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<blockquote data-quote="Eyelight" data-source="post: 324202" data-attributes="member: 24753">The AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED is not the most wonderful lens, but it can make a good shot.&nbsp; I'm still playing with mine and I think I would describe it as not very forgiving.&nbsp; I discard a lot of shots that simply are not very sharp due to all the reasons that images aren't sharp; movement, poor light, simply OOF, etc.&nbsp; The thing that this lens does not do well is focus, either manually or AF, and when the focus isn't dead on, then a wide aperture or movement is magnified 100 times.&nbsp; An otherwise good shot becomes just too soft.&nbsp; I've learned to bracket focus either manually or force the AF to do it again and again.&nbsp; I had perfect focus on a bird the other day and a guy in Singapore dropped a penny; knocked it out completely. Thing to do is put the lens on the camera and shoot until the lens starts to behave. (This will actually be because you learn almost subconsciously what the lens will and will not do.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eyelight, post: 324202, member: 24753"] The AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED is not the most wonderful lens, but it can make a good shot. I'm still playing with mine and I think I would describe it as not very forgiving. I discard a lot of shots that simply are not very sharp due to all the reasons that images aren't sharp; movement, poor light, simply OOF, etc. The thing that this lens does not do well is focus, either manually or AF, and when the focus isn't dead on, then a wide aperture or movement is magnified 100 times. An otherwise good shot becomes just too soft. I've learned to bracket focus either manually or force the AF to do it again and again. I had perfect focus on a bird the other day and a guy in Singapore dropped a penny; knocked it out completely. Thing to do is put the lens on the camera and shoot until the lens starts to behave. (This will actually be because you learn almost subconsciously what the lens will and will not do.) [/QUOTE]

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