You won't get much of a bargain as the L series is a Kit lens only.
You'll have to get the standard 55-300 unless you're planning to buy a
K-x as well.
Jack Davis wrote:
I get it, Gradon. My reaction to the "L" release of the 55~30 was, also, that
it would be less expensive.(?)
Speaking strictly from an IQ standpoint, $350 for the 55~300 was a heck of a
buy. I made the decision to pick one up upon reading IQ reviews. FWIW, most
explicit of which was that of Pop Photo who's SQF tests produced results rated
significantly higher than those of the DA* 300 f/4. Sample deviations
notwithstanding.
Jack
--- On Sat, 9/19/09, Graydon <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Graydon <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PESO: Pigeon Secrets
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 8:13 AM
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 08:03:27AM
-0700, Jack Davis scripsit: --- On
Sat, 9/19/09, Graydon <[email protected]>
wrote:
Jack Davis scripsit:
Thanks, Dave. Seems a quite capable bargain
lens.
The DA 55-300 isn't a bargain lens; it is
remarkably capable.
I'm quite pleased that Pentax seems to have
decided to produce a kit
lens version; the 50-200 (which I have never
owned or used) is
reported as being really quite good optically,
but the combination
of the extra reach and the colour rendition out
of the 55-300
strikes me as a better first impression to be
making.
My use of the word "bargain" is a reference to it's
price belying its
capability. Not a criticism.
Didn't think it was a criticism.
Sigma 70-300 f4-f5.6 APO DG Macro is currently 330 CAD at
Henry's.
Pentax 55-300 f4-f5.8 is currently 500 CAD at
Henry's. For a while
there, it was a lot closer to twice the price; Sigma seems
to have
raised the prices on all the non-Sigma lens mount
versions. (The Sigma
version is still at 280 CAD, rather than 330 CAD.)
So I was objecting to the "bargain" part; for the segment
it is aimed at
(consumer longish zoom), the DA 55-300 is actually pretty
expensive.
On the other hand, Henry's also has the K-x, the DA-L
18-55, and the
DA-L 55-300 on for 1,000 CAD as a bundle. The K-x and
the DA-L 18-55
bundle is 700 CAD. So it looks like either Hoya
really wants to sell
K-x kits or the DA-L version of the 55-300 is much cheaper
than the DA
version. (I am betting on the latter.)
So at 300 CAD, and presuming no unfortunate tendency to
mechanical
failure, the DA-L 55-300 is unquestionably a bargain.
(And can I just
say how much I wish someone at Pentax had changed the
series letters,
instead of adding that L?)
-- Graydon
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