Hi, Bipin! PopPhoto did a subjective Test on both the DA 300 prime and DA55-300 soon after they came out. The 55-300 absolutely blew away the prime. I wrote PP and ask if the were tested to the same standards. I was assured the were! Jack
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 15, 2015, at 9:27 AM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Zos for the convincing reply. I mentioned the Pentax 55-300 as > the DxO Mark web site had the following to say:- > > DA 55-300 vs DA* 300 f4 > > How much real gain is there in upgrading to the star prime, over the > consumer zoom? > I would have assumed the improvement is large, but DxOMark says > otherwise. According to their numbers, the 55-300 is optimized to > favor the long end, so 300mm is actually the sharpest point in its > focal length range, and at that point, it produces the same sharpness > score as the 300/4! > In a way, though, I'm not that surprised, because of how flawless the > images I get from it at the long end. > And the newer HD 55-300 is still better in performance. It is the > sharpest at around f9.5 particularly at the corners. > > Maybe the newer HD WR version of the 55-300 is just as sharp as the > old Tammy. Computer aided design, newer glass and coating technology > may help. > If only a kind Pentaxian can do a test. > > Regards. Bipin. > > -- > 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.
