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The AF-S VR 70-300 f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED is a high-performance super telephoto zoom lens that has been designed to meet the demands of both digital and 35mm format SLR users. It offers a 4.3x zoom with a range of 70-300mm (105-450mm on a DX Nikon D-SLR) and features ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements that ensure superior optical performance. This lens incorporates Nikon’s second-generation vibration reduction system (VR II) that allows flexible hand-held shooting by stabilizing the image to the equivalent extent of using a shutter speed that is four stops faster when compared with a conventional lens (as determined by Nikon performance test). The SWM (Silent Wave Motor) and IF (Internal Focusing) ensure fast and quiet focusing action, and the nine-blade rounded diaphragm makes out-of-focus elements blend smoothly to produce natural-looking, harmonious backgrounds.
One Review
Will
22|Nov|2009 12:59 pm 1One of Nikon’s less lauded lenses, but still a star performer in its own right. The lens covers a wide and very useful focal length range making it suitable for everything from portraiture to wildlife and sports photography. It’s quick to achieve focus in good light, but can hunt a little in low light.
The relatively small maximum aperture varies depending on focal length and won’t give you the quality of background blurring as the more expensive 70-200 f/2.8 lenses, but the addition of VR makes it a hand-holdable lens and its light weight even more so.
The zooming action can feel a little stiff, but nonetheless this is a great lens with all things considered.
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