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Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED Vibration Reduction Zoom Lens with Auto Focus for Nikon DSLR Cameras $279.00 & FREE Shipping
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| lens type | Telephoto | Zoom lens | Zoom | Standard | Zoom lens | Telephoto |
| compatible mountings | Nikon F (DX) | Nikon F | Nikon DX | Nikon F (DX) | Nikon F (FX) | Nikon F |
| lens design | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom | Prime |
| focus type | Micro-type ultrasonic | Auto Focus | Micro-type ultrasonic | Ultrasonic | Auto Focus, Auto/Manual | Auto Focus |
| minimum focal length | 55 millimeters | 80 millimeters | 55 millimeters | 16 millimeters | 28 millimeters | — |
| max focal length | 300 millimeters | 400 millimeters | 200 millimeters | 85 millimeters | 300 millimeters | — |
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Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2024
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Nice zoom lens, perfect for sports and portrait photography.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024
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Was somewhat concerned on condition buying used, but looks brand new, and works great! Shot on my D3100
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Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2011
Yesterday I ordered, today I used it and the very first pic out of the box is posted on the image set above-- a back yard bird feeder with a cardinal and she's coming in hot, full flaps and legs extended for the touch-and-go landing. The shooting distance is about 30ft. I had the D90 on Auto, VR, handheld, and the meter chose 1/640s & f6/3 at 300mm, at ISO-2500 on a grey day. The shallow depth of field is noticeable in that the feeder is sharp but the fence is soft, 2 feet behind. The lens handles well, and the VR is a big difference maker. You can see it operate -- press the shutter halfway and the perceptible hand shaking and heart beat movement is gone. The feeder is rock steady and the cardinal's high-speed movement is also in reasonable sharpness, adding energy to the image.
My every day lens is the 18-200mm, and that will not change, as it is great to have a wide-to-zoom option with 10x latitude for field assignments with rapidly evolving situations. And the lens has very nice quality results. But this lens will help for set field work and for pulling wildlife in close. I really underestimated the difference 300mm makes vs 200mm but obviously on DX it is considerable (450mm vs 300mm at 35mm film conversion). The 50% greater reach, with helpful VR and maintaining the f5.6 shows well when you transfer the image to the screen.
Image sharpness is fine. The lens mounted on camera feels solid, and works well given that it is all automated and expected to be used that way. Love the VR. I did not find the "slow AF" to be significant, as borne out by the very first image!
Keep in mind small details that are not huge issues overall:
- The owners manual indicates that "Manual focus can be used regardless of the focus mode selected with the camera". However, the focus ring clearly feels stiffly locked out when you choose "A", not a smoothly integrated operation. Switch to M and the focus ring turns without any friction.
- the near-silent AF motor will still likely be picked up in movie mode for those who use AF when filming (I can't on my D90).
- There are no Aperture marks, depth of field indicators and of course no manual aperture ring override.
- 58mm filters needed
At $250 through the end of the year, you can't go wrong. Thank you Nikon and Amazon. Great deal.
*: BlackVerified Purchase
300mm at $250, irresistible price and solid value.
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2011
I was not convinced that 300mm would make a difference, but when Nikon put the $150 rebate and Amazon offered free one-day shipping for a $250 delivered price, I couldn't resist.Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2011
Yesterday I ordered, today I used it and the very first pic out of the box is posted on the image set above-- a back yard bird feeder with a cardinal and she's coming in hot, full flaps and legs extended for the touch-and-go landing. The shooting distance is about 30ft. I had the D90 on Auto, VR, handheld, and the meter chose 1/640s & f6/3 at 300mm, at ISO-2500 on a grey day. The shallow depth of field is noticeable in that the feeder is sharp but the fence is soft, 2 feet behind. The lens handles well, and the VR is a big difference maker. You can see it operate -- press the shutter halfway and the perceptible hand shaking and heart beat movement is gone. The feeder is rock steady and the cardinal's high-speed movement is also in reasonable sharpness, adding energy to the image.
My every day lens is the 18-200mm, and that will not change, as it is great to have a wide-to-zoom option with 10x latitude for field assignments with rapidly evolving situations. And the lens has very nice quality results. But this lens will help for set field work and for pulling wildlife in close. I really underestimated the difference 300mm makes vs 200mm but obviously on DX it is considerable (450mm vs 300mm at 35mm film conversion). The 50% greater reach, with helpful VR and maintaining the f5.6 shows well when you transfer the image to the screen.
Image sharpness is fine. The lens mounted on camera feels solid, and works well given that it is all automated and expected to be used that way. Love the VR. I did not find the "slow AF" to be significant, as borne out by the very first image!
Keep in mind small details that are not huge issues overall:
- The owners manual indicates that "Manual focus can be used regardless of the focus mode selected with the camera". However, the focus ring clearly feels stiffly locked out when you choose "A", not a smoothly integrated operation. Switch to M and the focus ring turns without any friction.
- the near-silent AF motor will still likely be picked up in movie mode for those who use AF when filming (I can't on my D90).
- There are no Aperture marks, depth of field indicators and of course no manual aperture ring override.
- 58mm filters needed
At $250 through the end of the year, you can't go wrong. Thank you Nikon and Amazon. Great deal.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2010
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First of all I'll say that I ordered my lens as soon as Amazon had them available. I upgraded to next day shipping and got it 18 hours later - quick service. Thanks Amazon!
But now on to the real review...
This lens is fantastic - especially for $399. My first concern was whether it not it had a plastic or metal mount since some DX lenses in this price range have plastic. I even contacted Nikon and they couldn't (or wouldn't) tell me. Well, I was really pleased to see that it does have a metal mount. It has a nice solid feel to it. The zoom movement is smooth and I haven't had any problem with lens creep when I'm aiming it downward. Even when I point the camera downward and shake it, it won't creep.
I'm just beginning to get into testing it but my preliminary pictures are coming out nice - really nice. The sharpness is amazing and the lens produces a very nice bokeh. I posted the image of the dragonfly with the chicken wire background (see the customer uploads) Check out the detail in the wings. That shot says it all. It was HAND HELD and cranked all the way out to 300mm. The original image is great but a lot of the detail was lost with the upload to Amazon. But - none the less - it's still pretty sharp. The auto focus on this lens is fast, smooth, quiet and very accurate. It locked right in on the subject. It was set on aperture priority at f/8 1/500sec for the shot that I posted here (shot with a D-90).
The VR on this lens is great. The detail I get with hand-helds just amazes me. It has Nikon's VRII image stabilization and it even has a tripod detection mode that reduces any vibration from shutter release when it's on a tripod.
Colors are rendered accurately and the contrast is pretty sharp even at the max aperture. The lens is compact for a 300mm and it's lighter than my AF-S DX 18-200mm which I use as my regular walk-around. I'm sure the new 55-300 will be used as my walk around pretty frequently also.
All in all for an APS-C lens, Nikon did a great job with this one - especially for the price. It's a welcome addition to the DX line and I'm really glad I have one in my gear bag.
But now on to the real review...
This lens is fantastic - especially for $399. My first concern was whether it not it had a plastic or metal mount since some DX lenses in this price range have plastic. I even contacted Nikon and they couldn't (or wouldn't) tell me. Well, I was really pleased to see that it does have a metal mount. It has a nice solid feel to it. The zoom movement is smooth and I haven't had any problem with lens creep when I'm aiming it downward. Even when I point the camera downward and shake it, it won't creep.
I'm just beginning to get into testing it but my preliminary pictures are coming out nice - really nice. The sharpness is amazing and the lens produces a very nice bokeh. I posted the image of the dragonfly with the chicken wire background (see the customer uploads) Check out the detail in the wings. That shot says it all. It was HAND HELD and cranked all the way out to 300mm. The original image is great but a lot of the detail was lost with the upload to Amazon. But - none the less - it's still pretty sharp. The auto focus on this lens is fast, smooth, quiet and very accurate. It locked right in on the subject. It was set on aperture priority at f/8 1/500sec for the shot that I posted here (shot with a D-90).
The VR on this lens is great. The detail I get with hand-helds just amazes me. It has Nikon's VRII image stabilization and it even has a tripod detection mode that reduces any vibration from shutter release when it's on a tripod.
Colors are rendered accurately and the contrast is pretty sharp even at the max aperture. The lens is compact for a 300mm and it's lighter than my AF-S DX 18-200mm which I use as my regular walk-around. I'm sure the new 55-300 will be used as my walk around pretty frequently also.
All in all for an APS-C lens, Nikon did a great job with this one - especially for the price. It's a welcome addition to the DX line and I'm really glad I have one in my gear bag.
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Must buy Telephoto lens by Nikon
Reviewed in India on October 28, 2019*: BlackVerified Purchase
Russell Platten
A great addition to my D3400 kit, as someone new to photography, this lens has opened up so many more opportunities!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2018*: BlackVerified Purchase
Russell Platten
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2018
I live in the countryside in a house with a very large garden. We get a lot of wildlife in the garden and I immediately began taking photographs with my new camera. It wasn’t long before I realised that the lens fitted to my camera could not get close enough to take a decent of photograph of the majority of subjects I was wanting to capture. So I decided that I would purchase a telephoto lens. This would be the very first accessory that I bought for the camera. I made the decision to go for a Nikon lens instead of a cheaper version and I decided to opt for a 300mm focal length. I had two choices, the 55 - 300mm or the 70 - 300mm and because my first lens was 18 - 55mm, I decided to go for the first one. This meant that my lenses covered 18 to 300mm with no gap.
The lens arrived from the States a few days after I bought it and inside the box as well as the lens I found, a lens cap, a bayonet end cap, a lens hood, small protective bag and a set of instructions.
The lens had VR, vibration reduction; this is a mechanical feature that reduces the vibration experienced when taking photos whilst holding the camera in low light conditions or with slow shutter speeds. The VR on this lens is 2nd generation even though this is not mentioned anywhere and it works very well. See the video. As well as a switch to turn VR on or off, the lens has a selector switch for auto or manual focus.
Fitting the lens to the camera is a doddle and within minutes I was taking photos of deer and squirrels away in the distance. This lens really does open up a whole new world of photo opportunities. See the video for a real demonstration of the telephoto lens in use at several focal lengths. It is possible to take good close up images, not quite macro, but still close up.
One thing I found out after a few weeks is that the camera will take much better pictures if the lens cap is fitted as it reduces glare and flaring giving a much better result, less washed out with richer colours.
I had issues with the focus, it was a bit hit and miss and about 50% of the pictures I took were not in focus. This was because I was using the camera in full auto with area focus selected. I had to place the camera in position A, manual with aperture priority, and swap the auto focus over to single point auto focus. Then I was able to select the centre point on the camera using the curser on the camera menu and things got considerably better. I am now finding the focusing much easier. Manual focus is a little tricky as a very small movement will take the image through focussed and out the other side so care is needed to focus. It does get better after time as you become more used to it. Also it is very easy to knock the image out of focus in auto focus mode as there is a small amount of movement on the focussing wheel and you can turn it slightly if you are not careful where you place your fingers pushing it out of focus. This is not a big issue as my hands tended to be away from the focussing ring in normaI use.
I have hardly used the 18 – 55mm lens since I got this one. I am very pleased with it and so glad that I decided to go for Nikon. It is by no means perfect, but I have taken some cracking (in my opinion) photos with it and having the extra reach is a real joy. I think it was the right choice as my first accessory and would recommend it if you too are struggling to get the photos you want because the subject is too far away. I think it is good value and it is a very welcome addition to my set up.
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