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WOW impressed with EF-S 55-250 IS STM, can 70-300L get sharper than this?

Started Mar 28, 2016 | Discussions thread
kewlguy
kewlguy Senior Member • Posts: 1,954
Re: WOW impressed with EF-S 55-250 IS STM, can 70-300L get sharper than this?
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I have both, and yes 55-250 STM is a truly good buy. Very sharp for the price. But there are more than just sharpness. Namely, color, contrast, micro contrast, at which the 70-300L wins. I use my 5yo 70-300L on my 5Dsr and it is very sharp even at 300mm. The downside of 70-300L is that it's quite a dust sucker (as are most zooms) and distortion is somewhat heavy at 300mm (pincushion).

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