Compact/light
Simple to use
Good telephoto coverage
Great price
Perfect fit with
Nikon F100/N80/N65

No aperture ring
Slow F4-5.6

Great lens for "Railroad Photography" trackside. If you drop it or break it, it's not the
end of the world, or your bank account. Really
no weaknesses noted when you consider the price.
Nice addition to any Nikon camera bag!

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Nikon Lens Series E
Zoom 75-150mm F3.5

Zoom Range
Price
Compact
Weight

Slow
Plastic"y" cheap feel
No aperature ring
Flares

This is an amazing lens for <$179. Although it's defintly built as an entry level lens for the price it can't be beat. I like the zoom range and it's sharp up to 200mm. On the downside I was shooting outside in bright sunlight with a polarizer on 200ASA and was getting true readings of f5.6 or slower (I pushed the film a stop to shoot at higher shutter speeds). Auto focus seemed comparable to other Nikon AF lenes.

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Never used

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75-300 Nikon
70-300 "D" Nikon
Others

Price
Decent quality and zoom range for entry level product

Cheap feeling
Questionable life expectancy

For $109 this is a nifty product. Light and compact, this lens travels well. Att this price point the images produced are very good. Decent sharpness and contrast. Cheap feel notwithstanding, this is a good entry level product for the occasional sports/nature shooter. Smallish size and heft make carrying the lens around easy. Not suggested for the heavy user. Overall a great buy for the price.

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Many Canon lenses

It is light weight and in expensive with a great range.

It is slow to focus sometimes with the auto-focusing. You have to play with it to focus some times.

Great lens for the price.

Lightweight, Great Pictures! Perfect match for the N80. Outstanding price compared to the D series.

None for me

It is a perfect match for my 28-105 1:3.5-4.5 D lens. With the same apperture speeds, my film speed stays Kodachrome 200. Handheld pictures have been suprisingly superb! The G stays on my camera with the D being backup. I can actually say I now have no reason to purchase another lens; this combo is all that I need. I wear glasses and am happy with the auto focus speed and have more keeper pictures than I had expected.

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- Incredibly inexpensive
- Lightweight
- Great zoom range
- Acceptably sharp up to about 120 mm

- Plastic, plastic, and more plastic
- No aperture ring
- Slow AF speed
- Cheap feel, appearance
- Distortion at long end, i.e. > 200 mm

Despite all of its shortcomings (see above), it's still less than half the cost of the (practically identical) ED counterpart, both of which are derived from the Tamron.

You can expect decent results from this lens if used within its limits. Its ridiculously low price makes this lens an excellent deal, distortion at > 200 mm or otherwise.

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Nikkor 70-210 f/4-5.6 D AF
Nikkor 70-300 f/4-5.6 D ED
Tamron 70-300 f/4-5.6

Price
Lightweight
nice zoom-range
easy to use

Slow
To much plastic
No aperature ring
slow af

It's a good lense considering the prise. Feels cheap, but thats alright, cause it is. This is a better by than the sigma. No macro though. Best buy for the price.

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Never needed

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Sigma APO 70-300/4-5,6 Macro (crap)
Tokina MF 80-260/4-5,6 (solid)

included hood
great color
rounded aperature blades
very light
cheap

no AI coupling, but shouldn't be

This is a preliminary review as I wait for the film. I am amazed. This lens is very lightweight and has very decent Nikon glass for an incredible price. Even in the viewfinder, images are very clear and the out of focus areas are smooooooth. Not having an aperature ring is not the end of the world because all the modern bodies ask you to use the dials anyway. I believe that this lens competes with the Canon 55-200 and various 3rd party lenses. In this field, this lens stands very well and it is a Nikon! which means image quality is great. I am one to believe that every lens is different and has different characteristics, some better than others for a certain purpose. For Nikon to do this unheard of- This is a lens that every Nikon AF users needs, but probably would use a whole lot- thus the very low price is justifyable. The moment I put on the lens, I didn't know what the possibilities there were with a 70-300. Street Photography from a car is great! Some purists may say that these G lenses tarnish the reputation of the F mount. The mount is the same, but this expands the lens line farther so that more users can pay for what they need. You can still find the 75-240 D which has the aperature ring for about the same price. This does not affect the used market either because those lenses have a proven reputation for results. ALso, many Nikonians have been purchasing third party 70-300 models for low prices for ages- it is about time that Nikon has had something for that market (people want to buy Nikon because of the quality). For sure, this lens will not survive professional use with its composite lens mount. I don't know the percentages of pro users vs. ethusiasts and consumers, but am sure more people will use this lens. I have grounded expectations for this lens and plan to treat it as my compact travel kit.

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