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Tord
Registered: September 2010
Posts: 16
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Pentax 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED SMC DA review by Tord
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Review Date: 4/3/2013
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $500.00| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Light weight, fast AF (on K-30)
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Plastic feel
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My wife bought this lens quite a while ago, to be used with her K-5, where it proved to be surprisingly sharp in the long end (not a common trait for telezooms), but not that fast.
That changed with the purchase of the K-30, that really boosted the lens's capabilities.
High recommended, although a very plastic lens ;-)!
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aesace
Registered: July 2008
Posts: 2
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Pentax 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED SMC DA review by aesace
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Review Date: 8/25/2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $300.00| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Optical quality, build quality, focus range
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slow AF
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I replaced old Pentax F 100-300 4,5-5,6 with this new Pentax 55-300. The optical quality is very nice also on 300mm , low CA, good in backlight, but the AF speed is very slow even in comparison with the old Pentax 100-300.
Anyway I like this lense for the great focus range and optical quality.
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ayast
Registered: May 2009
Posts: 1
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Pentax 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED SMC DA review by ayast
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Review Date: 5/28/2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $330.00| Rating: 9
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sharp, light
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a bit soft at the highest appertures
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I have actually [partially] replaced a Sigma 105mm macro (a great lens) with this one. It is such a surprising product. I chose it based on reviews (not on this site, which I began consulting later), but I feel it is underappreciated. I am not too crazy about sharpness at the highest appertures and was rather disappointed with it at first when using Sv mode on k200. I would set it to high speeds for bird shooting and the camera would set it to F5.8 at 300mm thus getting subpar results. But then I tried Av mode and starting from F7.1 and lower this lens becomes an excellent performer. Highly recommend it!
here are some sample shots:
http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/1331433/display/16699278
http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/1331433/display/15966501
http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/index.php?n=12337
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joekashi
Registered: January 2008
Posts: 6
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Pentax 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED SMC DA review by joekashi
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Review Date: 9/4/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $349.00| Rating: 9
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sharp at most focal lengths
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This is an excellent lens for the money, generally sharp and contrasty at 200% at all tested focal lengths, including 300mm. I found it to be much sharper at longer focal lengths than the Pentax 50-200 and the Tamron 70-300 tele zooms that this lens replaced. It is small and light, given its reach. I did not give it a 9 for construction because, as expected, it is mostly good tight plastic. Plastic lens construction, no matter how good, is not in the same league as the traditional metal lens bodies of the 35mm era.
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jamesm007
Registered: March 2008
Posts: 5
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Pentax 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED SMC DA review by jamesm007
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Review Date: 6/28/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $370.00| Rating: 10
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Sharp at 300mm f5.8, a bit smaller that it rivals, good control of CA/PF
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A little expensive compared to it rivals, but worth it.
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I have owned the Tamron and Quantaray 70-300mm lens, they had too much PF for me. I bought the Sigma 70-300mm APO instead. The Sigma was fine but for its softness ~300mm at all but the highest f numbers (over f7). The Pentax 55-300mm is very good at 300mm f5.8 peaks at f11, and go down just a tad lower at 270mm and it peaks at f8, this is fantastic performance for a consumer zoom lens. This lens is sharp and usable wide open from 55-300mm! This lens has much better control of CA/PF over the Tamron, not as good as the Sigma APO, but its not a problem and I never have to deal with it in PP. Of course the Pentax lens is more expensive than its rivals the Tamron/Sigma lens but well worth it. This lens has exceeded my wants for a consumer telephoto lens by a good margin and is my favorite lens. You can just put this lens on your camera and shoot at any aperture and focal length with sharp results. Its sharper than the Sigma or Tamron and has very good CA/PF control, as well as being smaller and lighter, How did Pentax do it? Highly recommended.
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