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northcoastgreg · 04-23-2020, 06:45 PM - **5 Likes**

Alabama Hills:

**Mbaez** · 04-29-2020, 06:57 AM - **5 Likes**

From one of my quarantine evening walks.
Yellow-crowned night heron

KP + 55-300LM at 300mm and ISO 12K

northcoastgreg · 05-03-2020, 08:31 PM - **6 Likes**

Sunrise in the Alabama Hills:

**rogerstg** · 05-04-2020, 05:25 AM

Originally posted by northcoastgreg

Sunrise in the Alabama Hills

This and others shows that you've really mastered landscapes with telephoto. Inspirational for beauty and technique!

northcoastgreg · 05-04-2020, 05:13 PM - **5 Likes**

Originally posted by rogerstg

This and others shows that you've really mastered landscapes with telephoto. Inspirational for beauty and technique!

Thanks. You're comment is appreciated. Some of the credit here does have to go to the DA 55-300 PLM. Before acquiring the PLM, I didn't do much telephoto landscapes because all the really telephoto zooms were so large and heavy. I own a Tamron 70-200, but I just don't want to carry that thing around with me wherever I go, or worse, leave it in the car where it can melt or get stolen. The PLM weighs less than a pound, folds up into itself so it is very easy to carry around, and yet within the range most useful for landscape photography (55 to 150 at f8) is pretty much as good as professional glass. Because of its optical quality and compact size, it's opened up a whole new world for me. I'm not sure any lens has had as big an impact on my work as this one.

Another DA 55-300 PLM shot, this time of Inyo Mountains:

**Mbaez** · 05-18-2020, 06:33 AM - **5 Likes**

Successful osprey
KP+55-300PLM

northcoastgreg · 05-21-2020, 01:02 PM - **2 Likes**

From Bald Hills area in Redwood NP:

**Mbaez** · 05-21-2020, 01:30 PM - **8 Likes**

Popocatépetl erupts, sending ashes and gas into the air.
Pentax KP + 55-300PLM

**Mbaez** · 06-05-2020, 10:03 AM - **5 Likes**

Flash Back Friday with the Pentax K3+55-300PLM

sindbad1 · 08-16-2020, 10:12 AM - **1 Like**

Eleven years ago I bought the smc Pentax-DA 55-300mm ED zoom lens. This week I got the successor with PLM autofocus. Of course, I was interested in whether that was a superfluous investment or whether more could be expected from the new lens.

Apart from the quiet and relatively fast autofocus, the optical quality has increased considerably. I wrote a report about it on my website photoinfos.com. It is in German, but you can see the images and see, which lenses where used for that comparison. Otherwise google translate helps to understand the text.

HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE Zoomobjektiv Review Test

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**ramseybuckeye** · 11-30-2020, 06:24 PM - **7 Likes**

Versatility

**Kobie** · 11-30-2020, 07:20 PM

Originally posted by sindbad1

Eleven years ago I bought the smc Pentax-DA 55-300mm ED zoom lens. This week I got the successor with PLM autofocus. Of course, I was interested in whether that was a superfluous investment or whether more could be expected from the new lens.

Apart from the quiet and relatively fast autofocus, the optical quality has increased considerably. I wrote a report about it on my website photoinfos.com. It is in German, but you can see the images and see, which lenses where used for that comparison. Otherwise google translate helps to understand the text.

HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE Zoomobjektiv Review Test

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Nice review. Unfortunately none of the images loaded on the site when I looked.

**ramseybuckeye** · 11-30-2020, 07:52 PM - **6 Likes**

**ramseybuckeye** · 12-01-2020, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by sindbad1

Eleven years ago I bought the smc Pentax-DA 55-300mm ED zoom lens. This week I got the successor with PLM autofocus. Of course, I was interested in whether that was a superfluous investment or whether more could be expected from the new lens.

Apart from the quiet and relatively fast autofocus, the optical quality has increased considerably. I wrote a report about it on my website photoinfos.com. It is in German, but you can see the images and see, which lenses where used for that comparison. Otherwise google translate helps to understand the text.

HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE Zoomobjektiv Review Test

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Nice write up, but pictures did not appear for me either.

**K2 to K50** · 12-01-2020, 05:04 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Mbaez

Successful osprey
KP+55-300PLM

Very nice shot! Also the Night Heron earlier on. But this Osprey shot is a great action shot - sharp, and with a story (with the half-eaten fish in the claws)!

04-29-2020, 06:57 AM - 5 Likes	#152
Mbaez Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: NY Photos: Albums Posts: 3,774	Yellow-crowned night heron From one of my quarantine evening walks. Yellow-crowned night heron KP + 55-300LM at 300mm and ISO 12K

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04-23-2020, 06:45 PM - 5 Likes	#151
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,175	Alabama Hills:

05-03-2020, 08:31 PM - 6 Likes	#153
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,175	Sunrise in the Alabama Hills:

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rogerstg Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rhode Island Photos: Albums Posts: 1,168	Originally posted by northcoastgreg Sunrise in the Alabama Hills This and others shows that you've really mastered landscapes with telephoto. Inspirational for beauty and technique!

05-04-2020, 05:13 PM - 5 Likes	#155
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,175	Originally posted by rogerstg This and others shows that you've really mastered landscapes with telephoto. Inspirational for beauty and technique! Thanks. You're comment is appreciated. Some of the credit here does have to go to the DA 55-300 PLM. Before acquiring the PLM, I didn't do much telephoto landscapes because all the really telephoto zooms were so large and heavy. I own a Tamron 70-200, but I just don't want to carry that thing around with me wherever I go, or worse, leave it in the car where it can melt or get stolen. The PLM weighs less than a pound, folds up into itself so it is very easy to carry around, and yet within the range most useful for landscape photography (55 to 150 at f8) is pretty much as good as professional glass. Because of its optical quality and compact size, it's opened up a whole new world for me. I'm not sure any lens has had as big an impact on my work as this one. Another DA 55-300 PLM shot, this time of Inyo Mountains:

05-18-2020, 06:33 AM - 5 Likes	#156
Mbaez Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: NY Photos: Albums Posts: 3,774	Successful osprey KP+55-300PLM

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northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,175	From Bald Hills area in Redwood NP:

05-21-2020, 01:30 PM - 8 Likes	#158
Mbaez Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: NY Photos: Albums Posts: 3,774	Popocatépetl erupts, sending ashes and gas into the air. Pentax KP + 55-300PLM

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08-16-2020, 10:12 AM - 1 Like	#160
sindbad1 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 89	Eleven years ago I bought the smc Pentax-DA 55-300mm ED zoom lens. This week I got the successor with PLM autofocus. Of course, I was interested in whether that was a superfluous investment or whether more could be expected from the new lens. Apart from the quiet and relatively fast autofocus, the optical quality has increased considerably. I wrote a report about it on my website photoinfos.com. It is in German, but you can see the images and see, which lenses where used for that comparison. Otherwise google translate helps to understand the text. HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE Zoomobjektiv Review Test .

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Kobie Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Bowmanville Photos: Albums Posts: 1,211	Originally posted by sindbad1 Eleven years ago I bought the smc Pentax-DA 55-300mm ED zoom lens. This week I got the successor with PLM autofocus. Of course, I was interested in whether that was a superfluous investment or whether more could be expected from the new lens. Apart from the quiet and relatively fast autofocus, the optical quality has increased considerably. I wrote a report about it on my website photoinfos.com. It is in German, but you can see the images and see, which lenses where used for that comparison. Otherwise google translate helps to understand the text. HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE Zoomobjektiv Review Test . Nice review. Unfortunately none of the images loaded on the site when I looked.

11-30-2020, 07:52 PM - 6 Likes	#163
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,295

12-01-2020, 12:26 PM	#164
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,295	Originally posted by sindbad1 Eleven years ago I bought the smc Pentax-DA 55-300mm ED zoom lens. This week I got the successor with PLM autofocus. Of course, I was interested in whether that was a superfluous investment or whether more could be expected from the new lens. Apart from the quiet and relatively fast autofocus, the optical quality has increased considerably. I wrote a report about it on my website photoinfos.com. It is in German, but you can see the images and see, which lenses where used for that comparison. Otherwise google translate helps to understand the text. HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE Zoomobjektiv Review Test . Nice write up, but pictures did not appear for me either.

12-01-2020, 05:04 PM - 1 Like	#165
K2 to K50 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Ipswich QLD Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,820	Originally posted by Mbaez Successful osprey KP+55-300PLM Very nice shot! Also the Night Heron earlier on. But this Osprey shot is a great action shot - sharp, and with a story (with the half-eaten fish in the claws)!