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Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR [Vibration Reduction] Nikkor Zoom Lens Bulk packaging (White box, New)
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Brand | Nikon |
Focal Length Description | F= 4 ~5.6 f=55 ~ 200 mm |
Lens Type | Telephoto |
Compatible Mountings | Nikon F (DX) |
Camera Lens Description | 200 millimetres |
About this item
- 55-200mm zoom Nikon lens with f/4-5.6 maximum aperture for Nikon digital SLR cameras
- 2 extra-low-dispersion (ED) glass elements for minimized chromatic aberration and superior optics
- Silent Wave Motor produces quick and quiet high-speed autofocusing; weighs 9 ounces
- Measures 2.7 inches in diameter and 3.1 inches long; 1-year warranty
- White box(bulk packaging)
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Auto focus | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | — | — | 4.1 |
Picture quality | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | — | — | — |
Image stabilization | 4.5 | — | 4.4 | — | — | 4.0 |
Sold By | Global Camera USA | Xpress Products (We track Serial Numbers) | U.S.Refurbs | Minty Gadgets (we track serial numbers) | U.S.Refurbs | Minty Gadgets (we track serial numbers) |
lens type | Telephoto | Zoom lens | Zoom | Zoom lens | Telephoto Zoom Lens | Zoom lens |
compatible mountings | Nikon F (DX) | Nikon F | Nikon DX | Nikon F | Nikon F | Nikon F (FX) |
lens design | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom |
focus type | Micro-type ultrasonic | Auto Focus | Micro-type ultrasonic | Ring-type ultrasonic | Auto Focus | Auto Focus, Auto/Manual |
minimum focal length | 55 millimeters | 80 millimeters | 55 millimeters | 70 millimeters | 55 millimeters | 28 millimeters |
max focal length | 200 millimeters | 400 millimeters | 200 millimeters | 200 millimeters | 200 millimeters | 300 millimeters |
fixed focal length | 200 millimeters | 400 millimeters | 200 millimeters | 200 millimeters | 200 millimeters | 300 millimeters |
model name | 2166 | 2208 | 2166 | — | 2156 | — |
From the manufacturer
This versatile and compact 3.6x Zoom-NIKKOR lens brings the action to the photographer. Ideal for portraiture, family, sports, nature and wildlife.
- An ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass element minimizes chromatic aberration, contributing to superior optical performance
- Focus mode switch enables quick switching between A (Autofocus) and M (Manual Focus)
- 7-blade rounded diaphragm provides more natural out-of-focus highlights
- Vibration Reduction, engineered specifically for each VR NIKKOR lens, enables handheld shooting at up to 3 shutter speeds slower than would otherwise be possible, assuring dramatically sharper still images and video capture
- New compact rod-type Silent Wave Motor (SW) enables ultra-high speed auto focusing with exceptional accuracy and super-quiet operation
- The lens is constructed with 15 elements in 11 groups
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Product Dimensions | 3.94 x 2.87 x 2.87 inches |
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Item Weight | 11.8 ounces |
ASIN | B000O161X0 |
Item model number | 2166 |
Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. |
Customer Reviews |
4.6 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #102 in SLR Camera Lenses |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | June 17, 2003 |
Manufacturer | Nikon |
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Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR [Vibration Reduction] Zoom Nikkor Lens. What’s in the box: Nikon AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED Lens, 52mm Snap-On Lens Cap, LF-1 Rear Lens Cap for F Mount Lenses and 1-Year Warranty.
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Customers like the quality, portability, and image quality of the camera lens. For example, they mention it's a very fine lens, produces great and vibrant photos, and is easy to carry around all day. That said, they're happy with the zoom range, sharpness, and ease of use. Opinions are mixed on auto focus.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the lens. They say it is a very fine lens, with no signs of flaws. They also appreciate the better quality of construction than the demo lens. Customers say it makes a good portrait lens, and the bokeh is decent. They are impressed by the results and find it sharp with great color and contrast.
"...+ 52mm filter size. This makes it a great companion to the kit lens (you can swap filters), and it's a common size that's easy to provide for...." Read more
"...VR is for real! The quality of construction is better than I remembered on the demo lens and the plastic lens mount, while certainly not my first..." Read more
"Very good quality and well set up" Read more
"Lens arrived on time, and packed well. All features worked and picture quality good for this price point...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the image quality of the lens. They mention that it produces great and vibrant photos, with crystal clear images every time. The feature works great and it's capable of taking pretty good pictures as long as the light is good. They also say that the lens is capable of making sharp photos in dim light and produces beautifully rendered shallow depth-of-field shots. Customers also appreciate the bokeh and have not noticed much chromatic aberration.
"...The lens is sharp with no particularly nasty characteristics, and no distortion that can't be fixed by your average post-processing RAW developer..." Read more
"...negligible, pictures are sharp (especially around the center), bokeh is beautiful, and I haven't noticed much chromatic aberrations or vignetting...." Read more
"...It is sharp, has fast autofocus and I can take sharp, beautiful handheld images with ease at 200mm with this lens. VR is for real!..." Read more
"...All features worked and picture quality good for this price point...." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the lens. They say it's a good budget lens, and a solid performer for serious hobbyists.
"...It's an excellent performer all around at rock-bottom prices...." Read more
"...CONCLUSION: great, great lens for its price. It's even better if you just bought an 18-55mm and you're looking for your first zoom lens." Read more
"...This lens is the best bang for the buck of any lens I have ever purchased: I paid less for this lens than my friend paid in sales tax on the last..." Read more
"Another quality product from Nikon at a super price! Recommend this seller to all." Read more
Customers like the zoom range of the camera lens. They mention that it's a great zoom, with smooth action. The quality of the zoom is awesome, and the Vibration Reduction is a must. The lens is sharp, has excellent depth of field, and autofocus is fast enough.
"...+ Precise build and functional, tactile controls. The zoom ring is well damped, not prone to creeping, and turns with a great degree of precision..." Read more
"...The auto-focus is decently fast and quiet, the zoom range makes it great for anything from portraits to capturing subjects from afar, and the..." Read more
"...Thus, the ~11x zoom is quite impressive...." Read more
"...The zoom ring has a light feel combined with a bit of static friction, the combination of which makes it easy to overshoot your intended framing..." Read more
Customers like the portability of the camera lens. They mention that it is very light, and easy to lug around all day. The lens body is made of very light weight plastic, making it easy to carry around.
"...PROS+ It's thoroughly manageable to carry. This lens is ridiculously light and reasonably compact for a telephoto zoom...." Read more
"...whole package of desirable features, which in my view includes reasonable weight, VR, good sharpness across their range, and good focus performance...." Read more
"...that's to be expected and it is part of the reason that the lens is so light...." Read more
"...longer than the earlier 55-200mm non-VR DX lens, but is still extremely light as a result of all-plastic construction, including the lensmount...." Read more
Customers like the sharpness of the lens. They mention it's really sharp, has excellent sharpness and contrast at all focal lengths, and is suitable for all outdoor photography. Some say that it'll produce crisp, clear pictures across the frame. Overall, most are happy with the sharp performance of this lens.
"...+ Image quality is excellent. The lens is sharp with no particularly nasty characteristics, and no distortion that can't be fixed by your average..." Read more
"...It is sharp, has fast autofocus and I can take sharp, beautiful handheld images with ease at 200mm with this lens. VR is for real!..." Read more
"...The lens does give decently sharp images across the frame, I'm sure there are better lenses out there but for the money I'd say this one is a solid..." Read more
"...which in my view includes reasonable weight, VR, good sharpness across their range, and good focus performance...." Read more
Customers find the camera lens easy to use. They mention it's easy to connect and use, the process was simple, fast, and pleasant. They appreciate the ease of use and quality of the product. They also appreciate the complete ease of auto-focus operation, razor sharp clarity, depth of color, and the joy to use it.
"The ease of attaching the lens, and the simplicity of making the lens adjustments. The quick delivery of the product." Read more
"...is better than my SP Di II Tamron, by miles, and it is a pleasure to use. I posted photo's the day I received this lens because it's a keeper...." Read more
"...The indelible strengths of the lens are the complete ease of auto-focus operation, razor sharp clarity, depth of color, and vibration reduction...." Read more
"...The lens is easy to install, easy to use, and gives very good picture quality thanks to the vibration reduction feature, all for a reasonable price...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the auto focus of the lens. Some mention that it's better than their SP Di II Tamron, and it focuses quickly. The autofocus works smoothly, and the VR option works perfectly. However, others say that it is tricky to get sharp focus 100% of the time, as it is slow and has problems auto focusing in low light conditions. The minimum focus is about two meters, and some customers report that the lens just stopped focussing.
"...+ Autofocus doesn't mess around. The lens isn't any more prone to hunting than you'd expect, and usually locks on quickly and silently...." Read more
"...It is sharp, has fast autofocus and I can take sharp, beautiful handheld images with ease at 200mm with this lens. VR is for real!..." Read more
"...Zooming in all the way, it is tricky to get sharp focus 100% of the time, as it would be for any zoom lens, but with VR (vibration reduction)..." Read more
"...Outdoors during the ceremony, the lens focused fairly fast, and I was able to get decent shallow depth of field at full zoom so that I got some..." Read more
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PROS
+ It's thoroughly manageable to carry. This lens is ridiculously light and reasonably compact for a telephoto zoom. If you get a chance to handle its bulkier cousins, the 55-300mm and the 70-300mm (or third party equivalents), you'll appreciate just how little the plastic 55-200mm weighs. It also takes up next to no space in just about any gear bag, whether you bought it or improvised. You know what they say about the best camera, right? Same goes with lenses-- if you didn't carry it with you, it's not doing you any good! Even with the hood, it's compact.
+ Versatile zoom range. The 55-200mm reach gives you the ability to take shots while walking around without trouble. The wide end (55mm) is a medium telephoto in DX terms, but you can still be reasonably close in before having trouble fitting something in the frame. 200mm isn't going to get you near exotic wildlife, but you'd be surprised at how well you can grab birds or other small creatures with "just" 200mm. With the increasingly high-resolution sensors DSLRs are fitted with, you're also likely able to crop inwards a bit further if needbe.
+ Quiet. Focusing and vibration reduction are both very discreet, enough so that I'm more than comfortable using this lens during events. Audible? Sure, but not enough to bug anyone more than your standard shutter. Speaking of vibration reduction though...
+ Vibration reduction. It works. And it's completely worth it. You must remember that you're still going to get subject blur at lower shutter speeds, but for all intents and purposes I've been able to forget about handheld shake for daily shooting with this lens. It's really quite remarkable. On the other hand, don't think you're going to be doing much shooting during a car chase or anything.
+ Image quality is excellent. The lens is sharp with no particularly nasty characteristics, and no distortion that can't be fixed by your average post-processing RAW developer (or indeed, in-camera JPEG correction).
+ Beautiful compliment to the 18-55mm kit. Its aperture at the wide end (f/4) handily beats the kit lens' f/5.6, which can give you a little more breathing room if you need it without overlapping enough to make the kit lens superfluous.
+ Precise build and functional, tactile controls. The zoom ring is well damped, not prone to creeping, and turns with a great degree of precision for such a cheap lens. Sure, the manual focusing ring is tiny, but if you do need to use it I've found it works just fine (although a bit on the looser side). Infinitely better than the kit 18-55mm's ring, in my opinion.
+ Internal focusing. The lens doesn't extend unless you want it to, and the filter ring doesn't mess about if you're into polarizers or graduated ND filters.
+ 52mm filter size. This makes it a great companion to the kit lens (you can swap filters), and it's a common size that's easy to provide for.
+ Autofocus doesn't mess around. The lens isn't any more prone to hunting than you'd expect, and usually locks on quickly and silently.
CONS
- Focusing ring is a bit slim. If you do really want to take advantage of manual focus, you'd be better served by a lens that's ergonomically designed for it. In a similar fashion,
- Dedicated manual/autofocus modes. Nikon's more expensive lenses (or their newer primes) generally have a M/A mode which allows you to override the autofocus by simply grabbing the focus ring and turning. This lens requires that you switch the lens into manual before you make such adjustments (at the risk of damaging the lens otherwise).
- 200mm maximum reach means that more distant subjects may leave you wishing for "just a little more." That said, take this with a grain of salt-- I upgraded to a 300mm lens recently, and while I appreciate the additional range it's hardly a revolutionary change.
- Slower speeds. It's an f/4-5.6 lens, so it's not going to be pretty if you're shooting indoors or at night. Your camera will need to have a solid higher ISO performance if you want these kinds of shots; even with vibration reduction, you'll either hit the VR system's limits or run into subject blur unless you can shoot at at least ISO 800/1600.
This lens was my second, and while I've moved on since I will miss it dearly. Amazing lens and a wonderful, wonderful place to start with photography.
1. Painfully slow (aperture of 4)
2. Slow AF - it takes just a slight but noticeable second longer to auto focus compared to an average lens (55-200 is not exactly ideal for shooting sports, especially if you're using it with D40/D40x/D60).
3. Build quality - the first impression of this lens is that it feels and weighs super cheap... probably because it is. Light weight is not necessarily a bad thing, though it does take away the enthusiasm when you wait a week for your lens to come to find out that it feels and looks cheap. But on the bright side, with all else being equal, lighter is (almost always) better and convenient.
The only real annoying problem out of the three is the aperture, so my advise: get a flash. This obviously isn't a complete "solution" but hey, if you don't have one, you need one anyways. If you have one, then you shouldn't have problems exposing the pictures correctly despite the low aperture. If you have a problem with slow AF and cheap build quality, just live with it. AF isn't all that slow.
Besides from these problems, everything else is great - I really didn't expect such a great quality from a 200 dollar lens. Barrel distortion is negligible, pictures are sharp (especially around the center), bokeh is beautiful, and I haven't noticed much chromatic aberrations or vignetting. It's got Vibration reduction that allows me to shoot about 2 stops lower (may be add another 1/3 more), it's got IF which is somewhat useless but cool to have because the size of the lens doesn't change as you focus. I mean, for 200 dollars, what more do you want?
If you want to look for other options, you're probably looking at 18-200mm VR (about $650). Now, in my opinion, 18-200mm isn't all that great because it has a lot of distortion at 18mm, it's not very sharp around the edges and you may become annoyed with the lack of friction as you carry it around. Although there's no way to beat the convenience of 18-200mm, I would argue that the quality of 55-200 is better, at about 1/3 the cost ($210). If you're lazy or if you want to backpack in Europe with minimal equipment, then 18-200 would be your choice. But if you you want better pictures at lower cost, 55-200mm is the way to go. If you have money to burn? then well, you're a lucky bastard.
70-200mm is in a league that is completely different than 55-200, so it's not even worth mentioning. The 70-300mm VR ($479) seems like a good choice, especially if you bought the 18-70mm ($310)lens to begin with. But since I have yet to use a 70-300mm, I shall not compare it to the 55-200mm.
CONCLUSION: great, great lens for its price. It's even better if you just bought an 18-55mm and you're looking for your first zoom lens.
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Ovviamente bisogna valutare bene quale siano i propri temi(fotografici ) preferiti e quanto tempo libero si ha a disposizione per immortalarli!
Proprio così...il tempo libero a disposizione è importante perché ti orienta verso una spesa più o meno gravosa!
Questo obiettivo costa davvero nulla per la resa che ha e per la discreta versatilità delle scene...ottimo per i ritratti con uno "sfumato" dello sfondo davvero entusiasmante,e, in condizioni di buona luce,diaframmando si ottengono foto molto ben definite su tutto l'inquadratura!
È vero che non ha una grande apertura per cui non si può definire un obiettivo luminoso, ma "smanettando" con la compensazione esposizione e diminuendo di pochi stop il tempo di esposizione si ottengono foto davvero ottime!
A tutte le escursioni focali,grazie al VR, non si ha paura di niente e si può tranquillamente fotografare un dettaglio in cima a un palazzo senza che ne venga compromesso il dettaglio!
È un accessorio che bisogna assolutamente avere nel corredo! P.s. essendo un medio tele è ottimo anche per la fotografia naturalistica,qualche bel macro/Micro di un fiore,insetto strambo :) etc...
Ottimo acquisto,sono super soddisfatto da Nikon e Amazon (4 giorni prima della consegna stimata)
En ce qui concerne la qualité, bon c'est un f/4-5.6 donc on ne peut pas s'attendre à avoir les mêmes images que lorsqu'on a un objectif avec une plus grande ouverture... Mais le prix n'est pas le même ^^ En outre, le stabilisateur permet d'éviter (un petit peu) certains flous de bougé.
Je compte l'utiliser sur un D3100 et un D7100, bien que je préfère utiliser mon sigma 17-50 f/2.8 sur le D7100 ;)