55-300 VR Sharpness Check
MTF charts and all are cool, but what really matters is the results that a lens produces on your camera. With a telephoto lens, it's crucial to extract every bit of detail in the scene for cropping/enlargement in post.
How much detail does the 55-300mm VR reveal at full reach on a D90? Zoom all the way in and see for yourself! This is a hand-held 1/30s shot at 300mm. The plane is about 12" long (excluding the tail portion not visible in the frame) and was shot from approx. 15 ft distance.
The lens resolves more detail than the D90 can encode satisfactorily with its 12MP sensor. It could reveal even more detail had it been mounted on a 16MP D7000!
55-300 VR Sharpness Check
MTF charts and all are cool, but what really matters is the results that a lens produces on your camera. With a telephoto lens, it's crucial to extract every bit of detail in the scene for cropping/enlargement in post.
How much detail does the 55-300mm VR reveal at full reach on a D90? Zoom all the way in and see for yourself! This is a hand-held 1/30s shot at 300mm. The plane is about 12" long (excluding the tail portion not visible in the frame) and was shot from approx. 15 ft distance.
The lens resolves more detail than the D90 can encode satisfactorily with its 12MP sensor. It could reveal even more detail had it been mounted on a 16MP D7000!