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300mm Connundrum (1 Viewer)
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QuestionableCarrot
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Ok folks I think I may have been wrong saying they were the same lens - hope someone can clear this up.
Which 300mm lens is the one to go for?
THe kit 300 lens is ED L but the more expensive one is SMC DA?
I take it the SMC one is the prime lens with better IQ or is the kit lens that you get with the K-x just the same?
Confused:smoke:
Which 300mm lens is the one to go for?
THe kit 300 lens is ED L but the more expensive one is SMC DA?
I take it the SMC one is the prime lens with better IQ or is the kit lens that you get with the K-x just the same?
Confused:smoke:
Well said! I have images from the DA*300mm that are very detailed and sharp and that only get resized for display. Even the pros with lenses costing 4 or 5 times what the DA*300mm costs and and equally expensive FF body use some form of PP.
impotentspider
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You were probably quite right. I dont know of any other 55-300mm lens produced by Pentax. The one I am refering to is officially named;
SMC PENTAX-DA 1:4-5.8 55-300mm ED
SMC All Pentax lenses are SMC, it simply means Super Multi-Coating, if there are two 55-300 lenses they will both have SMC.
DA Means the lens is optimized for use on Digital bodies.
ED Is a lens that uses extra-low dispersion glass elements (basically this is to reduce color aberrations in telephoto lenses)
ED L??? never heard of it, but whoever listed it may be confusing it with DA L Which is basically a DA lens that is of a lighter construction,
This brings us back to Greypoints reply, Pentax produce the exact same lens in both metal and plastic mounts, the latter been sold without lens hoods as a kit lens with body, they are refered to as L lenses. Not sure about the Quick Shift he mentions, I wasn't aware that this lens had it.
QuestionableCarrot
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So the kit 300mm lens is the one that most people are referring to?
Ah I get it.
The DA* one is the more expensive glass at 250mm?
TY
Ah I get it.
The DA* one is the more expensive glass at 250mm?
TY
QuestionableCarrot
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Thanks Muso
Nice photos!
QC
Nice photos!
QC
impotentspider
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Your not quite 100% right there Musoman.
Both * (Star) lenses and Limiteds are indeed top end glass, but Star lenses are not refered to as Limiteds and Limiteds are not Stars (are you confused yet:brains
To add further confusion Limiteds are not really Limited8-PI've just hijacked this from Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page
PS those shots from the 80-320 aren't that bad, especially if the light was poor.
Musoman
PETE - Nikon/Sony Shooter
impotentspider
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No need to rub it in Tom, I KNOW I've not got a DA*300mm|=(|.....(yet)
I suppose you'll be bringing the FA*600mm with you on Saturday, you know everyone will want a go||
)I suppose you'll be bringing the FA*600mm with you on Saturday, you know everyone will want a go|
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impotentspider
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Actually that might be a bad idea, my other half may be coming too and if she sees me drooling and fawning over a 600mm and caling it "My Precious" then we may well be having a domestic there and then8-P
No need to rub it in Tom, I KNOW I've not got a DA*300mm|=(|.....(yet
I suppose you'll be bringing the FA*600mm with you on Saturday, you know everyone will want a go|
better get the bullworker out then
neil
