Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G VR Lens

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It's not quite as good as its predecessor 55-200mm, but then, it's not just a matter of tacking on an extra 100mm of focal length; something's got to give, and thankfully, there's nothing that gives too much to make that happen. It takes more than a half turn to go from 18 to 300mm, which means you can zoom to a subject very quickly. Another small downside is lack of the back element on this lens, so you have to be extremely careful in changing lenses, as dust will go inside and you won’t be able to remove it yourself (I’m sure Nikon did this to keep the cost of the lens down). if you patiently tap the shutter button for the best autofocus and hold it very steadily when taking the shot. On a Nikon digital body with an APS-C sized sensor, the lens will give an effective field of view of approximately 80-450mm.

Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR review

But there are two problems using this lens at long focal lengths First, as I said before, it's very hard to hold steadily enough to entirely avoid camera motion without a tripod, which I don't use. Although I have no problem with the lens being made in China and understand that it is cheaper for Nikon to produce lenses there, I am not particularly psyched with sample variation at this point – see notes further down in this review. For ring-type AF-S autofocus in a Nikon telephoto zoom, you need to trade up to the full-frame 70-300mm VR lens. My principal purpose, though, was not comparison but just to see what the lens does with a variety of subjects and its full range of focal lengths, with and without the Kenko 1. It fills a gap in Nikon's lens line up giving DX camera owners the popular 300mm focal without leaving a gap after the 18-55mm kits lenses provided with most of Nikon's entry-level SLRs.telezoom lens, and as seen in the photos below, complements a smaller DSLR like the Nikon D3300 well. When it comes to AF, the 55-200mm zoom is surprisingly slow for a modern AF Nikkor, and is one of the slowest focusing lens in the AF-S line-up. The VFA target should give you a good idea of sharpness in the center and corners, as well as some idea of the extent of barrel or pincushion distortion and chromatic aberration, while the Still Life subject may help in judging contrast and color.

NIKON AF-S DX NIKKOR 55 - 300 mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Telephoto NIKON AF-S DX NIKKOR 55 - 300 mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Telephoto

For any telephoto lens used for fast action photography, autofocus speed and accuracy are the most important factors, without a doubt. As I have already pointed out in the introduction of this review, the Nikon 18-300mm is bigger and heavier than both the 18-200mm and the 28-300mm lenses. When fully extended, it gets so long that from the side it almost looks like you are using the 70-200mm f/2. The 70-300 may be sharper because (extending the reasoning often given for why prime lenses are superior) it is easier to construct a quality lens in a narrower zoom range. It is relatively light and I primarily use it handheld for shooting birds and other wildlife of Colorado.For example, Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5,6 Di LD 70 mm-300 mm (has image stabilization and also macro mode, min focus distance is 0. Because the lens is so light, you don’t have to lay it on your left hand entirely when hand-holding, so you can completely avoid touching the focus ring. Another important thing to note is that the front part of the lens does not seem to wobble when the lens is fully extended (the 18-200mm is notorious for that).