Originally posted by photogerald Good move. The DA55-300 is said to be superior to the DA50-200 at all focal lengths, and it's faster at the long end too (around f4.5 @ 200mm?).
Originally posted by pxpaulx yeah if I recall it retains f4.5 to just shy of 210mm. definitely a major step up over the kit for that reason alone, nevermind the overall IQ improvement...cant wait to get it...again!
Well guys if you're basing on what someone had posted on an earlier thread on this forum about this lens, all I can say is whoever making the claim that the DA 55-300mm is f/4.5 at 210mm is talking nonsense.
The aperture change at different zoom settings (with slight variations) is something like :
55-108mm : f4 :Looks like 110mm on zoom ring
109-190mm : f4.5 :Looks like 200mm on zoom ring
191-260mm : f5.6 :Looks like 280-290mm on zoom ring
260-300mm : f5.8
This has been confirmed on several of my friends' copies as well as mine and tested by viewfinder/LCD readout and taking a look at the image exif