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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 358245" data-attributes="member: 12496">Wondering how you are comparing them?&nbsp; The 55-300 does things the 35mm cannot do. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; The 35mm only does 35mm. The 55-300 is not a $1000 lens, but it has a reasonable reputation - it's not a bad lens.&nbsp; Certainly there are several lenses that are less good. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I think it would be interesting to see a few of your pictures convincing you of this difference.Of course, the focal lengths necessarily show difference scenes, but ...Wondering if your tests included like a hand-held 1/100 second shutter speed, which is easy for the short lens, and tough on the long lens.Wondering if your tests were like at f/5, which is wide open for the zoom, but stopped down three stops for the 35.They simply do very different jobs, and should be compared by how well they do that job. Really can't compare them to each other, they cannot do the same job.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 358245, member: 12496"] Wondering how you are comparing them? The 55-300 does things the 35mm cannot do. :) The 35mm only does 35mm. The 55-300 is not a $1000 lens, but it has a reasonable reputation - it's not a bad lens. Certainly there are several lenses that are less good. :) I think it would be interesting to see a few of your pictures convincing you of this difference. Of course, the focal lengths necessarily show difference scenes, but ... Wondering if your tests included like a hand-held 1/100 second shutter speed, which is easy for the short lens, and tough on the long lens. Wondering if your tests were like at f/5, which is wide open for the zoom, but stopped down three stops for the 35. They simply do very different jobs, and should be compared by how well they do that job. Really can't compare them to each other, they cannot do the same job. [/QUOTE]

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