Originally posted by Canada_Rockies Thanks, Des. Nice shooting yourself. The DA 55-300 seems a tad underrated at times
Originally posted by WPRESTO The heron is beautiful.
Thanks guys. This might be a heresy, but at 300mm I think my old DA-L 55-300 is sharper than my PLM. I haven't done a formal comparison, but I was trying to photograph a white-faced heron (like this one) yesterday with the PLM in ideal conditions and didn't get anything near as good as the shots I have got with the DA-L. And that was after focus adjustment,1/640th, f8, and 100 ISO. The distance was similar too - herons seem to tolerate about 20-25m and no closer. I had similar frustrating results with a Black-shouldered Kite a few weeks ago. As others have pointed out, the PLM is really good at wide focal lengths but I'm not convinced about the long end at other than close range (my copy anyway).