If you are an amateur and have the money, blindly go for this lens. Yes I know you may be tempted by cheaper offerings from Tamron, Sigma or even the uber cheap Nikon AF 70-300, but if you can afford, this is the best for an amateur. I have personally used both the Tamron and Sigma, 70-300 variants for more than a month (borrowed from friends). What I sorely missed in them is the VR. If you cross 200, its absolutely impossible to take handheld pictures with them. Besides, after crossing 200, ...

useful only in bright lighting condition

Bought this 55-300 VR Lens from Flipkart.
This is an amazing product from Nikon for all amateur Nikonians!

1. Superb picture quality indoor or outdoor.
2. Brilliant results for Portrait.
3. Silent, Fast Auto Focus.
4. VR (VR stands for Vibration Reduction) Lens.
5. Very good built
6. Lens bag provided
7. Both 'Manual' & 'Auto' focus functions with VR 'On' & 'Off' options

Pros:
1. Cannot capture from close proximity as it is 55-300 mm lens! So not advised to use in small gatherings and priv...

I'm using Nikon D5100 with 18-55mm lens, with which I'm limited to short range in terms of Zoom. So I bought 55-300 from Nikon, keeping an idea that I could have range from 18-300(18-55 & 55-300). It's rightly priced for the kind of quality it gives. My expectations were far exceeded with this lens. The sharpness above 250mm is bit disappointing but with regular practice one can overcome that. I faced that problem initially and now I'm feeling far better with the kind of sharpness I'm able t...

I have been using the 55-300 along with my standard 18-55mm Nikkor, and must say its a very good combo. I have used it for some wildlife photography and the results are definitely more than satisfactory. Its an awesome lens and there is no 2nd thoughts about it.
The VR too is a must have, as per me. This really reduces the use of a tripod plus other advantages, shell out a bit more for the VR variant, if given a choice.

One combo would be to have one 18-55 and a 55-300/70-300. Another choice...

An Excellent Purchase. Thank you Flipkart and Nikon for this amazing product.

Super picture quality. Instant auto focus upto 200mm.. after that it takes some milli seconds for focusing. Happy to have this zoom lense. Very important for wild life photography.

I purchased this lens a month ago from Flipkart. Delivery was very good and I received my lens well packed and undamaged.
Those who want to purchase this lens, please remember that this is not an all purpose zoom lens & this is not a pro lens.
This lens works best and gives amazing photos in bright light. Taking handheld photos in low light conditions is difficult & sometimes not possible at all. Ofcourse you can solve this problem by using tripod & remote shutter release. Increasing ISO val...

For Nikon D5200 this is best one and at good price. Automatic focus works really well with this camera and photos comes in with good quality.

I've been using this lense for about an year now. i'm highly satisfied with the performance and the picture quality of this lens. Had purchased it from US. I used this lense for some portrait pics, pics in a marriage.. an they were really good. the lens is stable, picture quality is good and comparatively, pretty fast at auto focus. Photos come really good and distinct colors when shooting both indoor and outdoor..

have been using the 55-300 along with my standard 18-55mm Nikkor, and must say its a very good combo. I have used it for some wildlife photography and the results are definitely more than satisfactory. Its an awesome lens and there is no 2nd thoughts about it.
The VR too is a must have, as per me. This really reduces the use of a tripod plus other advantages, shell out a bit more for the VR variant, if given a choice.

One combo would be to have one 18-55 and a 55-300/70-300. Another choice w...