Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 507292" data-attributes="member: 16090">Fact of Life. the shorter the zoom range the better IQ. Professional Zooms are not only built tough they have better IQ and are faster. 18-55 VR-II is one of the best zooms as far as IQ and sharpness goes for zooms less than $300If you are not printing large, that is more than 8x10, then use the D3300's 24MP to the hilt. Crop the images to 1500x1000 pixels (you can get excellent 6x4 prints) instead of getting a telephoto zoom which is soft at the long end. I regularly shoot a resident owl pair with my 18-55 and crop to 800x800. It is sharp and perfect for Web views and forums.To get decent IQ beyond 200mm you should get either 300mm F4 AFS prime or the new 200-500 F5.6 zoom, no other zoom will come any where near that IQ and they will all be pretty slow at the long end. Another good lens is the 150-600, but that is one stop slower than the 200-500 and two less than the 300 F4.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 507292, member: 16090"] Fact of Life . the shorter the zoom range the better IQ . Professional Zooms are not only built tough they have better IQ and are faster . 18-55 VR-II is one of the best zooms as far as IQ and sharpness goes for zooms less than $300 If you are not printing large, that is more than 8x10, then use the D3300's 24MP to the hilt. Crop the images to 1500x1000 pixels (you can get excellent 6x4 prints) instead of getting a telephoto zoom which is soft at the long end. I regularly shoot a resident owl pair with my 18-55 and crop to 800x800. It is sharp and perfect for Web views and forums. To get decent IQ beyond 200mm you should get either 300mm F4 AFS prime or the new 200-500 F5.6 zoom, no other zoom will come any where near that IQ and they will all be pretty slow at the long end. Another good lens is the 150-600, but that is one stop slower than the 200-500 and two less than the 300 F4. [/QUOTE]

Verification