Lighweight, excellent value for money and despite some postings, mine is very well made.
Good image quality from 70 - 200

When the focusing ring is rotaed fully around, one would expect sharpness at infinity, but not so. The ring has to be moved back slightly on my sample - a real pain!
Not so good image quality greater than 200mm

An exceptional lens for the money, mine is well made and produces good images between 70-200. Not so good between 200-300. Needs to be stopped down (to around f8/f11 for best results). The infinity focusing (see above) is a real pain though. All in all a pretty darn good lens for the money, nice and light weight too.

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28 - 70 f3.5 - f4.5
24 - 50 f3.3 -f.5

Great lens for the money! I get good results from 70 right out to 300mm.

Cheap feel when using the manual focus ring. AF mode at greater than 200mm is not very fast, sometimes 'hunts' for focus.

I was really suprised at the sharpness of the pictures I get. Its a nice lens for under $250.00.

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28-80 3.5-5.6 nikkor (also not bad for the money.
24mm 2.8 Sigma

-Light weight
-Sharp throughout zoom range
-ED Glass
-Value
-Compact, given range of zoom available

-Hood very awkward to mount
-Very noisy AF on N80

A super value from Nikon, allowing you access to ED glass at a very reasonable price. My pictures have been very sharp throught the entire zoom range, including some strtlingly sharp portraits at the 70-135 range. I like the fact that I have 300mm @ f5.6 available for outdoor action. Shooting with 400 film, I was able to get enough speed to freeze just about anything. No buyer's remorse here- overall extremely satisfied with this lens.

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It's my only zoom so far

Great value, useful zoom range, good optical quality, light weight.

noisy focusing, hunting on my n80, not a problem to me though.
rotating front element annoys me when i tried to use C-PL filter. and the lenshood seemed to be a tight fit.

a great lens for everyone. not perfect but what else are you expecting from a ED lens at this price? add one to your travel photo gears!!

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etc.

The optical quality at 300mm is very good for a tele-zoom lens. The image sharpness is very good at 8x10 and more than acceptable at 11x14. The color quality is excellent.

I don't have a problem with the plastic construction of the lens. I like it's light weight and I don't plan on dropping the thing anyway. I do wish there was a zoom lock on the barrel.

It may be a little slow to shoot sports, but with good lighting and high speed film it's fine. For street photography it's great. The image quality is very good and for the price it's one of the best lenses out there. Buy it!

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Unbelievably compact and lightweight... especially when compared to the old 75-300 Nikkor. ED glass a real plus.

Okay, it feels a little cheap, but for the money it delivers some very sharp images

I have an 80-200 f/2.8 Nikkor Zoom that I love, and I almost traded in the 70-300 when I bought it. I decided instead to keep it as a lightweith (and versatile) 300mm. It's a great traveling companion when you want to keep it light. It is slow at 300, so I try to use it with a 100 (or higher) ISO film. And the ED glass does give you sharper pictures with better color. If you're a shooter with a limited budget, this lens represents very good value.

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Lightweight, small, inexpensive. Great for traveling. Peformance is very good for a lens of this size, weight and price.

A little slow, but hey! That's why it's light. Focusing is a little slow also.

As a frequent traveler, I wanted a long-range zoom to carry with me. I had a 75-300, but it weighed almost twice as much as this one, and performance was only marginally better. This is not a pro lens, how could it be at this price and size?! But for a lightweight zoom, I have been quite pleased with the results. A great value!

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Nikon 75-300 4.5-5.6.

-incredible contrast and detail @ f8 at all range (8x10)
-great range
-compact size
-smooth focus
-comes with hb15 lens hood
-affordable
-light weight

-cannot focus closer than 5'
-polycarbonate construction is noticably light

I thought the Nikon guys lost their heads when they priced the 70-300mm ED/D lens at almost the same price range as the other two lens; 80-210mm 4.5-5.6D and 70-210 4-5.6D. For about $60 more than the other two, you get an extra range to 300mm, an ED(extra low dispersion) glass, and a lens hood. An amazing buy.

The performance is also great. I know this is not the top of the line AF-S 80-200mm 2.8ED/D lens; but with the 70-300mm you can produce high quality photographs while saving some dollars. My first role of film had nice contrast and detail at f8. You can also zoom in extremly close for those tight detail. Love it.

The only thing that I was disappointed at was that it doesn't focus closer than five feet. At times I had to change back to my 28-105mm because my subject tends to move closer.

This lens suprised me with it's price, smooth focus, and incredible glass. A good investment if you can't afford the top of the line Nikkors and it's extremely capable of producing quality pix.

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Small for a lens with that range

Somewhat heavy, not razor sharp

I agree with my fellow Photographers. The lens is small and convenient, but I've been a little dissappointed with with its sharpness particularly at full open. I probably would not buy it again.

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Build in quality is supereb. Light weight compaticable.

Nothing as far for myself.

Its the best in its series of lenses. affordable by every photographer who requires best results. i have very good results in my first experience.

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