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<blockquote data-quote="Saudistu" data-source="post: 187661" data-attributes="member: 14580">Hi Everyone from over here in Germany. I have a bit of a dilemma at the moment. I recently bought a D7100 and I love it with the kit lens it came with, the 18-105VR. To go alongside it I bought a 55-300, but to be honest, I am pretty disappointed with the results. I mainly shoot Aircraft, and I just cannot get good sharpness even after playing around in NX2. I know that at this time of the year heat haze plays a big part, but even photos taken when it is cool are not as sharp as I would like, and here is the problem...I have heard that the 70-300 is a whole lot better optically, and normally I would consider selling the 55-300 and getting the 70-300, but now I see that several sites, and people on Flickr and such like are saying that the Tamron 70-300 is as good, or even better. Here in Germany it would cost me the equivalent of $438 for the Tamron and $705 for the Nikon. Would you say that the difference in price is justified ? For the difference I could go out and also get a 35mm F1.8 DX at $233 ! Has anyone tried both, and if so what do you think ? Typically I am shooting at 180-250mm. Of course I wish I could stretch to the money for a 70-200 F2.8 but that isn't going to happen. More likely is the 80-400 in a few years. Thanks for any advice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saudistu, post: 187661, member: 14580"] Hi Everyone from over here in Germany. I have a bit of a dilemma at the moment. I recently bought a D7100 and I love it with the kit lens it came with, the 18-105VR. To go alongside it I bought a 55-300, but to be honest, I am pretty disappointed with the results. I mainly shoot Aircraft, and I just cannot get good sharpness even after playing around in NX2. I know that at this time of the year heat haze plays a big part, but even photos taken when it is cool are not as sharp as I would like, and here is the problem... I have heard that the 70-300 is a whole lot better optically, and normally I would consider selling the 55-300 and getting the 70-300, but now I see that several sites, and people on Flickr and such like are saying that the Tamron 70-300 is as good, or even better. Here in Germany it would cost me the equivalent of $438 for the Tamron and $705 for the Nikon. Would you say that the difference in price is justified ? For the difference I could go out and also get a 35mm F1.8 DX at $233 ! Has anyone tried both, and if so what do you think ? Typically I am shooting at 180-250mm. Of course I wish I could stretch to the money for a 70-200 F2.8 but that isn't going to happen. More likely is the 80-400 in a few years. Thanks for any advice. [/QUOTE]

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