Originally posted by marcusBMG Yep that looks just as bad as the one I tried (test pics from my review temporarily missing due to bruv-in-law moving servers without telling me...)
Your review is a hoot Marcus.
"It's a slow lens too, only f8.3 at 420mm, ... dropping to a bright sunshine only, diffraction setting in, f16 at 800mm. Although it's a 62mm filter thread its front element is only ~ 50mm diameter ... soft at all focal lengths, ... strong CA, poor contrast, halos/coma ... significant flare ... you're better off with a shorter focal length and cropping"
And to think for the same money, or less, you could get a DA-L 55-300 or a Sigma 70-300, crop to 25% of the image, and still come out way ahead.