Reviewed By: I B Harvey on 17/08/2007,     Customer Rating: 

I purchased the ED version of Nikon 70-300mm lens as an upgrade to this cheaper Nikon 70 - 300 G series and after many test shots can't find any difference whatsoever in the optical quality between the two (I looked really hard). The ED lens is built better than this G. On the ED version I was very disapointed that only 1 of the 13 glass elements has ED glass and seems a bit of a con. The speed of focusing is also the same. This lens does suffer from a little purple fringing as does the ED but otherwise takes good pictures. Strongly recommend that you buy this much cheaper G version of this lens. I suspect the optics are identical.

Reviewed By: M J Aurobindo on 15/05/2007,     Customer Rating: 

The Nikon 70-300mm G lens is lightweight and has broad zoom range. Between 70-300 it's soft at large aperture - and this can be used to create shallow depth of field for the floral pictures or portraits. For getting higher depth of field one need to use smaller apertures - preferably smaller than F/11.

The Nikon 70-300mm G lens has plastic mount bayonet instead of metal (as in ED) - I take it as an advantage for the light weight of the lens. Also thanks to Nikon for includind the lens hood with this lens.

As for all G lens this lens does not have an aperture ring. You need to control the aperture from the camera body. Please check the compatible Nikon cameras which can use this lens.

Performance - I tested on Nikon N80 - produces quite good result and excellent floral macros with blurred backgrounds. Focusing is fast and very sharp.

My conclusion is - if you are looking for a light-weight telephoto zoom lens at low price this is the best buy. I will recommend this lens strongly for learners and amateur photographers. However, for professionals who can afford to pay more can look for ED and VR lens.