The contrast seems quite punchy, but I'm not so sure about the performance at the edges. The Tamron seems to do a better job in that respect:
http://www.photozone.de/pentax/281-tamron-af-70-300mm-f4-56-ld-di-macro-pentax-k-review--lab-test-report John ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 October 2008 14:39 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: DA 55-300 test on Photozone Suprised to see only one shot at 300mm, but it looks pretty sharp. Tripod, SR on.?? Looked at several others at the 150 range, and they look good to. Hummm. Dave On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:40 AM, John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > Klaus has tested the DA 55-300 over on Phoitozone, not a bad showing but I'm > keeping the Tamron 70-300 Di LD for now. > > http://www.photozone.de/pentax/396-pentax_55300_458 > > John > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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. -- 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.

