What is Nikon 18 300mm lens used for?
Offering a broad 18–300mm focal length range, this compact ‘walkabout’ lens is ideal when you want to travel light and still capture diverse perspectives. Perfect for travel and amateur sports or wildlife photography, the design of this lens keeps the body remarkably compact without sacrificing image quality.
What is a 28 300mm lens good for?
The versatility of the AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR offers a broad focal length range that’s perfect for travel, landscapes, portraits and distant subjects. Optimized for edge to edge sharpness on both FX and DX-format D-SLRs, this 10.7x zoom can focus as close as 18-inches from a subject.
What is an ED lens Nikon?
“ED means extra-low dispersion glass—it’s an optical glass Nikon developed for correction of chromatic aberrations. If the lens features both Nano and ED, the ED designation moves down to a part of the descriptor text—that’s the line below the Nikon name and the indicator window.”
How far away can a 300mm lens shoot?
56.5 yards 38 yards
If you’re shooting a full frame camera – the Canon 100-400mm gives similar coverage….First Priority is Focal Length.
| Focal Length | Distance (Crop frame) | Distance (Full frame) |
|---|---|---|
| 300mm | 56.5 yards | 38 yards |
| 400mm | 75.3 yards | 50 yards |
How far will a 300 mm lens zoom?
The bottom line – on a crop frame camera a 70-300mm zoom (Canon, Nikon, Sony) will get you pretty good coverage from 15 yards to 56 yards away, the ‘sweet spot’ for outdoor sports….First Priority is Focal Length.
| Focal Length | Distance (Crop frame) | Distance (Full frame) |
|---|---|---|
| 300mm | 56.5 yards | 38 yards |
| 400mm | 75.3 yards | 50 yards |
What is the Nikon 18-300mm VR?
The Nikon 18-300mm VR is an extension from the now classic all-in-one Nikon 18-200mm VR. It does the same thing, except goes all the way to 300mm. It performs extremely well at all focus lengths, but does get a bit softer at 300mm — but still sharper than cropping from the 18-200mmat 200mm.
What are the dimensions of a 300mm lens?
3.81 x 3.07 x 3.07 inches 3.82 x 3.03 x 3.03 inches 3.9 x 3.11 x 3.11 inches Item Weight 1.83 lbs 1.21 lbs 1.30 lbs 1.25 lbs 1.21 lbs Lens Type Wide Angle Telephoto Wide Angle, Normal, Telephoto Telephoto Telephoto Maximum Aperture 3.5 f/3.5 f/3.5 5.6 millimeters f/3.5 Maximum Focal Length 300 millimeters 300 millimeters 140.0 millimeters
Is the Nikon 18-300mm lens sharp enough?
The Nikon 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 VR is more than sharp enough for all the purposes to which it will be put. Image sharpness depends more on you than your lensand lens sharpness doesn’t mean much to good photographers anyway.