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<blockquote data-quote="pforsell" data-source="post: 507029" data-attributes="member: 7240">AF-S 55-200 VR is a good choice. The lens is small and light and optically decent and the VR is useful, especially as the aperture is quite dark (small). The focusing speed is slow, but not unbearably so. And it is a Nikkor. On the other hand the 55-300 autofocus is a joke, so slow that when trying one out I wanted to commit a seppuku in less than a minute. The fastest moving thing a 55-300 can track is a grandma with a walker. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />If you like mid length telephoto lenses with wide(ish) aperture, Nikon has only a few AF-S G lenses:* 70-200/4* 70-200/2.8* 85/1.8* 85/1.4Some third parties also have affordable lenses like 150/2.8 and 50-150/2.8 and 100-300/4. Some of them come with stabilizer too. I would have a look to see if they are optically passable and if they fill all the other requirements.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pforsell, post: 507029, member: 7240"] AF-S 55-200 VR is a good choice. The lens is small and light and optically decent and the VR is useful, especially as the aperture is quite dark (small). The focusing speed is slow, but not unbearably so. And it is a Nikkor. On the other hand the 55-[B]300[/B] autofocus is a joke, so slow that when trying one out I wanted to commit a seppuku in less than a minute. The fastest moving thing a 55-300 can track is a grandma with a walker. :cool: If you like mid length telephoto lenses with wide(ish) aperture, Nikon has only a few AF-S G lenses: * 70-200/4 * 70-200/2.8 * 85/1.8 * 85/1.4 Some third parties also have affordable lenses like 150/2.8 and 50-150/2.8 and 100-300/4. Some of them come with stabilizer too. I would have a look to see if they are optically passable and if they fill all the other requirements. [/QUOTE]

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