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Nikon Nikkor 70-300mm F/4-5.6G AF

Nikon Nikkor 70-300mm F/4-5.6G AF
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27 reviews

Nov, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 27 reviews of Nikon Nikkor 70-300mm F/4-5.6G AF. The average rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average rating of 4.4/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews.

On average, users rate this product 72/100.

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Consumer review (slrgear.com)

Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by jeremiah

 

(D90)

CHEAP and light. decent quality images

LOUD AF and you have to stop down quite a bit for it to become sharp. Need lots of light

Aug, 2009

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by Ty-Photo

 

I'm not sure why everyone gave this lens a bad rating. I took images last night at a football game and it produced sharper and more contrasted images than my Tokina 80-200mm F/2.8 Pro and my Nikon AF 70-210mm F/4. It also makes a great travel lens...

Light, Inexpensive, Sharp, Contrasted

Plastic Mount, Small Focus Ring

Sep, 2008

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by libertinephotography

 

This is a working man's telephoto zoom. It is super inexpensive, and the results are not bad. But sometimes you get what you pay for; in this lens, its downsides are an obnoxiously slow and loud autofocus, and the fact that it is best suited for...

Sharp, Inexpensive

Slow autofocus that searches, Need tripod for best results

Aug, 2008

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by HighSierra

 

Let's be honest. This lens is no world-beater, and one wonders how much it even deserves to be called a Nikkor. From about 135mm onwards it is fairly soft, even stopped down to F8 or F11. The extending tube rattles back and forth while the AF...

Very cheap, light, and compact for a 300mm lens

Shaky construction, hardly the sharpest pencil in the class

Jun, 2008

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by wijnands

 

OK, let's face it. At this price you won't get superior image quality and sharpness. So, what do you get?

cheap, nice form factor, optically decent

Prone to CA, needs stopping down after 200mm

Feb, 2007

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by Ludwig

 

For the price you pay for this lens, its actually quite nice. So far it has taken images that I expect for its price. I used this on my nikon d50, 1.5x300=450! Sweet.

nice cheap telephoto lens

bit slow, but what do you expect

Feb, 2007

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by matthewporter

 

Actual amount paid: £95(GBP)

Fairly cheap

AF searches a lot

Jan, 2007

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by hbcc100

 

For the price, it is a fairly good lens. It has a good zoom range, but as you'd expect given how much you can spend on a similar telephoto lens, there are some bad points. To start with, the auto focus is very slow and noisy, and what I have found to...

Jan, 2007

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by leoric

 

Of all my lenses, this is by far the worst. Sure it's cheap, but wide open or even stopped down it's not sharp at all and the build quality is poor.

Cheap

Poor optical and build quallity, only 5.6 at 300mm, rotating front element, extremely slow autofocus

Jan, 2007

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Nikkor review by tommy

 

I've had a love-hate relationship with this lens. I bought it because it I wanted something portable for very occasional long shots. And because it was very cheap.

cheap, portable

light, slow (in every sense)

Jan, 2007

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