Review on Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR Zoom Lens with Vibration Reduction, New in Bulk Packaging (White Box) by Anson Keith ᠌

Name: Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR Zoom Lens with Vibration Reduction, New in Bulk Packaging (White Box)
Item: Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR Zoom Lens with Vibration Reduction, New in Bulk Packaging (White Box)
Rating: 3

September 13, 2022

It's not all bad, an average quality purchase.

I had three copies of this glass when I was sitting on the D7100. One of the three was flat in sharpness, the rest had problems with angles and AF.
This glass is definitely worth the money on the secondary. But there is another great glass - 55-300VR that breaks it in all respects, has great bokeh for dark zoom, and gorgeous color reproduction. Those who write that excellent portraits come out at 55-200 do not write here the amateurish nonsense of a novice photographer who first bought a DSLR with a double whale. To get started, try putting a normal full-frame telephoto on your miserable crop carcasses and compare the result. The classic 70-200 bokeh is nothing compared to the poor 55-200. Even with super-zooms like 18-300VR, the picture and bokeh are much more expensive, more beautiful and more plastic

Pros

1) The price in the secondary market - a telephoto with a stub for a penny 2) High sharpness from F7.1 to F16 depending on the focal length 3) Compact and light weight 4) Mechanically made quite reliable and high quality

Cons

1) Terrible bokeh - cheap, flickering like scales, 2) There is no drawing as such - it is very technical, rough, flat 3) Very mediocre, acidic, color reproduction, does not see halftones, adds some kind of dirty shade in the shadows. On 24pm crops, the picture from him is terrible in color and pattern. Stupidly one "whale" sharpness and that's it