Sony DT 55-300mm F4.5-5.6 SAM A-mount lens review by MWL
 MWL#11467 date: Nov-11-2013 | |
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| sharpness: 4.5 color: 4 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.3 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta 28-75mm D 2.8 Minolta 28-105mm 3.5-4.5 Sony 50mm 1.8 Nikon 55-200mm |
| price paid: | 200 (CDN) used |
| positive: | SHARP, fast focus (in good light), light, inexpensive, solid build |
| negative: | slow focusing in low light (but it's accurate), 300mm wide open is not as sharp as 200mm but still very good. |
| comment: | Using this on an a57. Very impressed with the sharpness. Wide open is sharp and stopped down a bit is tack sharp. I read that this lens has slow focusing and tends to hunt a bit but that's not the case in good light. It's quick. I had it hunt once so far and, when it did, it was slow. But other than that, it's maybe a hair slower than my Minolta glass (which is pretty fast). Only difference is my Minolta lenses focus fast in low light as well. Colors are very nice. Bokeh is excellent. It's mostly plastic but it does't feel or look cheap. Smooth zoom and focus ring. Only real downside is you have to up your shutter speed to at least 1/400 if you have it at 300mm. On a cloudy day I'll be at 400 ISO, 1/400, wide open at F/5.6. Otherwise, camera shake starts to show. But at around 200mm you can get away with 1/200. With the zoom range, this will probably be my main outdoor walk-around lens...for now. I don't see much of a difference between 200mm and 300mm so I'll probably end up getting a 70-200mm when I go full frame. I'd rather have the F2.8 available but this does a darn good job for what it is. Very happy with it. |
; 20MPrating summary
- total reviews: 18
- sharpness: 4.67
- color: 4.50
- build: 4.11
- distortion: 4.67
- flare control: 4.50
- overall: 4.49