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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stoshowicz" data-source="post: 589079" data-attributes="member: 31397">Its just my personal opinion but if you do want a 300 mm zoom that the quality of the Nikon 70-300mm is really rather good for closer subjects , I had one and a friend does , and its great for things from butterflies to kitchens. For individual birds you might opt for a longer lens than 300mm , ( and the tamron or sigma are great less expensive options, remembering to order it specifically with the mount for Nikon.. you wont be suffering ) However, I had the 55-300mm Nikon briefly, as did a friend , and I really dont think the sharpness is good enough, ,,(needing to span a wider range of zooming means that the lens is less well tailored to any individual degree of zoom, the best sharpness  usually being on a lens which doesnt zoom at all but is fixed ,, a prime lens.)I dont think I am being excessively picky here  on this , about the betterness of the 70-300mm Nikon, I think the results are obviously better and it becomes readily apparent when you compare a whole mornings shooting ,, or , side by side,,, though you may not see it if you just take one shot and put the camera away because theres so many variables which combine in a final photo to give the impression of sharpness. (And again its just personal opinion, but if you really like the really 'close up perspective' on landscape ,, the guys who have the ultra short 11 mm lenses seem to really be able to do a nice job with that.  )</blockquote>

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