55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR [Vibration Reduction] Nikkor Zoom Lens Bulk packaging (White box, New)

I've been using this lens on my Nikon D40. Truth be told, I wasn't too thrilled with the basic kit that only came with the 18-55 lens. I'd been using my Canon SI3 as my preferred camera for sporting events, travel, and school activities. I'd had my eye on this lens for a while but just couldn't justify the price until I found a reasonably priced refurbished lens. The icing on the cake for me is that I get incredible compositions with a very modest investment (my lens was half the retail price of a new one at Circuit City). I couldn't be more pleased. Low lighting and shadows do limit some shots that include action or rapid movement. On the other hand, most lenses and cameras have this limitation. But if your subject is relatively still, you'll have no problem letting in more light at a slower shutter speed to get great photos. Like any lens, your best shots will be in good daylight or strong indoor lighting. You won't be disappointed. Because it's a zoom lens, you won't be able to stand too close to your subject. One of the downsides of 55 mm. But I compensate for this by just waiting until my subject is at least 4 feet away so that I can get the best focusing opportunity. If you take advantage of the fast shutter technology from your camera, you'll greatly appreciate the wonderful results and impressive boket that makes your work look like a trained professional. Nothing takes your breath away more than a photo of your child who is in crisp focus while the background blurs in the distance. It's one of the best features of digital photography that you can simply delete out photos and only keep the very best ones. You may find that changing to 800 ISO and activating the noise reduction feature in the D40 gives you just what you need - fast shutter speeds that stop the action without degrading the photo. While it will add some size to your camera, the light weight allows you to hold the kit for as long as you want without wearing you out. To take advantage of this lens to its fullest, I recommend using a high resolution (quality set to Fine, size set to Large). Avoid throwing out shots via the camera delete function when in playback. Instead - wait until you can download all the photos to your computer and look around for interesting sections of your composition. Then use your photo editing software to crop and keep the unexpected gems you may have missed while trying to make decisions on the viewfinder. I found interesting facial expressions or live action scenes that would have been deleted. For example, while aiming at a fountain, a small bird was in mid flight with wings extended off center. I just cropped so that the bird was centered in the resulting output and it looks like I had aimed at him all along. Thanks to the high resolution setting, I still had enough pixels available for a good looking printed photo. This is a very cool, must have accessory for your Nikon. Whether you buy new or refurbished, you won't regret your decision once you've mounted it onto your camera

The quality is excellent so is the color accuracy and it isn't heavy at all...easy to use,autofocus is great, and the size is good Overall great functionality and a big plus for my nikon d5600

I just purchased this lens a week ago to compliment my also recently purchased D3100. I was enticed by the deal currently running through the end of September which gives you $100 off the price, and I have to say, even at full price, this lens is great! The zoom range means that you can do everything from basic portraiture to capturing subjects from a moderate distance. I took my D3100 and the 55-200 to a wedding this weekend, where I shot about 300 photos, 169 of which ended up being "good enough" to "incredible" (by which I'm giving my subjective interpretation of my shooting ability, not necessarily an objective review of the lens' quality). Outdoors during the ceremony, the lens focused fairly fast, and I was able to get decent shallow depth of field at full zoom so that I got some great candid portraits from afar of the couple (approximately 40 feet away), with pleasingly (though not amazingly) blurred foreground and background, and a few turned out well enough that I feel they could be printed and framed and while not professional level, would definitely be eye catching. During the evening, and inside the banquet hall where the lighting was not so great, the lens had some trouble with moving subjects too far away to light up with the built in flash. However, portraits of people who weren't moving much, and action shots within range of the on board flash, came out just fine. The lens does give decently sharp images across the frame, I'm sure there are better lenses out there but for the money I'd say this one is a solid buy. The auto-focus is decently fast and quiet, the zoom range makes it great for anything from portraits to capturing subjects from afar, and the construction is decent enough that you don't feel like it'll break just from normal use. Overall, I'd buy this lens again (and again, and again...). Oh, and as an added bonus, 55mm on this lens has max. aperture of 1/4.0, which is twice as big as on the 18-55 kit lens (which has max. aperture of 1/5.6 at full telephoto). What that means is that you get a bit more light through the lens to the sensor with the zoom lens, if I understand optics correctly. That *should* make this lens better suited for portraiture and moderate lighting situations at that focal length, than the kit lens. Sorry, not the most technical review, but I have to admit, for $150 this lens let me capture some amazing moments at a dear friend's wedding, and you can't really put a price on that!!!

Original Nikon lense for my D3000 comes with round lense Hood , lense bag and covers.

Ebenso wie das 18-55 aus dem Kit ist dieses Objektiv wunderbar in seinen Eigenschaften. Zugegeben, es irritiert ebenso wie andere der Nikon "Billig-Objektive" durch seine Leichtigkeit und Kunststoff-Material, aber was soll's, die Ergebnisse sind entscheidend. Außerdem ist der Kunststoff aus dem Nikon diese erstaunlichen Teile produziert vermutlich das Beste was es nach Kohlefasern gibt. Mag sein, daß das Gewinde und die Bedienteile nicht die absolute "Standfestigkeit" haben wie Metall, aber die Maßhaltigkeit nimmt es mit jedem aus Metall handgefertigten, verlesenen und nummerierten Rohr auf. Die optischen Eigenschaften kann man natürlich überall nachlesen aber solche Laborwerte geben nicht den Gebrauchswert und Abbildungsleistung in der Praxis wieder. Es gibt bei keiner Blende und bei keiner Brennweite Farbränder. Vignettierungen mögen auf Grau-Testbildern physikalisch im langen Bereich geringfügig vorhanden sein, aber da ich keine Anzeichen dafür in den Aufnahmen sah, hatte ich auch keine Lust danach zu suchen. Die VR "Anti-Wackel" Funktion ist erstaunlich. Man kann mit den maximal 300mm (durch den Verlängerungsfaktor 1,5) selbst bei mäßigem Licht aus ruhiger Hand unverwackelte Bilder machen. Im 55-70 (80-100er) Bereich die besten Portraits schießen mit angenehm weggeschärftem Hintergrund. AF ist blitzschnell und fast unhörbar. Man kann natürlich auch eben mal auf Hand-Fokus umschalten. Das Gewinde zur Zoom-Einstellung ist leichtgängig und butterweich, die manuelle Hand-Scharfstellung ein bißchen tricky, weil sehr, sehr leicht, bei geringem Sektoren-Weg. Man könnte jetzt sagen, das Objektiv ist gut für seinen Preis, aber da liegt man falsch: Es ist ganz ausgezeichnet, ohne Kompromisse und man soll sich über den kleinen Preis nur freuen weil ich Zweifel habe, ob eine Kanone mit dem 20fachen Preis sooo viel mehr bringen würde und außerdem einen Sherpa braucht. Stecken Sie's in die Jackentasche, seien sie ein bißchen vorsichtig beim Ansetzen des Gewindes und tauschen Sie es hin und her mit dem "Kleinen" oder einer beliebigen, ebenso handlichen Festbrennweite. Genießen Sie die Leichtigkeit der Handhabung und die brillanten Ergebnisse.

I've had this lens for just over a year now and feel able to comment after a fair bit of use on the Nikon D90 and 3000. The Nikkon 55-200mm is an entry level telephoto type lens that has auto focus and vibration reduction capabilities. It compliments the 18-55mm kit lens on the D3000 nicely and is ideal for portrait, wildlife and sports photography plus day to day use at the lower end. The build quality of this lens is definitely reflected in the cheap price but don't let that put you off as it is adequate enough as long as you look after it. When zooming in and out the movement is smooth with no creaks or juddering. On a big plus side its quite light in weight which when walking around (Hill walking/climbing) for upto eight hours makes a big difference. I've had brilliant shots from Derbyshire, The Lakes and Snowdonia. The vibration reduction feature is brilliant in my experience. At full zoom it really comes into its own and there is a very noticeable difference with it on, far better quality pictures optically and clarity is excellent. You will notice that as you half press the shutter release your image will suddenly stabilize, great stuff. There is some softness and fringing at the edges at 200mm but. . .more often than not your subject will be central at full zoom therefore this won't be a problem! Standing approx 1metre away and at full zoom you can get some cracking macro shots with detail. I've taken some great shots of butterflies, bees and other insects/flowers during the summer. This is also a great portrait lens. Stand back, full zoom with a wide aperture and you get a sharp subject with a nicely blurred background. I took this kind of shot of each person (with my partner) at my partner's 50th a few months ago to make a montage. Even cropped they're sharp which is down to the VR function when on full zoom. I've sent quite a few copies out and they were all very impressed thankfully! I whizzed around each person like lightening and this lens was a pleasure to use. So, yes I really like this lens! At this affordable price (compared to the 70-300mm) you're getting great functionality as an avid home photographer. Like for like its not 'that' different to the 300mm except in build quality and of course zoom! With a great auto focus and vibration reduction, lightweight too you can't go wrong in my opinion. If you're happy with the 18-55mm and 18-105mm kit lenses on the D3000 and D90 then I'd definitely go for this. Highly recommended. If. . .you're thinking of astronomical photography (connecting this to a telescope) I'd go for the 70-300mm! Hope this helps, good luck!

My 2 cents. I had this lens saved in my cart for over a fortnight. Having seen the price fluctuate, I was waiting for it to fall and I am happy I picked it up when it was c.Rs.7600. So I strongly suggest you keep checking the prices frequently. Product review. It's a great lens. It picks up where my 18-55 ends and does a pretty good job. I did study the other reviews and found users being dismal about the 'plastic' build quite strange, I didn't feel the stark difference in holding my kit and my 55-200. It captures light and shadows very well. I live on the 14th floor and can manage to get a crisp shot of cars on the road. It has a good potential for zooming. The only con is that while shooting objects under low light, the auto-focus takes time. If you are a student of photography and / or you want a good VFM lens, I would strongly suggest you buy this.

Un buen objetivo el Nikon 55-200 para complementar el que viene en el kit 18-55. Mi nikon es la d3200 y me da una perfecta luminosidad. Su estabilizador funciona muy bien y su enfoque automático es muy rápido. No es GII, simplemente es G. Viene acompañado de un parasol Nikon y de una bolsa para el transporte. Te sirve perfectamente para hacer fotos de cerca (distancia minima de 70 cm), por lo que no tienes que cargar con dos objetivos cuando vas de excursión. Considero que he hecho una buena compra. Su precio muy inferior al de una tienda convencional. Construido en plástico, como todo ahora, y bien terminado. Con este objetivo, tengo cubiertas mis necesidades de fotografía para mi Nikon d3200. Lo recomiendo para los amantes de Nikon. Se recibe perfectamente embalado, en su caja original.