharpness could improve a little. > The MTF program line wants 5.6 @ 55mm [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] The results at these apertures are excellent and most > suprising 300 mm is very good at f8 even at 1.2 mm, it doubles as a > nice macro lens. Didn't try wide open. > Sometimes a little CA and if visible repairable in lightroom. Purple > fringing is allmost non existing. The 16-45 has much more CA and > purple fringing problems. > It comes with a nice hood and pouch. Toine, thanks for the report. The pictures are pretty telling, it looks like a good lens. While I have been waiting patiently for the 60-250, I will run out of patience before the end of summer, and will probably pick up a 55-300. If I do, I expect Pentax can build one less 60-250 (if they get building them at all). William Robb -- 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.
