| Latest Review Posted | SMC Pentax-FA 100-300mm F4.5-5.6
Some time ago I got a SMC Pentax-FA 4.5-5.6/100-300mm from eBay in seemingly very good condition (looks nearly like unused).
Because of Corona restrictions and unrelated illness I could not leave my rooms for a long time, so I nearly forgot about that lens.
Today I "found" it again, and as it is a perfect sunny and warm day, I just did some test shots from my balkony to the surrounding nature. My hands are not steady anymore, so I had to use F5.6 to get shake reduction to work well enough.
Why do I post this? People who shared experience about the 100-300 kept stating that there is some strong reduction in resolution at 250-300mm and fully open aperture. Well, this may be true, but I was positively surprised by the quality of the pictures - much better than I had expected after reading all these postíngs.
My question now is: has anyone compared this lens to the DA 55-300 (which also has a reputation not to be the sharpest near 300mm)? Of course the FA is big and heavy and not everyone will like to carry it around all day - but it is also a lot cheaper.
And it is a full frame lens. |
