Astronar 300mm f/5.5 Telephoto

Lens a bit larger than expected but high quality components and photos Nikkor lenses are pricey but definitely worth it !! This lens is a bit large and heavy but well worth carrying around, especially in nature or a city where you need a wide angle and a zoom. I find it more of a pain to carry a bag and having to change lenses. The lens is high quality and pictures come out great. Some people complain of edge blur at 300 zoom, but it's negligible unless you really blow up the photo. This can be expected with any zoom, but less so with this quality lens. If you need 300 plus zoom and absolutely no edge blur (ex: sports, wildlife, etc), then get a fixed length telephoto lens (the price just went way up !!). This lens will do in most circumstances though. It's a great all-around carry lens for a serious photographer. I also recommend getting a special wide angle uv filter that will not shadow the edges. Tiffen makes a good one for under $20.Read full review

Monster zoom lens from Nikon! Any way you look at it, a lens with an 18 to 300mm zoom ratio is awesome. The fact that it's the better of the two DX-series lenses made by Nikon is all the better! Yes, it's a bit heavy, but not so much that you can't use it for a "walking around" lens. Sharp optics and durable construction--just what you'd expect from the folks at Nikon. I had this product on my wish list for some time, long enough that Nikon has dropped it from their catalog. I was lucky to find a dealer on eBay that still had a brand-new one in stock, and I purchased it for myself for Christmas. I'm very happy with this monster zoom!

A very versatile lens I cover local youth soccer leagues and was looking for a versatile length for my secondary body to have a lens that I could use for the closer subjects and the spectators shots. This lens on a crop sensor body was exactly what I needed to complement the 150-600!on the main camera. It is not a super-expensive lens or very fast, but it does its job perfectly. I have not noticed any distortion at the focal lengths unused it at, it is light and maneuverable, the VR stabilization allows for a couple of stops of shutter speed, which can offset the somehow narrow minimum aperture at max length. Overall a great value for what I needed.