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<blockquote data-quote="Shawn_B" data-source="post: 277125" data-attributes="member: 21132">OK so after some further research, I have realized that the AF Zoom-Nikkor <a href="http://nikonites.com/products/high-power-zoom-11/af-zoom-nikkor-70-300mm-f4-56g-57/" target="_blank">70-300mm f/4-5.6G</a>, is not the lens that I should buy for my D5200. It is a AF lens and will only work in manual focus on the D5200, which requires an AF-S lens to allow for auto focus. instead I am looking at the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-70-300mm-4-5-5-6G-Digital-Cameras/dp/B000HJPK2C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1394732526&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=AF-s+Zoom-Nikkor+70-300mm+f%2F4-5.6G" target="_blank">Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR Nikkor Zoom Lens </a>OR the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-55-300mm-4-5-5-6G-Nikkor-Digital/dp/B003ZSHNCC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1394732526&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=AF-s+Zoom-Nikkor+70-300mm+f%2F4-5.6G" target="_blank">Nikon 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lens</a>. any advice on which of the 2 I should get ? which of the 2 would be better for handheld</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shawn_B, post: 277125, member: 21132"] OK so after some further research, I have realized that the AF Zoom-Nikkor [URL="http://nikonites.com/products/high-power-zoom-11/af-zoom-nikkor-70-300mm-f4-56g-57/"][COLOR=#ac0000]70-300mm f/4-5.6G[/COLOR][/URL], is not the lens that I should buy for my D5200. It is a AF lens and will only work in manual focus on the D5200, which requires an AF-S lens to allow for auto focus. instead I am looking at the [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-70-300mm-4-5-5-6G-Digital-Cameras/dp/B000HJPK2C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394732526&sr=8-1&keywords=AF-s+Zoom-Nikkor+70-300mm+f%2F4-5.6G"][COLOR=#004b91]Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR Nikkor Zoom Lens [/COLOR][/URL]OR the [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-55-300mm-4-5-5-6G-Nikkor-Digital/dp/B003ZSHNCC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1394732526&sr=8-2&keywords=AF-s+Zoom-Nikkor+70-300mm+f%2F4-5.6G"][COLOR=#004b91]Nikon 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lens[/COLOR][/URL]. any advice on which of the 2 I should get ? which of the 2 would be better for handheld [/QUOTE]

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