The Nikon AF-S VR 70-300 f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED is a high-performance telephoto zoom lens designed for Nikon DSLR cameras. With a focal length range of 70-300mm, it features advanced Vibration Reduction technology, two Extra-low Dispersion glass elements for superior optical quality, and a Silent Wave Motor for fast and quiet auto-focusing. This lens is perfect for capturing sharp images and videos, making it an essential tool for both amateur and professional photographers.
Specifications
Package Dimensions L x W x H
29 x 11.5 x 11.5 centimetres
Package Weight
1.06 Kilograms
Product Dimensions L x W x H
14.4 x 8 x 8 centimetres
Item Weight
745 Grams
Brand
Nikon
Camera Lens
300 millimetres
Colour
Black
Country of Origin
Thailand
Has image stabilisation
Yes
Included components
CL-1022 Soft Lens Case, HB-36 Lens Hood, AF-S FX Vibration Reduction NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Zoom Lens for Nikon DSLR Cameras, LF-4 Rear Lens Cap, LC-67 Snap-on Front Lens Cap
Lens Fixed Focal Length
300 Millimetres
Max Focal Length
300 Millimetres
Min Focal Length
70 Millimetres
Model year
2007
Plug profile
Nikonbayonet
Part number
2161
Lens Design
Zoom
Maximum Aperture Range
F4.5 - F5.6
Focus type
Ring-type ultrasonic
Style
Vibration Reduction Zoom Lens with Auto Focus
Photo Filter Thread Size
67 Millimetres
Guaranteed software updates until
unknown
Have a Question? See What Others Asked
Will this lens work with a Nikon D5300 camera?
Will this work well on a Nikon D70 body - and is any one using it for sport - for example football at local level Sunday afternoon matches
compatible with 3200 ?
is this an FX format lens?
Reviews
4.4
All from verified purchases
S**W
A Superb Lens !!
This purchase was for my daughter who wanted to up date from a pocket size camera to a DSLR to record the progress and changes in our new Grand-Daughter, I bought her a D3200 , for her birthday, I am a very keen amateur photographer myself and have just upgraded my seven year old D700 to a D810 and already have one of these lenses, my daughter thought she would like one, so I lent her mine to try, after a very short time she said she would like to have one of her own, hence this purchase, as a new one would cost more than the camera, and she was paying this time I suggested a good used one. My one was new when I bought it and still looks like new today after seven or so years of careful use. The only piece of equipment I have purchased used was a Nikon SB 900 flash gun, which was all complete in its original box and in like new condition. I suggested we look carefully, and for one complete with all parts both lens caps, lens hood, and pouch type case all in its original box, I feel that someone that has kept the box has more likely treated the lens carefully. The lens arrived and I tried it on my D810 it looked as good as my own one and performed perfectly, my daughter is very happy with this purchase. Now I must review this lens, before I started I decided to look at the existing reviews already written. I found it unbelievable of some reviews, particularly the person who had returned the lens claiming the rear lens cap was stuck, I presume it was fitted with a pattern cap rather than an original Nikon one, as my one is marked with an arrow and the word " open " in the clockwise direction, YES IT IS LEFT HAND Thread Bayonet. There is many more I could comment on but it would make this too long. The 70-300 is a superb lens I have had a lot of use from mine, the quality of prints from it are excellent and I frequently print at A3, I am an aircraft enthusiast and have taken some superb shots at air shows, of Spitfires, Hurricanes and Mustangs, I must admit photographing, "The Red Arrows" is a little more challenging, but I have worked out a focusing technique which gives me around 90% success. The auto focus locks quickly and quietly but I do not use auto for" The Reds", I will comment on another review, which annoyed me slightly, this person said that taking pictures of small birds in flight or birds perching a good distance away the lens was useless this is not the fault of the lens, he should have gone for at least a 500mm or got closer. I cannot fault this lens if it is used sensibly. I will just say if you are a Nikon user, I would not use any other than Nikon lenses for picture and build quality, you would not buy a Rolls Royce and put a Ford engine in it.
S**O
Great Lens for the money
I haven't got the experience to rate this lens from a professional photographers eye, but for me, what it does is extremely good and for the money it is an absolute steal. Like all moderately priced big zooms I can confirm what other reviewers have said about the drop off in sharpness at the extreme end, but seriously, what do you expect for a lens aimed at and priced at the keen amateur end of the market? Because I'm especially keen on wildlife and candid people shots I tend to leave the lens on the camera all the time and switch to my lesser used 18-105mm for everything else. It is extremely heavy and feels very solid. Coupled with the weight of my D7000 I could never forget I'm carrying it. Only once have I missed a shot when the camera would not autofocus on a fairly dull day as a spitfire passed on its way to an air show. The grey body against the grey sky with rubbish light was a little too much for it and I couldn't fire one shot off. That minor disappointment aside, it is a great piece of glass. The pro version(2.8 hole) will set you back a thousand pounds and more and I really can't justify that kind of outlay for what I do with a camera. Ultimately I would say it is well worth the money and so long as you don't try to shoot in adverse conditions it will do what you ask of it. VR Stability works very well and I leave it on all the time. I have not tried the VR panning setting yet as I tend not to do this and so it stays in full control.
M**L
Cheap construction, but amazing value for money
First the bad points: the construction of this lens is lightweight plastic, it feels cheap, it drops down to f5 or below fairly rapidly as you zoom in, and being a Nikon "G" series lens it has no aperture ring so you can't use it on a trusty old manual camera. But for £75 what do you expect?Then the good. Other reviewers say that it is not sharp, or is "soft", but looking at the shots I have just taken on my 10 MegaPixel D200, at between 70mm and 200mm focal lengths, blown up to 100% magnification on the screen I have absolutely no complaints, as it is pin sharp to my eyes; and the images are good and contrasty too.On a moderately bright over-cast day I set the camera to ISO 200 and let it worry about exposure, which resulted in shutter speeds between 1/150th and 1/320th and apertures from about f6 to f9 as the clouds came and went. Hand-held results were very slightly blurred at the longer focal length/slower speed end of the range, but otherwise the fact that its maximum aperture is f4-5.6 proved not to be a problem at all.Other reviewers have criticised its auto-focus speed. Yes, if it is currently set at 5 feet and you point it at something 300 feet away then it takes a little while to get there; but if it is more or less at the right distance already it snaps into focus faster than I can blink. Also, unlike some AF lenses, the focus ring turns through quite a large arc so focusing it manually is easy.It starts to get a bit tricky to use hand-held in the 200mm to 300m range, partly because the zoom barrel extends such a long way and partly because it is so light-weight; but that is not a criticism of the lens, rather a fact of life - if you want to use a long lens you need to use a tripod, or to shell out 5x as much money for a Vibration Reduction (VR) version.Remember though that VR doesn't freeze your subject motion, only your camera-shake; if I were going to spend that much I'd save up a little longer and buy a non-VR f2.8 70-200m zoom instead.Last saturday I was standing next to someone who had a monster Nikkor 70-400mm f4.5-5.6 VR zoom on his camera, about £900 pounds worth, and he was lamenting that he struggled with its intended use for wildlife photography because it didn't give him a fast enough shutter speed. I looked down at my little plastic toy which cost 1/12th as much, yet gives nearly the same focal length and aperture range ... and, I confess, felt rather smug.In summary: not the best money can buy, but surely far and away the best value for money in its focal length range.
G**X
Brilliant.
Thank you very much,Delivered,Monday.18th.November.2024,At 12.27pm,Very well Wrapped.
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Yusuf A.
Fantastic experience overall. Will recommend to friends and family.
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Anjali K.
The product quality is outstanding. Exactly what I needed for my work.
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My one was new when I bought it and still looks like new today after seven or so years of careful use. The only piece of equipment I have purchased used was a Nikon SB 900 flash gun, which was all complete in its original box and in like new condition. I suggested we look carefully, and for one complete with all parts both lens caps, lens hood, and pouch type case all in its original box, I feel that someone that has kept the box has more likely treated the lens carefully. The lens arrived and I tried it on my D810 it looked as good as my own one and performed perfectly, my daughter is very happy with this purchase. Now I must review this lens, before I started I decided to look at the existing reviews already written. I found it unbelievable of some reviews, particularly the person who had returned the lens claiming the rear lens cap was stuck, I presume it was fitted with a pattern cap rather than an original Nikon one, as my one is marked with an arrow and the word \" open \" in the clockwise direction, YES IT IS LEFT HAND Thread Bayonet. There is many more I could comment on but it would make this too long. The 70-300 is a superb lens I have had a lot of use from mine, the quality of prints from it are excellent and I frequently print at A3, I am an aircraft enthusiast and have taken some superb shots at air shows, of Spitfires, Hurricanes and Mustangs, I must admit photographing, \"The Red Arrows\" is a little more challenging, but I have worked out a focusing technique which gives me around 90% success. The auto focus locks quickly and quietly but I do not use auto for\" The Reds\", I will comment on another review, which annoyed me slightly, this person said that taking pictures of small birds in flight or birds perching a good distance away the lens was useless this is not the fault of the lens, he should have gone for at least a 500mm or got closer. I cannot fault this lens if it is used sensibly. I will just say if you are a Nikon user, I would not use any other than Nikon lenses for picture and build quality, you would not buy a Rolls Royce and put a Ford engine in it."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"S***O"},"datePublished":"19 June 2014","name":"Great Lens for the money","reviewBody":"I haven't got the experience to rate this lens from a professional photographers eye, but for me, what it does is extremely good and for the money it is an absolute steal. Like all moderately priced big zooms I can confirm what other reviewers have said about the drop off in sharpness at the extreme end, but seriously, what do you expect for a lens aimed at and priced at the keen amateur end of the market? Because I'm especially keen on wildlife and candid people shots I tend to leave the lens on the camera all the time and switch to my lesser used 18-105mm for everything else. It is extremely heavy and feels very solid. Coupled with the weight of my D7000 I could never forget I'm carrying it. Only once have I missed a shot when the camera would not autofocus on a fairly dull day as a spitfire passed on its way to an air show. The grey body against the grey sky with rubbish light was a little too much for it and I couldn't fire one shot off. That minor disappointment aside, it is a great piece of glass. The pro version(2.8 hole) will set you back a thousand pounds and more and I really can't justify that kind of outlay for what I do with a camera. 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Other reviewers say that it is not sharp, or is \"soft\", but looking at the shots I have just taken on my 10 MegaPixel D200, at between 70mm and 200mm focal lengths, blown up to 100% magnification on the screen I have absolutely no complaints, as it is pin sharp to my eyes; and the images are good and contrasty too.On a moderately bright over-cast day I set the camera to ISO 200 and let it worry about exposure, which resulted in shutter speeds between 1/150th and 1/320th and apertures from about f6 to f9 as the clouds came and went. Hand-held results were very slightly blurred at the longer focal length/slower speed end of the range, but otherwise the fact that its maximum aperture is f4-5.6 proved not to be a problem at all.Other reviewers have criticised its auto-focus speed. Yes, if it is currently set at 5 feet and you point it at something 300 feet away then it takes a little while to get there; but if it is more or less at the right distance already it snaps into focus faster than I can blink. Also, unlike some AF lenses, the focus ring turns through quite a large arc so focusing it manually is easy.It starts to get a bit tricky to use hand-held in the 200mm to 300m range, partly because the zoom barrel extends such a long way and partly because it is so light-weight; but that is not a criticism of the lens, rather a fact of life - if you want to use a long lens you need to use a tripod, or to shell out 5x as much money for a Vibration Reduction (VR) version.Remember though that VR doesn't freeze your subject motion, only your camera-shake; if I were going to spend that much I'd save up a little longer and buy a non-VR f2.8 70-200m zoom instead.Last saturday I was standing next to someone who had a monster Nikkor 70-400mm f4.5-5.6 VR zoom on his camera, about £900 pounds worth, and he was lamenting that he struggled with its intended use for wildlife photography because it didn't give him a fast enough shutter speed. 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According to the manual if mounted on a DX format digital SLR camera the 35mm equivalent focal length range is approx. 105-450mm."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Will this work well on a Nikon D70 body - and is any one using it for sport - for example football at local level Sunday afternoon matches","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"I use it on a D90 and am very pleased with the performance of the lens. I haven't tried it for sport. The lens is fairly heavy, so you may need a monopod. I have tried the lens with birds in flight and it can track the bird easily in the 'C' continuous focusing camera mode."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"compatible with 3200 ?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It will work with the d3200 but won't autofocus."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"is this an FX format lens?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"this IS primarily meant for FX, and can be used on the smaller DX bodies"}}]}]}
