AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3G ED Vibration Reduction Zoom Lens with Auto Focus for Nikon DSLR Cameras

This a great lens for close pictures and to 300mm. The pictures come out excellent and the auto features works with my nikon D7500.

I purchased this lens for use with a Nikon D3300 camera. I wanted a wide-ranging zoom lens to cover as much "territory" as possible without having to change (and carry) extra lenses. I read a number of online reviews before purchasing and I would encourage others to do the same. The chief competitor for this lens is the Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR (product 2196). Product 2196 differs from the lens being reviewed here (product 2216) in three significant ways: 1) it goes one f-stop faster (f/5.6 vs. f/6.3) at 300 mm focal length, 2) it weighs 9.9 oz. more, and 3) it costs about $100 more (as of this writing). Most reviews I've read indicated the sharpness and clarity of the two lenses are comparable. For me, the weight savings (and price) trumped the 1 f-stop. Saving a half-pound around my neck all day was more important to me. The $100 savings wasn't bad either. One real bonus feature of this lens is its great macro capability. At 300mm it will focus amazingly close and the image quality is superb. It is now my go-to macro lens. A minor downside is that as of this writing, there is no firmware (yet) for auto-correcting lens distortion for this lens. For me, this is not an issue, but just be aware. As others have pointed out, this does not come with either a case or a lens hood. Again, be aware. Bottom line: this is a great "cover lots of bases" lens. I am very happy with it. UPDATE: As of 12 September 2014, lens distortion correction firmware is available for this lens (firmware L 2.005). See the Nikon website for details and installation instructions. I installed this on my D3300 and distortion corrections worked properly. One other comment. After upgrading to the new firmware, my older version of ViewNX 2 (free Nikon software) would not work with RAW files on which the corrections were applied. After upgrading to the newest version of ViewNX2 (free), everything worked fine.

Outstanding lens very impressed with the results from using it photographing little league sports.

This Nikkor zoom is outstanding. I am very experienced in photography and I was pretty skeptical about such range of zoom, as this one has. My previous zoom Nikkor was 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G AF-S DX VR - good lens and was nearly perfect for my Nikon D70 and then Nikon D90 cameras. However, after buying Nikon D7100 I quickly figured out, that 18-200 is not sharp enough for D7100. I was waiting for test result and samples of Tamron 16-300 mm zoom lens. That result wasn't very satisfactory for me, especially at 300 mm. Then Nikon put to the market this 18-300 mm f/3.5-6.3 G ED VR lens and after reading Ken Rockwell's review and checking most of available samples ( one company was even using same camera (Nikon D7100) and same places for testing both Tamron 16-300 and Nikon 18-300 lenses, I made my choice. Of course, Tamron's 16mm wide angle looks very expressive and it has closer macro ability, but at 300 mm it fails. I was enlarging full sized original samples of both lenses at 300 mm: Nikon image was remaining sharp when Tamron had already blurred image. So, I made my choice and I am VERY happy with 18-300 mm Nikkor zoom. The lens is ultra sharp at any focal distances and seems to me even sharper at 300 mm than 18 mm, has very decent macro throughout the zoom range and superior VR ( 4 stops between 18-200mm and about 5 stops at 300 mm), not heavy and compact. For such zoom range it is making outstanding performance. I can recommend it to everyone who needs high performance compact and lightweight all in one zoom lens for almost any occasions.

I own a variety of amateur glass for my Nikons. Body's; I use a D5100 and D5500. This is by far my most commonly used lense. During family outings, parks, zoo days, this is my go to lense. It allows me to capture near and far without carrying two cameras or swapping lenses. However, compared to my 18-55 and 55-300, the pic quality does suffer ever so slightly at different ranges. When out at 300, this lense falls about 10% short of where the 55-300 can reach. and the pic quality at that range is arguably better on the 55-300. I say arguably because ive never went 1:1 on these shots to compare. The real 1:1 testing I have done has been in shorter range, and while the zoom reach is definitely shorter, the quality is so similar at close range its hard to decipher.. Ive taken shots at the local zoo with both and taken very similar shots on different days, and i do prefer the 55-300 for quality, but still use the 18-300 for its versatility. What this has allowed, which is awesome.. is for me to carry my second camera with a prime lense instead of having the 18-55 on it. Now i carry either a 35 or 50 on the d5100 to grab great portraits. Sometimes i like to pull in really far, and get a close up of an animal, then come back out and grab a pic of the boy with the animal in frame in the background. Having this 18-300 allows all of that in one package. I attached some pics i caught with this lense. Pros *) 18-300 in one lense, that in it self is a HUGE pro **) Extremely small and light weight. Its lighter and smaller than the 55-300. Is that a pro however? ive read and found personally, when a lense with similar or more attributes is smaller than a comparable model with less.. The image quality is usually what pays the price. Cons *) 18-200 moves very freely, and nice. 200-300 meets some opposition and stiffness. **) 300 on this lense and 300 on my 55-300 are not the same 300. Sadly i noticed this with my tamron 16-300 as well, i had hoped the nikon wouldnt do that to me; but it has. Would i recommend this to others, absolutely. Would i recommend it over the 55-300; that depends on situation. I personally feel I will have a use for both. I just need to figure out how thats going to work for me. All of this is on DX bodies only, as this is a DX lense I feel its fair to only bring those up. On an FX body you need to enable a DX crop mode and loose a chunk of the resolution only using the center of the image sensor. No point in doing that :P I personally dont own an FX body yet, but the plans are there to add one to the mix sooner than later :) Pics and what lense was used - 55-300 jaguar snow leopard red panda boy in green shirt 18-300 lions boy in blue

A objetiva é original e, sendo da Nikon, para usar nas câmeras da Nikon, não há o que acrescentar!

Muy contento con el objetivo, venia de tener el objetivo de Tamron, y comprar ese objetivo con este objetivo Nikkor no tiene sentido. Este es un millón de veces mejor, en todos los aspectos: enfoque, zoom, materiales... No entiendo mucho pero la verdad que merece totalmente la pena esperar un poco más y comprar directamente este objetivo. Recomiendo totamente este objetivo, perfecto para videos, fotos en eventos, tanto con mucha luz con poca luz... no se que más decir... La verdad que muy contento con la compra

I am a graphic designer and photographer; I am also a Nikon fanboy. I have used Sony and Canon, but always come back to my trusty Nikon D5300. I had an AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105 mm but sadly smashed it while on a night shoot. I was looking for a replacement but couldn't find a new one, and when I did, they were extortionately expensive. I did some research and found this one on Amazon that I could get on 5, 0% interest instalments, which was a no brainer, I really wish Amazon did more items on the 5 easy payment, 0% interest instalments scheme. It is so helpful and is a peace of mind. I have literally, just ordered a 4K monitor that I found on their website too. The lens is a Nikon 2216 AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300 mm. But more importantly it has a metal F-Mount, which is a big deal because I have had my plastic one’s break. So, for me that is a massive bonus! I bought a new 67mm hood for the lens and already had a good quality CIR-PL filter. On Friday, I used the lens for the first time on a night shoot for a client in the middle of nowhere with a crew of 50 people and tower lights and the lens was fantastic, the 18-300 zoom was so helpful as the job site was about 650 metres long. I did the majority of photos handheld I took a few on my tripod, but to be honest it was just easier. The lens is not light along with my camera the whole thing weights about 2.6lbs. I got some lovely bokeh shots and some nice clean close ups of the crews. There is a bit of noise but with lightroom I have setup a batch reduction on the RAW files. I have to say this is an excellent official Nikon lens, and for the money it is expensive, but if you are able to do the 0% interest payments. I would highly recommend.

A great choice for any general users who are ready to compromise a bit for the convenience of having an all in one lens. The image quality is upto mark and it has all the necessary functionalities like focus lock, vibration reduction, choice of auto or manual control. The lens itself is significantly bulkier than the 18-50 mm lens but that’s something which is expected. I find it a great all round companion for my Nikon d5300 at this price point.

Good product, works as expected