AF-D 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED

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I have the Nikon D70 with the 18-70mm lens,i now want a zoom lens.I have
seen some photos taken with this lens.
AF-D 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED .and the photos look ok on the web i have seen it
forsale at £249 has anybody got this lens and what is you opion of the
lens,also has anyone seen it on sale for less than the £249,and which
website is it on thankyou for any help cheers Stephen.

 

[MrB]

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I have this lens. I paid 115 USD which won't help you in the UK. You can see
a couple of pictures I took with it at

http/users.adelphia.net/~brooksro

Go to Digital Photos. The two bottom pics were taken with that lens. The
moon was at 300 mm and the poppies at 105 mm.

"Stephen Manaton" <meade@tivvy.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I have the Nikon D70 with the 18-70mm lens,i now want a zoom lens.I have
> seen some photos taken with this lens.
> AF-D 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED .and the photos look ok on the web i have seen it
> forsale at £249 has anybody got this lens and what is you opion of the
> lens,also has anyone seen it on sale for less than the £249,and which
> website is it on thankyou for any help cheers Stephen.
>
>
>
>

 

[MrB]

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Mine is the G lens, so I guess not a match. Sorry
MrB
"MrB" <brooksro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:W9GdnYdF5LZlSunfRVn-pQ@adelphia.com...
>I have this lens. I paid 115 USD which won't help you in the UK. You can
>see a couple of pictures I took with it at
>
> http/users.adelphia.net/~brooksro
>
> Go to Digital Photos. The two bottom pics were taken with that lens. The
> moon was at 300 mm and the poppies at 105 mm.
>
> "Stephen Manaton" <meade@tivvy.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:d52aks$hoe$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>I have the Nikon D70 with the 18-70mm lens,i now want a zoom lens.I have
>> seen some photos taken with this lens.
>> AF-D 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED .and the photos look ok on the web i have seen
>> it
>> forsale at £249 has anybody got this lens and what is you opion of the
>> lens,also has anyone seen it on sale for less than the £249,and which
>> website is it on thankyou for any help cheers Stephen.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

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Stephen Manaton <meade@tivvy.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> I have the Nikon D70 with the 18-70mm lens,i now want a zoom lens.I have
> seen some photos taken with this lens.
> AF-D 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED .and the photos look ok on the web i have seen it
> forsale at ?249 has anybody got this lens and what is you opion of the
> lens,also has anyone seen it on sale for less than the ?249,and which
> website is it on thankyou for any help cheers Stephen.
>

I bought this lens from B&H Photo and it works well for my current
needs, as it is very light to carry and it fit my current pocketbook
requirements. They sell it for $299 with a $50 mail-in-rebate from
Nikon. That is probably the $249 you have seen advertised.

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MrB <brooksro@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have this lens. I paid 115 USD which won't help you in the UK. You can see
> a couple of pictures I took with it at
>

I assume you bought the G version of the lens and not the ED-D version
of the lens.

> http/users.adelphia.net/~brooksro
>
> Go to Digital Photos. The two bottom pics were taken with that lens. The
> moon was at 300 mm and the poppies at 105 mm.

The lens does well at 105 mm, that is for sure. I took decent sharp
pictures all the way at 300 mm as well, but the color isn't quite as
bright. A tripod is all but required for sharpness at the extended
focal lengths.

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Hi Stephen,

Not sure if this is allowed in this group, but I have mint condition
one for sale on Ebay at the moment. Mines is not the only one, so you
could have a choice.

It's a very good lens in its class and they tend to go for a good bit
less than £249 on ebay

Have a look, you might be surprised.

By for now.

On Sun, 1 May 2005 11:22:28 +0100, "Stephen Manaton"
<meade@tivvy.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>I have the Nikon D70 with the 18-70mm lens,i now want a zoom lens.I have
>seen some photos taken with this lens.
>AF-D 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED .and the photos look ok on the web i have seen it
>forsale at £249 has anybody got this lens and what is you opion of the
>lens,also has anyone seen it on sale for less than the £249,and which
>website is it on thankyou for any help cheers Stephen.
>
>
>

Bye for now,

George Dingwall

Invergordon, Scotland

www.georgedingwall.freeuk.com

 

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"Stephen Manaton" <meade@tivvy.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> I have the Nikon D70 with the 18-70mm lens,i now want a zoom lens.I
> have seen some photos taken with this lens.
> AF-D 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED .and the photos look ok on the web i have
> seen it forsale at £249 has anybody got this lens and what is you
> opion of the lens,also has anyone seen it on sale for less than the
> £249,and which website is it on thankyou for any help cheers Stephen.
>
>
>
>
>

It's quite soft at 300mm and the images are so similar to the non-ED 'G'
version at less than half the price that the 'G' is the better deal. The
ED version only has one ED element, about in the middle of the lens, if I
remember correctly, and that's more of an advertising hype feature than a
true optical improvement.

Both have low contrast but that's insignificant in digital photography
(unless you have Photoshopophobia).

I have a 'G' and it's very much worth what I paid for it (US $99). £249
is a horribly inflated price for the ED lens.