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VR really works and the price can't be beat.
I had the 55-200mm non VR version for about 5 months, sold it to essentally recover my cost, and bought the VR version as a replacement. The non VR version was very compact and light, and produced excellent photos, but the slightly larger VR version is so much more usable I don't miss the other lens at all. The VR works as advertised and allows me to take pictures at 3 times or more lower shutter speeds than the non VR version. While I would love the 18-200mm VR for the convenience, I will never...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review can be read at Amazon.com]
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06/07/2007
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Light weight lens ideal for traveling
This is a light weight lens, ideal for traveling.
This lens is quite sharp from 55mm to 105mm wide open. From 135mm to 200mm, you may need to step down or do some post-processing to sharpen the image a little. VR works as advertised. You general gain about 3 stops. For instance, you should be able to get reasonably sharp images at 1/15 sec at 55mm, and 1/30 sec at 200mm.
Vignetting (darker corners) is not noticable from 55mm to 105mm. Vignetting is very pronounced wide open...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review by David Yu can be read at Amazon.com]
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David Yu
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05/14/2007
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San Diego, CA United States
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The obvious next step for Nikon D40x owners...
If you own a Nikon D40x with its stock autofocus zoom lens rated at 18-55 mm new digital style and equivalent to 26-83 mm old style, this is the obvious next step purchase. Rated at 55-200 mm new style and equivalent to 83-300 mm old style it's small, light and really does cut out camera shake to allow genuine "point & shoot" at its higher focal lengths, giving you a "tripod-less", perfectly matched combination of two autofocus Nikkor lenses covering a full 18-200 mm new style (26-300 mm old sty...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/24/2007
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Great lens, great price, make sure you get the VR model
My camera came with a 17-55mm kit lens and I was salivating over the idea of saving up and getting the 17-200mm lens. The quality of the kit lens itself became apparent when I took identical pictures with different lenses and the kit was clearly better. But that elusive 17-200mm- it cost 750 bucks (at least) IF you could find it in stock, and reports were that the quality was uneven- some individual lenses worked better than others. I don't have the option of trying out several lenses- I have...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review can be read at Amazon.com]
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08/18/2007
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What they say
Overwhelming positive responses for a reason. The VR is almost magic in that you can take sharp photos in dim light. It only cost me $203, doesn't weigh much and seems to be as sharp as a small format photo can be.
It makes a good portrait lens. I was chasing kids around the yard trying to get good shots with good backrounds and all that. The length of the lens allowed me to back off and not have to jamb a short lens into their little faces. I got good exposures, depth of field (entir...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review can be read at Amazon.com]
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11/28/2007
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Slow Shutter speed = great pictures
I have had this new VR 55-200 lens for over two weeks and love it. This lens definitely captures pictures in lower light without the blur of a non VR lens. Last week I was up in the mountains above Park City Utah when a Bull Moose came walking by me. It was about 6:00PM so the light was pretty low. I shot the moose with my Nikon D80 at 200MM at a F 5.6, ISO 200 at 1/40th of a second. The picture is amazingly clear. If this was my other non VR zoom Nikon lens, the picture would have been a tota...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/24/2007
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Sharp, small, light and CHEAP
Remember when the non-VR version of this lens was over $270? For $235, I got this beauty from Amazon just before my daughter's college graduation. From across the football stadium where the ceremony was held, I got exceptionally sharp images, so clear and free of distortion that I can crop up to 75% without losing detail. I also have a Nikkor 28-200mm zoom and the 55-200 puts it to shame at long focal lengths, with VR engaged. Prior to the graduation, I tried some indoor shots of her department ...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review by R. Brooks can be read at Amazon.com]
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R. Brooks
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05/16/2007
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Greensboro, NC
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Second lens review
As I said in an earlier review I returned my first 55-200 VR lens as defective and received another. It works a lot better. The first one only produced sharp results on the right edge of the frame. The replacement zooms more smoothly, and has typical better center than edge sharpness especially at 200mm. The 55-100mm sharpness is very, very good and although the 200mm is a little soft wide open, it gets much better a stop or two down.
Recommended... if you get a correctly assembled le...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review can be read at Amazon.com]
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04/26/2007
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Great buy for the budget conscious.
I consider myself a step above a beginner in photography and wanted an ideal zoom lens to complement the decent but limiting 18-55mm that came with my recently purchased Nikon D40x. Wow! I am impressed with the quality of the 55-200 AF-S VR. I've posted some pictures here that can certainly attest to its quality - the VR certainly works. Beats having to carry a tripod around. You can use the same 52mm sized filters for both the 18-55 and 55-200. Pictures and colors come out sharp. You can master...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review can be read at Amazon.com]
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04/30/2007
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Excellent value for money
I bought this lens with the Nikon D80 body. The main attraction is the VR (Vibration reduction), followed by the price (under 250 USD) and the lightness (as if it weighs nothing compared witht the old AF lenses.)
The photo quality is excellent (at least by my standards) and at 200mm (equivalent to 300mm in film camera), flowers, birds, landscape are all at a close distance. Taking the lens out for a long trip is no burden at all. The VR function allows me to take snapshots at 1/...
[Nikon 2166 55-200mm F/4 review can be read at Amazon.com]
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06/23/2007
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