Site Supporter Registered: January, 2020 Posts: 1 | | Review Date: January 6, 2024 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Good definition and contrast, accurate colour representation | | Cons: | Very heavy and needs to be used on a tripod (no tripod mount) | | Sharpness: 8
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 7
Handling: 7
Value: 10
Camera Used: Sony A7
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My copy of this lens is described as Soligor Tele-Auto 300mm 5.5 and is numbered 17601404. It has a six bladed iris but no tripod mount, so appears to be shorter than the one pictured above. In other respects it looks the same and the knurled focus ring is identical.
I picked mine up in a job lot, much of which was nondescript but having tested this lens I’m impressed with its performace. The lack of a tripod mount is a downside as this is a heavy lens but optically the lens performs well. I’m attaching photos of the lens itself and also some test shots that I took from the back of our house. Definition and contrast are very good and the only pp I have done is to sharpen the images slightly and expand the tonal range.
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Site Supporter Registered: May, 2015 Location: Hampshire Posts: 892 | | Review Date: May 16, 2016 | Recommended | Price: $10.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Cheap for a 300mm lens | | Cons: | Soft at F5.5 | | Sharpness: 8
Aberrations: 9
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 5
Value: 9
Camera Used: K20D
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I seem to have the same version as is pictured above, s/n starting 27.....
It comes with a tripod mount which is handy because the layout of the lens trying to hand hold it made me feel very clumsy.
The aperture rings are quite close to the camera body, I would have preferred them nearer the focussing ring.
Closest focus is just under 6 metres, using a flanged adapter for the M42 mount. Furthest focussing on a flanged adapter is about 40 metres so it is not very user friendly there. For some reason I prefer to use a flanged adapter with heavy lens and I do have genuine Pentax adapters. Maybe I'll swap the mount for the K mount off my Soligor 350mm (Tamron make) or get one off Ebay.
Wide open it is soft but usable, sharpening up from F8, F11 is probably optimum where it is quite sharp and I experienced NO purple fringing, something I had with a Vivitar 300MM f5.6 (Tokina make, which lacked a tripod mount) which encouraged me to sell it after I bought a Tamron SP60-300mm.
12 bladed Iris is nice to have. Images from F8 are good and sharp but somewhat lacking a bit in colour and contrast though this can be enhanced in camera or pp.
Hand holding really needs ISO 400 plus as it is awkward and heavy.
I may not keep this lens, it is not as versatile as the Tamron SP or as long as the 350mm... but no purple fringing evident...as yet, so maybe I will keep it.
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