A monster film-era zoom, a big fast film-era prime and a modern stabilized zoom
battle it out for ownership of the 200mm turf.
Who shall pass?
battle it out for ownership of the 200mm turf.
Who shall pass?
Ugh - I didn't check the settings (typical, and in part why I hate doing lens tests) so first tests were +0.6EV, iso800 and blindly spot-metered (no spot showing on the VF) on an unevenly-lit tree whose lighting changed continuously. Clearly I need to learn better how to adjust settings! All were hand-held with the nx300. My one distress over this camera is that the Fn button brings up a half-dozen settings that are good to adjust on the fly but leaves several others off; the lens iFn is similar that way. Practice practice..
Anyway - on to the results!
images are really not worth showing but here's a triplet shot. Ugh-ly, even at small resolution..
The 50-200 won but not by a mile, and mostly because I didn't find the OIS-off switch while testing (no fair!). I should toss in the Pentax SMC-M 135mm* and crop, see how it fares - the contest is wide open after these severely unprofessional tests. Even focus peaking did not help the two manual lenses feel all that sharp.
* update.. a copy of the 150mm f3.5 Pentax is on its way!
