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Technical Details
- Standard zoom lens for extended telephoto range
- Focal length of 85 - 450 mm (equivalent in 35mm film format)
- New optics especially adapted to high quality DSLRs
- Dirt resistant PENTAX SP Coating on front lens element
- Convenient manual focusing with wide focusing ring
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A highly efficient zoom lens that covers the short to long telephoto range of 85 to 450mm (equivalent in 35m film format). The exclusive PENTAX SP Coating effectively protects its front lens against dirt and contamination. Additionally, the focusing ring permits easy manual focusing. New optics are especially adapted for high quality PENTAX DSLRs.
Product Description
Pentax 55-300mm f/4.0-5.8 ED Zoom Lens
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
I bought this lens recently to replace an old sigma telezoom and the Tamron 70-300mm Di LD.
This Pentax outperforms both, and even if pricier, I think is a better telephoto.
If you must have "macro" capabilities, then go with Sigma's or Tamron's flavors of the 70-300mm.
I find this lens quite sharp throughout, has great colours (Pentax style) and does not show chromatic aberration problems like the Tamron did.
One of the best points in this lens is the focal range. You'll change lenses less often, and miss less shots. Sadly the minimum focusing distance is a bit to long, if they made it 0.5m shorter it would make a big difference for the 55mm end, in my experience.
In terms of design and build, its the same as the kit lens, its fine for this price point. It has the little window in the shade to change the setting on your polariser filter (great idea Pentax!).
The aperture is not super fast (not surprising for a consumer grade lens) but its not that slow either, I find quite good in the field.What is not that great is the noisy autofocus and slowish autofocus. Its not a big issue, but when shooting birds it can disturb them...
All around I'd say its the telezoom to get.
This Pentax outperforms both, and even if pricier, I think is a better telephoto.
If you must have "macro" capabilities, then go with Sigma's or Tamron's flavors of the 70-300mm.
I find this lens quite sharp throughout, has great colours (Pentax style) and does not show chromatic aberration problems like the Tamron did.
One of the best points in this lens is the focal range. You'll change lenses less often, and miss less shots. Sadly the minimum focusing distance is a bit to long, if they made it 0.5m shorter it would make a big difference for the 55mm end, in my experience.
In terms of design and build, its the same as the kit lens, its fine for this price point. It has the little window in the shade to change the setting on your polariser filter (great idea Pentax!).
The aperture is not super fast (not surprising for a consumer grade lens) but its not that slow either, I find quite good in the field.What is not that great is the noisy autofocus and slowish autofocus. Its not a big issue, but when shooting birds it can disturb them...
All around I'd say its the telezoom to get.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
I bought this with my Pentax K200D in addition to the standard 18-55mm kit lens. I chose it over the more typical 200mm zoom lens due to the extra reach & a lot of reviews stating this was much better quality than the cheaper Tamron 300mm zoom available. It's also a faster lens than the 200mm, with a max aperture of F5.8 at 300mm, whereas the 200mm lens has the same max aperture at only 200mm.
The lens feels pretty solid to me, the zoom is very smooth & manual focusing is pretty easy when needed. AF is a little noisy but works well, although the manual focus ring rotates which can surprise if you're holding it when it works. Comes with lens hood & decent protective case.
A few days after I got the camera & lens I went to the zoo which was an excellent opportunity to try it out. I got some fantastic shots of the animals, many of them at the max zoom setting. Although it's not the fastest lens I still managed to get some nice de-focused backgrounds & not many shots suffering from camera shake.
Highly recommended. Five stars for excellent performance & quality for the price.
The lens feels pretty solid to me, the zoom is very smooth & manual focusing is pretty easy when needed. AF is a little noisy but works well, although the manual focus ring rotates which can surprise if you're holding it when it works. Comes with lens hood & decent protective case.
A few days after I got the camera & lens I went to the zoo which was an excellent opportunity to try it out. I got some fantastic shots of the animals, many of them at the max zoom setting. Although it's not the fastest lens I still managed to get some nice de-focused backgrounds & not many shots suffering from camera shake.
Highly recommended. Five stars for excellent performance & quality for the price.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this lens to give me closer shots of aircraft and wildlife.First outing was at Waddington Air show. It was easy to use ,once I'd got used to the autofocus, and the results were excellent.It is quite heavy on the neck (much more so than the 50-200mm), but that's my only criticism.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good zoom range & performs well
I bought this Pentax smc DA 55-300mm f/4.0-5.8 ED lens in order to get better (i.e. larger image) shots of garden birds, than is possible with my 30+ years old Pentax-M f4. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Steve Davis
Pound for pound the best lens I've ever used
The 55-300mm lens is an example of Pentax glass at its finest for the price. The sharpness and colour balance are superb. Read more
Published 2 months ago by G. P. Dodds
Pentax smc DA 55-300mm f/4.0-5.8 ED lens
This is a very compact lens and is an ideal complement to the standard 18-55mm kit lens. The IQ is very good up to 200mm but becomes a bit softer after that. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. P. J. Mcgrath
great lens for the price
Let me first say that I do own some really good Pentax lenses like 200mm FA* and several from limited series. Read more
Published 2 months ago by customer
Pentax smc DA 55-300 mm tele lens
Excellent lens pin sharp detail with exact and speedy auto focusing. A real high quality accessory for both novice and experienced photographers alike.
Published 3 months ago by prism
Broken lens
I got this lens via a wharehouse deal and it was described as new but when it arrived it was broken and the aperture lever was jammed so it had to go back. Read more
Published 4 months ago by geordie
Check image quality is good
Took some test shots of a newspaper taped to a wall. Camera was on a tripod, exactly square to the newspaper, used timer function and its image quality was pretty poor. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jeff
What a bargain Price
Well what more could be written on this lens. Thats has not already been. Probably the best consumer lens Pentax have ever produced. Read more
Published 5 months ago by S. M. Brides
Nice lens, shame about the size!
I received the lens very quickly and its performance was all I expected. However, it is somewhat bigger than described on the Amazon web site (it's actually length 144mm, diameter... Read more
Published 6 months ago by surmand
Softy
Having spent many hours online reading through very positive forum entries and reviews about this lens I finally ordered one on Amazon. Read more
Published 10 months ago by lazydaisy
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