nerwin
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At that ISO, you can't expect super high quality at 1:1 crop. But it would've been helpful if you uploaded a higher quality image because it looks like there are many jpeg artifacts that makes it hard, at least for me to tell what is from the camera sensor or from them compression algorithm.
I never really liked the 55-300, I think the 55-200 VR could achieve sharper results. I don't know, maybe I just had a superb copy when I owned that lens many years ago.
Here is a cropped 1:1 sharpened shot I took using my D610 and Nikon's 70-300 VR at 300mm, f8, 1/1000th and ISO 2500. Granted I have a full frame so I have a slight advantage, but your D5500 should be able to achieve similar results.
Its not the greatest, but its not horrible either. Remember, its cropped. This isn't even center sharpness, its near the edge of the frame but its still pretty decent. Nikon's 70-300 VR sweet spot I think is f/8, that's been my experience anyways.
To get really sharp clean images using these "slow" telephoto zooms, you need good amount of light and make sure its exposed properly.
I'm certainly not expert and I can only share what I know and what I've learned. Hope this helps.
This is what happens when you pixel peep
I never really liked the 55-300, I think the 55-200 VR could achieve sharper results. I don't know, maybe I just had a superb copy when I owned that lens many years ago.
Here is a cropped 1:1 sharpened shot I took using my D610 and Nikon's 70-300 VR at 300mm, f8, 1/1000th and ISO 2500. Granted I have a full frame so I have a slight advantage, but your D5500 should be able to achieve similar results.
Its not the greatest, but its not horrible either. Remember, its cropped. This isn't even center sharpness, its near the edge of the frame but its still pretty decent. Nikon's 70-300 VR sweet spot I think is f/8, that's been my experience anyways.
To get really sharp clean images using these "slow" telephoto zooms, you need good amount of light and make sure its exposed properly.
I'm certainly not expert and I can only share what I know and what I've learned. Hope this helps.
This is what happens when you pixel peep