I have just started out in digital photography with a Nikon D3400 DSLR camera and the stock 18 – 55mm lens. I soon realised I needed a telephoto lens so I decided to buy the Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G VR Lens. This is my review from someone who is new to photography’s point of view.
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Autofocus works on nikon d3400?
Nice review and some useful advice, some great photo's taken too. Thanks for taking the time to post.
Nice video mate. Does autofocus work on a Nikon d3200?
Sir,Auto focus works on nikon d3400?
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Autofocus works on nikon d5200?
thanks for sharing ideas!
Really a good lens indeed. Thanks
Great video! Thanks for sharing it with us, I found it very clear and I needed an accurate review like this one as Im considaring purchasing this same lens. Thank you! Greeting from Argentina
This was quite a timely review for me, as I've been considering purchasing this exact lens. Thank you for posting it.
You may know this already, but as I didn't hear you mention it I thought perhaps I'd bring it up just in case. I recently took up digital photography myself as a hobby, and purchased the Nikon D3300 – very, very similar to your D3400. Like you I then got a zoom lens, in my case a 70-200 VR2 Nikkor. After a series of frustrating landscape shots where everything seemed either in soft focus or slightly out of focus, I found out in a Nikon forum that one is supposed to turn the VR off when the camera is mounted on a tripod. Apparently small mechanical vibrations within the camera can set up a "loop" of constant corrections by the VR mechanism, resulting in small, but perceptible, shake. Once I learned that, my pictures cleared immediately. I've also set my camera to "back button focus", which I've found terribly convenient for shooting moving subjects. You may want to give that a try also and see if you find it beneficial (numerous YouTube vids explain how to do this quick and easy procedure).
By the way, if you prefer shooting in "Auto" mode but find that the new lens does not you to choose your metering mode, perhaps try the "P" ("Program") setting on the wheel. The difference between P and Auto is that Auto chooses ISO, shutter speed, and aperture based on what it considers the best exposure for the conditions. In "P" mode you choose the ISO and the camera then determines the best aperture and speed combo. It's a very useful setting, and I believe that should allow you to use the focusing mode you desire. I'm not absolutely positive, as I'm still acquainting myself with the many particulars, but I should think it would be worth a try.
All the best to you, and thanks again for the well done vid!
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Is the auto focus working good ?
Nice bit of kit, I bought a Canon SX510HS (which has 30 times optical zoom) off Ebay for £75 shipped, for exactly the same reasons. This was taken hand held only https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBTGDrqFF2M