I thought purple fringing was a sensor, not lens issue. ??? JC OCONNELL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:04 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: DA 55-300 LBA ----- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
