Pentax smc DA 300mm f/4.0 ED (IF) SDM

alaTest has collected and analyzed 19 user reviews of Pentax smc DA 300mm f/4.0 ED (IF) SDM from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Comments about the reliability and design are generally positive. The usability and price are also mentioned favorably, but many are critical about the size.

alaTest has collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of Pentax smc DA 300mm f/4.0 ED (IF) SDM from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.3/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.

While this lens is perhaps not a significant upgrade for existing Pentax 35mm ƒ/2.8 Limited SMC DA users, the new Pentax 35mm ƒ/2.8 Macro Limited HD DA is, all in all, an excellent lens with fantastic sharpness wide open -- and especially stopped down...

The lens is still pretty quick, and offers full-time manual focus override, but even the Olympus 9-18mm lens manages this trick, and the Pentax autofocus is much noisier.

This has been my workhorse lens for the last 5 years and has served well in every respect. Rugged construction ideal for the rigors of pro landscape photography. A little noisy when focusing but more than tolerable in context. Slight chromatic...

This has been my workhorse lens for the last 5 years and has served well in every respect. Rugged construction ideal for the rigors of pro landscape photography. A little noisy when focusing but more than tolerable in context. Slight chromatic...

This lens is a joy to look at, hold and use. It produces stunning images that are so sharp with truly rich colour rendering. When compared to the competion this Limited lens is incredibly small. The perfect match for a K5. It is the third Limited lens...

This lens does not disappoint on any level. I have had the lens 3 weeks, visited three countries taken over 1000 pictures in different modes and after all that one word sums it up - QUALITY. I don\'t know how I ever managed without this lens. I thought...

I was really happy that this lens was of such a high quality. It feels solid and is very sharp. It is obviously a dedicated macro lens but I was surprised at the quality of landscapes it has taken too. I think I am a little bit in love with the lens to...

Other reviews have labeled this a "spectacularly sharp" lense. That is correct. I still use 30-40 year old prime lenses from Canon and Pentax and this lense is as sharp as the best. The macro ffeature allows you to get seriously close. I use this lense...