Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF Auto Focus-S DX VR [Vibration Reduction] Nikkor Zoom Lens
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Features
- 55-200mm zoom Nikon lens with f/4-5.6 maximum aperture for Nikon digital SLR cameras
- 2 extra-low-dispersion (ED) glass elements for minimized chromatic aberration and superior optics
- Silent Wave Motor produces quick and quiet high-speed autofocusing; weighs 9 ounces
- Measures 2.7 inches in diameter and 3.1 inches long; 1-year warranty
- White box(bulk packaging)
Description
This versatile and compact 3.6x Zoom-NIKKOR lens brings the action to the photographer. Ideal for portraiture, family, sports, nature and wildlife. AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED Lens. An ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass element minimizes chromatic aberration, contributing to superior optical performance. 7-blade rounded diaphragm provides more natural out-of-focus highlights
Brand: Nikon
Focal Length Description: F= 4 ~5.6 f=55 ~ 200 mm
Lens Type: Telephoto
Compatible Mountings: Nikon F (DX)
Camera Lens Description: Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR [Vibration Reduction] Nikkor Zoom Lens Bulk packaging (White box, New) See more
Focal Length Description: F= 4 ~5.6 f=55 ~ 200 mm
Lens: Telephoto
Compatible Camera Mount: Nikon F (DX)
Maximum Focal Length: 20 centimeters
Minimum Focal Length: 8.3 centimeters
Lens Design: Zoom
Focus Type: Auto Focus
Lens Fixed Focal Length: 5.5 centimeters
Lens Coating Description: ナノARコーティング
Zoom Ratio: 3.6x
Image stabilization: Vibration reduction up to 3 stops
Real Angle Of View: 28.5 degrees
Minimum Aperture: 32
Number of Diaphragm Blades: 7
Photo Filter Size: 5.2 centimeters
Lens Mount: Nikon F
Screen Size: 3.91 inches
Color: black
Compatible Devices: Compatible with Nikon Cameras
Exposure Control Type: Automatic
Media Type: ProductImage
Water Resistance Level: Not Water Resistant
Video Capture Format: MP4
Video Capture Resolution: 1080p
Brand: Nikon
Camera Lens: Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR [Vibration Reduction] Nikkor Zoom Lens Bulk packaging (White box, New)
Model Name: 2166
UPC: 182080216660 617689497122 044857496524 661799675895 018208021666 018208021567
Number of Items: 1
Manufacturer Part Number: 2166
Global Trade Identification Number: 66, 24, 41
Unit Count: 1 Count
Built-In Media: LC-52 Snap-on Front Lens Cap - LF-1 Rear Lens Cap
Item Part Number: JAA798DA, jaa798da
Item Weight: 335 g
Manufacturer: Nikon
Warranty Description: 1 YEAR
Model Number: 2166
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Top Amazon Reviews
Color: black
I've been using this lens on my Nikon D40. Truth be told, I wasn't too thrilled with the basic kit that only came with the 18-55 lens. I'd been using my Canon SI3 as my preferred camera for sporting events, travel, and school activities. I'd had my eye on this lens for a while but just couldn't justify the price until I found a reasonably priced refurbished lens. The icing on the cake for me is that I get incredible compositions with a very modest investment (my lens was half the retail price of a new one at Circuit City). I couldn't be more pleased. Low lighting and shadows do limit some shots that include action or rapid movement. On the other hand, most lenses and cameras have this limitation. But if your subject is relatively still, you'll have no problem letting in more light at a slower shutter speed to get great photos. Like any lens, your best shots will be in good daylight or strong indoor lighting. You won't be disappointed. Because it's a zoom lens, you won't be able to stand too close to your subject. One of the downsides of 55 mm. But I compensate for this by just waiting until my subject is at least 4 feet away so that I can get the best focusing opportunity. If you take advantage of the fast shutter technology from your camera, you'll greatly appreciate the wonderful results and impressive boket that makes your work look like a trained professional. Nothing takes your breath away more than a photo of your child who is in crisp focus while the background blurs in the distance. It's one of the best features of digital photography that you can simply delete out photos and only keep the very best ones. You may find that changing to 800 ISO and activating the noise reduction feature in the D40 gives you just what you need - fast shutter speeds that stop the action without degrading the photo. While it will add some size to your camera, the light weight allows you to hold the kit for as long as you want without wearing you out. To take advantage of this lens to its fullest, I recommend using a high resolution (quality set to Fine, size set to Large). Avoid throwing out shots via the camera delete function when in playback. Instead - wait until you can download all the photos to your computer and look around for interesting sections of your composition. Then use your photo editing software to crop and keep the unexpected gems you may have missed while trying to make decisions on the viewfinder. I found interesting facial expressions or live action scenes that would have been deleted. For example, while aiming at a fountain, a small bird was in mid flight with wings extended off center. I just cropped so that the bird was centered in the resulting output and it looks like I had aimed at him all along. Thanks to the high resolution setting, I still had enough pixels available for a good looking printed photo. This is a very cool, must have accessory for your Nikon. Whether you buy new or refurbished, you won't regret your decision once you've mounted it onto your camera
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Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2008 by Trojan LRey
Color: black
Obviously, I did not give a rating of 5 because this lens is the best lens ever, but because it's quite a deal for its price. If I could, I'd give it a 4.5. If you bought a Nikon D40/40x/60 with an 18-55mm lens, this should logically be your next choice. First, here are the cons: 1. Painfully slow (aperture of 4) 2. Slow AF - it takes just a slight but noticeable second longer to auto focus compared to an average lens (55-200 is not exactly ideal for shooting sports, especially if you're using it with D40/D40x/D60). 3. Build quality - the first impression of this lens is that it feels and weighs super cheap... probably because it is. Light weight is not necessarily a bad thing, though it does take away the enthusiasm when you wait a week for your lens to come to find out that it feels and looks cheap. But on the bright side, with all else being equal, lighter is (almost always) better and convenient. The only real annoying problem out of the three is the aperture, so my advise: get a flash. This obviously isn't a complete "solution" but hey, if you don't have one, you need one anyways. If you have one, then you shouldn't have problems exposing the pictures correctly despite the low aperture. If you have a problem with slow AF and cheap build quality, just live with it. AF isn't all that slow. Besides from these problems, everything else is great - I really didn't expect such a great quality from a 200 dollar lens. Barrel distortion is negligible, pictures are sharp (especially around the center), bokeh is beautiful, and I haven't noticed much chromatic aberrations or vignetting. It's got Vibration reduction that allows me to shoot about 2 stops lower (may be add another 1/3 more), it's got IF which is somewhat useless but cool to have because the size of the lens doesn't change as you focus. I mean, for 200 dollars, what more do you want? If you want to look for other options, you're probably looking at 18-200mm VR (about $650). Now, in my opinion, 18-200mm isn't all that great because it has a lot of distortion at 18mm, it's not very sharp around the edges and you may become annoyed with the lack of friction as you carry it around. Although there's no way to beat the convenience of 18-200mm, I would argue that the quality of 55-200 is better, at about 1/3 the cost ($210). If you're lazy or if you want to backpack in Europe with minimal equipment, then 18-200 would be your choice. But if you you want better pictures at lower cost, 55-200mm is the way to go. If you have money to burn? then well, you're a lucky bastard. 70-200mm is in a league that is completely different than 55-200, so it's not even worth mentioning. The 70-300mm VR ($479) seems like a good choice, especially if you bought the 18-70mm ($310)lens to begin with. But since I have yet to use a 70-300mm, I shall not compare it to the 55-200mm. CONCLUSION: great, great lens for its price. It's even better if you just bought an 18-55mm and you're looking for your first zoom lens.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2008 by F. Paik
Color: black
I just purchased this lens a week ago to compliment my also recently purchased D3100. I was enticed by the deal currently running through the end of September which gives you $100 off the price, and I have to say, even at full price, this lens is great! The zoom range means that you can do everything from basic portraiture to capturing subjects from a moderate distance. I took my D3100 and the 55-200 to a wedding this weekend, where I shot about 300 photos, 169 of which ended up being "good enough" to "incredible" (by which I'm giving my subjective interpretation of my shooting ability, not necessarily an objective review of the lens' quality). Outdoors during the ceremony, the lens focused fairly fast, and I was able to get decent shallow depth of field at full zoom so that I got some great candid portraits from afar of the couple (approximately 40 feet away), with pleasingly (though not amazingly) blurred foreground and background, and a few turned out well enough that I feel they could be printed and framed and while not professional level, would definitely be eye catching. During the evening, and inside the banquet hall where the lighting was not so great, the lens had some trouble with moving subjects too far away to light up with the built in flash. However, portraits of people who weren't moving much, and action shots within range of the on board flash, came out just fine. The lens does give decently sharp images across the frame, I'm sure there are better lenses out there but for the money I'd say this one is a solid buy. The auto-focus is decently fast and quiet, the zoom range makes it great for anything from portraits to capturing subjects from afar, and the construction is decent enough that you don't feel like it'll break just from normal use. Overall, I'd buy this lens again (and again, and again...). Oh, and as an added bonus, 55mm on this lens has max. aperture of 1/4.0, which is twice as big as on the 18-55 kit lens (which has max. aperture of 1/5.6 at full telephoto). What that means is that you get a bit more light through the lens to the sensor with the zoom lens, if I understand optics correctly. That *should* make this lens better suited for portraiture and moderate lighting situations at that focal length, than the kit lens. Sorry, not the most technical review, but I have to admit, for $150 this lens let me capture some amazing moments at a dear friend's wedding, and you can't really put a price on that!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2012 by Blueberry789
Color: black
I've been taking photos for the past year or so, moving from my Olympus Pl2 to a Nikon D90 DSLR, and I feel that this zoom lens is a terrific purchase. I bought this lens from "ELECTRONIC DEALS", so your customer experience and product may vary depending on your vendor. Since there's about 550+ reviews about all the great technical stuff, I'll just go into the things that I thought were interesting. I initially bought this lens as a "walk-around" lens for street photography. I found that I only used about 55-135 for about 90% of all my photos, since 200mm would put a person's face on your entire image if they were standing across a NYC street. Because of this, I would recommend that some people reconsider their purchase if they plan to use this lens for "street photography" As I got to use the lens more, I noted that if I shook my camera enough, I could almost feel a little movement inside of the lens. However, the lens mount seems to particularly sturdy, considering that it's a plastic mount. I've jumped/fallen at least 3+ feet on multiple occasions (from one platform to another) while bracing the camera, and I haven't had any trouble. (As firm and sturdy as I first got it) Along with what I said before, some people commented that the lens might not be as sturdy as some others, since it's made out of plastic. I don't think this is the case, since I've smacked my zoom lens into train turnstiles and the occasional wall on multiple occasions, without as much as a knick on the lens.(Thank goodness for UV filters though. One time I smacked the front element right into a steel bar. The filter's threading lost some paint, but otherwise, everything was fine.) However, a good, intentional smack on the side may do some real damage. I haven't experienced any "creeping" (when the lens starts to zoom by itself if you turn it upside down) in the past few months, and I don't expect any in the future. The rubbery plastic exterior helps me change my focal length on the fly if I only have two fingers, or a open wrist available. (aka. it has good grip) Annnnd... I've noticed that some of my colors desaturate a little if you go into full-zoom, but it was never a problem for me. VR is fantastic, especially when used hand-held in the middle of a busy street. The aperture range is completely acceptable for my uses, so I don't have any complaints. In conclusion, one of my only complaints about this lens is completely my fault. I bought it as a walk-around lens (along with a prime lens), and its max. focal length is beyond what I need, while its min. focal length is a bit higher than what I would like (I would have to stand at least three feet away from my subject to simply focus on their nose at 55mm>becomes ~82 since it's a DX lens). I think that I might go towards a 18-105mm lens in the future, but this lens produces great and vibrant photos, depending on your skill set.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2013 by Greene
Color: black
Short version of my review: this is a superb Nikkor lens at a ridiculously low price - buy it. Slightly longer version of my review: When I bought my D3100 9 months ago, I tried a 55-200 in the camera store. The demo lens was not impressive as it creaked nonstop on the camera body and I was not thrilled with a plastic lens mount on a relatively large lens, so I decided to get a Tamron 70-300 instead. The Tamron is a fine lens for the money, had a metal mount and is fully capable of hand-held shooting at 70mm, but there is no way I can take a sharp image at 200mm or 300mm without a tripod or monopod. So I decided it would be nice to have another tele lens that I could actually use handheld. When I saw that Amazon was selling the 55-200 VR for $149 with a free UV filter and free shipping, I decided that for such little money, I would take a chance on this lens and buy myself a Xmas present, so I got the Nikkor. To my pleasant surprise, the lens I received does not creak at all. It is sharp, has fast autofocus and I can take sharp, beautiful handheld images with ease at 200mm with this lens. VR is for real! The quality of construction is better than I remembered on the demo lens and the plastic lens mount, while certainly not my first choice, is acceptable for the ridiculously low price I paid. I treat all my camera equipment with great care - but the occasional accident does happen. I recently dropped my Panasonic LX-3 from a height of 4 feet on to a cement floor. Luckily, it was in its case and sustained zero damage. I doubt that dropping a DSLR with this lens from the same distance would result in no damage. I highly recommend this lens at the current price of $149 - it really is an incredible deal at that price point! Update: Now that I have been shooting with this lens for close to 6 months, I am even more impressed with it now than initially. It works very well for portraits and close-up photography, so I keep it on my D3100 most of the time now. I even won a photography contest using this lens to shoot cherry blossoms. This lens is the best bang for the buck of any lens I have ever purchased: I paid less for this lens than my friend paid in sales tax on the last lens he purchased! Highly recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2011 by Daniel S. Glickman
Color: black
I purchased and used this lens right away on a vacation where we took a few hundred pictures in several different lighting and action environments. In short, I love this lens. It works well as a standard zoom lens. The 55-200mm rating is equivalent to about a 300mm zoom for those familiar with 35mm film lenses, because the imaging area of the Nikon SLRs is about 65% the size of a 35mm negative. Thus, the ~11x zoom is quite impressive. Zooming in all the way, it is tricky to get sharp focus 100% of the time, as it would be for any zoom lens, but with VR (vibration reduction) turned on, this is helped and with enough lighting, vibration isn't an issue. VR isn't a miracle cure, especially in lower lighting conditions, so the more you can do to steady the camera, the better. I think the VR does help significantly, but you'll still need to be mindful of doing what you can to steady the camera. Another nice use of this lens is for portrait-type work. When used for candid or portrait shots, the zoom makes beautifully rendered shallow depth-of-field shots (where the subject is in perfect focus, but the background is blurry.) Manual focus on this lens isn't perfect, but for the price, you can't expect too much. The focus ring is fairly loose, not stiff, so you can focus quickly, but it can be difficult to manually focus with great precision. Also, there are no markers or anything to tell you where you're focused, so you'll have to do it all visually. Generally, though, auto-focus works well in most scenarios. Lastly, if money were no object, I may select the 18mm-200mm lens. We have the 18-55mm and with this 55-200mm, you do have your ranges covered, but there were times we wish we didn't have to change the lens for wide angle shots. But at 2x the cost for the full-range lens, I'll stick with this lens and having to switch between the two, as money is an object for most of us and this is still a very fine lens. I'm looking forward to many more beautiful images from this lens.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2008 by Zack M.
Color: black
Okay hold on, there is a story to this purchase. I bought this lens because I volunteer with a group of HS girls basketball players. These girls, while amazing, are still girls and have insecurities. I got to learn what angles they like with this camera and I also had them give it a try. This camera captured the best moments, and it meant the world to the seniors and their parents. While this school does hire professional photographers, all the girls annd parents agreed that my pictures were so much better because of this lense. It was so affordable, amazing quality, the autofocus on it was out of this world. It was fast. Great look and clarity to all the photos. I even trusted them to take their own pictures. This functionality this lense provide gave these girls amazing photos. For weeks after the season was over they posted these photos to all their social medias and the parents did too. This isn’t just a camera lense, it’s a memory frozen in time so that they can look back and enjoy for the rest of their life. This lens brought out the photographer in a lot of these basketball girls and captured the most wonderful senior night photos. If you’re contemplating getting it, just do it. The price is great, but overall the memories are priceless.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2025 by Darling
Color: black
I bought this lens to compliment the 18-55mm kit lens that came with my D5000 before a recent trip to Europe. I am so happy that I decided to make this investment. I feel like this lens really opens up the range on my camera, allowing me to zoom in more on far away items such as architectural detail on buildings, action in sporting events, nature and wildlife, etc. I got some really amazing pictures in Europe, like close-ups of the London Eye and shots of the top of the Eiffel Tower that just would not have been possible without this kind of zoom. The vibration reduction is great because it allows you to take handheld pictures at 200mm zoom without blurring on the image. The lens also provides great color and sharpness, just like you would expect from a Nikon lens. Now some things to consider before you purchase. If you're someone who doesn't like to switch lenses, or doesn't really like to think about what you want to shoot with, this might not be for you (but then a DSLR might not be right for you either, you might just want to shoot on something with a big time optical zoom). Because this lens reduces your field of view (the smaller the mm the larger your field of view) you can't use it to taking sweeping panoramic shots. You also have to be several feet away from an item to get this lens to focus, so you can't use this lens as a stand in macro where you're just trying to get more detail by zooming. You also need to think about what you want to focus on taking pictures of before you go out to shoot--for me, making a conscious decision to go out with this lens and only shoot distance really makes me notice different things. And leads to some great and different pictures. If you're looking to expand your range at a reasonable price, I can't recommend this lens enough. I feel like it's completely worth it!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2009 by B. A. Chaney