i absolutely love my lens I've been wanting one for ages and finally got one and cant remember how i ever went without it :) love it!

The Nikon AF-S DX 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR offers an impressive tele-photo zoom range at a reasonable price

Nikon's zoom manages to provide a reasonable 5.5x zoom range. It also has the added benefit of coming complete with a protective carrying pouch. Nikon's layout follows the common arrangement, with a narrow focusing ring at the front of the lens and a wide zoom ring behind it.

Pretty good lens, all in all - great package. Came with a cleaning materials and a tripod. The tripod is flimsy and not worth $20 however it was FREE. SO at least I can gift it to a friend.

I use this lens on my D5100 and works well for getting up-close pictures of... nature. Have not used it for any sports or action shots yet.

Has auto-focus and VR

Can't think of anything..

Arguably the least glamorous of Nikon's most recent lens announcements, this DX format zoom is intended to partner the 18-55mm kit lens bundled with the new D3100 and D5000. It's also meant as an alternative to the existing 55-200mm VR, offering more reach as the equivalent to an 82-450mm on a 35mm...

Almost all portraits from http://3foto.ro are made with 55-300mm on D7000. Tele lens means no distortion and blur background.

Good for portraits

none

The lens has great clarity at any zoom range, biggest complaint is the minimum focus range is 4.6 ft which i should have known before buy, but it would have stopped me from buying this anyways.

With the VR alone, it distances itself from other zoom lenses of the same specs.

I purchased this like the last customer to add to my standard 18 -55mm Lens, its on special at the moment, just been away and wow! for the price this is the lens to have , got close up shots with quality, I was looking for a zoom lens at a good price , well this is the one , you wont regret this...