Name: Sony 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DT SAM Telephoto Zoom Lens for A Alpha DSLR Cameras
Brand: Sony
SKU: ISO553004556
Price: 298.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.3 (22 reviews)

Sony 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DT SAM Telephoto Zoom Lens for A Alpha DSLR Cameras

Sony 55-300mm

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Top Rated Gear: Sony 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DT SAM Telephoto Zoom Lens for A Alpha DSLR Cameras Color: Black, Compatibility: Sony A100, Sony A3000, Sony A37, Sony A390, Sony A560, Sony A65, Filter Size: 62mm, Focus Type: Auto Focus, Lens Format: APS-C

The Sony 55-300mm DT f/4.5-5.6 SAM Telephoto Zoom Lens has a zoom range of 5.5x equivalent to 82.5 - 450mm on a full-frame 35mm DSLR. This immediately places it among the longest lenses they offer for the A-mount lineup, eclipsing even some of the high-end G series focal lengths at a fraction of the cost. The 55-300mm SAM is an easy addition to your camera bag-quickly replacing several of your current lenses that you would no longer have to swap between-no longer risking dust, damage or missed opportunities.One of the greatest features of the lens is the Sony SAM technology (Smooth Autofocus Motor). This provides you with both fast, smooth and quiet focusing that won't disrupt the audio in your HD video recordings, nor the temperamental wildlife you're zooming in on.An ED (Extra-Low Dispersion) lens element provides exceptional image quality all the way out to its maximum 300mm focal length-meaning your zoomed images benefit from enhanced clarity and sharpness throughout the frame. The advanced optical design of the SAL55300, with the same elements found in the more expensive premium Sony G lenses, reduces color aberrations and provides excellent contrast to enhance your images before they even reach the camera sensor.While the 300mm focal length may be a bit more exciting to some than the wider 55mm end, when you don't need as much telephoto zoom the lens will also zoom back out to be an ideal portrait or landscape lens. It is also an ideal complement to the Sony DT 18-55mm Zoom Lens that comes included with many of the Sony Alpha DSLR's already. With the two of these lenses, you will have access to 16.6x zoom and pretty much covered all possible shooting situations--leaving very little you cannot adequately photograph. With its wide variety of premium features, not to mention the attractive price, Sony's versatile SAL55300 DT 55-300mm SAM Lens makes total focal length coverage not only a possibility, but does so without breaking your budget.

The lens worked well on my e mount cameras so long as I was doing still subjects. When I tried to use it for a moving subject the SAM motor could not keep up with the subject. I am sure it would work great on an a-mount camera but with the LA-EA3 and LA-EA4 it did not work that great on the A6500 but performed much better on the A7RIII.

A-mount lens to E-mount camera

The lens works great as well as the tri-pod I just purchased.

Great service and product

Very versatile and very bright colors, in my opinion it’s a great lens for the price.

Great lens for the price.

I am a hobbyist so am still learning what my various lenses can do. However, I want to thank Adorama for the great service and especially the packing job of shipping this lens. I live in New England and due to 2 snow storms in 72 hours I was worried about the lens arriving safely and not being harmed by frigged temps. Today my lens arrived and the delivery driver (frozen hands) accidentally dropped the package twice while I signed the delivery slip. I quickly ran into the house and tried the lens out. Very impressed after experimenting with the lens as well as the great packing job that survived being dropped more than once.

Thank you Adorama

My old lens has been very good to me over many years but it was time to scale down the number of lenses when I travel . I don't find the need to carry as much equipment now that I am getting older .This new lens is a start in that direction.

55-300 lens new, retired a 70 -300 my bread & butter lens

I purchased this lens for my landscape photos. It was awesome, I was able to capture a few photos of a full moon the first night I received it and the shots were awesome... I took it to a photo shoot with my family and it does great for portraits as well. GREAT BUY For A BEGINNER!!!

Awesome Lens

Used it on a sunny afternoon at a nature reserve taking close ups of birds

Easy to use

Nice lens,  quiet motor,  bought this after the cheaper Tamaron version was terrible.  Works perfect in good light.

Good lens for the money!

Sincerely I prefer use it on manual, is not that difficult and focus what I really want it. Try to buy a 18-250 and the price escalate too much.

Great deal.

I would not recommend this to a 'beginner' .. however a Photog on a budget would find it useful and satisfying. ..Cons: 1. Front lens turns while focusing, not useful for filters. 2. Hunts a LOT particularly in low light. 3. No 'instant tuning' .. Easy 'focus peaking' would help a lot. 4. 'Barrel Lock' only works in fully retracted position. 5. No 'Macro capability' ..Pros: 1. Picture Quality is excellent (for price point) 2. Easy to use in 'Manual Focus' Mode .. has on lens MF/AF switch sufficient damping for quick positive focus. Generally Speaking I've been able to improve most shots by manual tuning. 3. Has 'Lock' to prevent lens creep while carrying. 4. Metal Mount, solid and secure. 5. Very LOW CA in high contrast situations really amazing at this price point. 6. Good PQ across the range. 7. 55-300mm range .. Decent close focus (4-5') throughout the focal length range. 8. Nice looking, great feel and handling is very good. 9. Superb Lens Hood. 10. Very hard to beat at this Price point .. A shooter who knows his or her camera will benefit more than a total newbie.

DT 55-300mm F4.5-5.6 SAM Zoom Lens

I purchased this lens to replace a faulty zoom lens item. the lens has the quality feel of a sony product. its easy to use, has a great zoom range and produces some outstanding photo's. the lens is quick to focus and quiet whilst it does so.

excellent lens very quiet

I have had this lens for a month and have been out taking photo's more than I have before. Brilliant lens for wildlife.

Fantastic value for money

I bought this as a bundle deal with an A65 SLT so the price was an absolute bargain. The lens is very sharp and pretty light for the focal length. It would be better if the lens did not rotate when focusing but I understand this is the price you pay for the low cost. I was thinking of buying it at the normal price and I recommend it if you do not mind adjusting ND filters.

Good value deal

Great photos for a great price....it does hunt in low light, but for landscape, outdoors, birds, it's great!

Great Lens, Great Price

wonderful clarity. used mostly for distant nature photos.

great value on an awesome lense

Excellent image quality, which is the most important to me - great sharpness. I haven't experienced any frustration with the autofocus, though I can see it isn't the quickest. Overall, I'm very pleased with this lens and for the price, would heartily recommend it for the fantastic telephoto range, compact size, and IQ.

Big fan

This lens is cheap and feels and performs like one too. When focus is achieved it is sharp and images are good. However, it is slow to focus and noisy, performance in poor light is terrible - Sony sell this as a SAM lens - it does not perform like one - I really don't know what other peoples expectations are. I bought a Minolta lens a few days before - 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 - the performance in a totally different league - fast, near silent auto-focus, amazing image quality - the lens was approx 20 years old and was not a "G" lens. If you can get this Sony lens cheaply, then it is worth consideration, otherwise save your money for a better option.
I do wish Sony would improve this lens - and look at at their whole lens line-up and take note what their competitors are doing. I do not wish to be negative, but this is my experience with this lens - and I have used a lot of equipment.

Money better spent elsewhere

First I am hardly an expert right now but more a "prosumer" this lens for the price is a great deal. The pictures are sharp and clear and the 55-300mm gives great options with 1 lens. My only complaint is the "hunting" when using AF in anything past 200mm. So if I know shooting far away I immediately switch to MF since most likely lens will "hunt" for something to focus on and second you get what you want it hunts to something again. Even for the picture for this review I was in full auto and tried AF but had trouble staying on the bird house with nothing around it so ended up in manual. But for the price I am not going to complain about this lens.

Good Lens But Not GREAT

This is a great lens for outdoors. I'm not a professional but the image quality is clearly superior to my 18-55 lens that came with my A35.
This lens is very fast and a great tool for capturing wild life. I took this photo with my A35 using this lens

I love this lens

Nice lens.  Just a touch soft at 300mm but otherwise great.

Nice Lens

AS far as image quality goes this is a very good lens. I can get sharp images all the to 300mm handheld if the shutter speed can be kept high enough, otherwise a tripod is needed. Sharpness drops off a little above 250mm but not much. It is lightweight so easy to carry. For me the only real weakness of the lens is focus speed. It is slow to focus and tends to hunt more than other lenses I've used. For my use that is usually not a problem. Image quality is what is most important to me and in that department this is the best lens I have used in this range.

Nice Image Quality

Superb image quality. Very fast outdoors. Rich color tones.

Sony 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DT SAM Telephoto Zoom Lens for A Alpha DSLR Cameras

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