Customer Reviews

Fantastic Quality and Price Review by FlyGuy

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This is the first telephoto lens I've owned. My very first shot was a very quick shot of a military helicopter. I had just went outside to try this lens out and hearing the unmistakable sound of this aircraft, I quickly pointed the camera skyward and zoomed the full 300mm and got a quick shot. I didn't expect it to turn out, because it was very overcast, but the sun, though obscured by the clouds, was definitely creating a strong backlot bacllit background. In a split second, the lens focused and the camera obtained a well exposed photo of this chopper, stopping the dual blades rotation. I was quite impressed. Oh, by the way, the camera I was using is my also newly acquired D3X. (Posted on 11/17/10)

Lens Rocks!! Review by TomCat

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I am very impressed with this lens. It is wonderfully sharp. The auto focus can hunt slightly in dimmer conditions but you would probably expect this with a 4.5 lense. Don't let this stop you at all. I would by it all over again for sure. By the way, I bought mine from ritz camera (.com) on Sunday and delivered on Thurs. (I paid $504 due to the $25 off for using paypal plus free shipping and no tax). Many photos are better than my 18-200mm VR lens. I'm so glad I bought this as the extra reach is going to help me out on the softball field where my 200mm was just short. One other thing I noticed was it is slightly noisier than my 18-200mm VR (but not terribly much more). It is enough to notice, but no show stopper. Your going to love the photos you get from this. I'm thrilled to have it and now be in the 300mm range. What a keeper. I plan to keep both my 18-200 and my 70-300. (Posted on 11/4/10)

Best Lens in its Catagory Review by David Yu

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I got this lens to replace my older Quantaray 70-300mm. I got tired to losing a lot of images to camera shake at the 300mm end. Plus the lens I had was old (almost 10 years) and optically it wasn't that great.

The Nikkor 70-300mm w/VRII is perfect for me. I love the way the VR works. I've been able to get useable images taken at the 300mm end with a 1/6th shutter. Very impressive. No more camera shake issues at the long end. I'm also very impressed with how sharp it is (it is sharper than my 18-70mm) and also the focus is fast and quiet. It is on the big side, but not to much larger than any other 70-300mm lens. I'm very happy with the performance of this lens. I find the addition of the VR to be very much worth it.

Granted its not a fast lens and I never intended it to take the place of or performe like an f/2.8 lens. Its not fair to compare it to any f/2.8 lens. Comparing to the previous 2 Nikkor 70-300mm models or any of the 3rd party 70-300mm's, this newest Nikkor addition is the best. For the average amerture hobbiest this is a great lens to compliment any of the kit lenses. (Posted on 10/13/10)