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<blockquote data-quote="r00ster" data-source="post: 575970" data-attributes="member: 42611">First PostI guess the reason I registered here today is simply to vent. I wish I had something constructive to add. But I don't.I am very disappointed with the Nikkor 55-200 zoom lens. I feel as though I got 'zoomed' by the positive hype I read on line before I made with the transaction. I didn't read far enough down the pages; I suppose.&nbsp; Here are my Details/Comments on 2 recent shots copied at imgur addresses that follow.One more thing: this lens eats batteries like my dog eats potato chips. &quot;Auto Focus with Nikon 55-200mm lens unreliable.&nbsp; I hear it struggling for several secs and result is very poor image/clarity. Auto Focus ON. VR ON. Polarizing Filter used.&nbsp; A sturdy tripod was used.&quot;&nbsp;<a href="http://imgur.com/rboXuvx" target="_blank">Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet</a><a href="http://imgur.com/gML5oNw" target="_blank">Mt. Baker from Boundary Bay, BC - Imgur</a>Let this be a caution to nature photogs. Pic quality doesn't compare all that favorably up against my Kodak 110 Instamatic I got in college back in 64.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="r00ster, post: 575970, member: 42611"] First Post I guess the reason I registered here today is simply to vent. I wish I had something constructive to add. But I don't. I am very disappointed with the Nikkor 55-200 zoom lens. I feel as though I got [I]'zoomed'[/I] by the positive hype I read on line before I made with the transaction. I didn't read far enough down the pages; I suppose. Here are my Details/Comments on 2 recent shots copied at imgur addresses that follow. One more thing: this lens eats batteries like my dog eats potato chips. [I]"Auto Focus with Nikon 55-200mm lens unreliable. I hear it struggling for several secs and result is very poor image/clarity. Auto Focus ON. VR ON. Polarizing Filter used. A sturdy tripod was used." [/I] [url=http://imgur.com/rboXuvx]Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet[/url] [url=http://imgur.com/gML5oNw]Mt. Baker from Boundary Bay, BC - Imgur[/url] Let this be a caution to nature photogs. Pic quality doesn't compare all that favorably up against my Kodak 110 Instamatic I got in college back in 64. [/QUOTE]

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