Good review, I think this is a really tough sell compared to the 50-250mm if you’re shooting on DX. It’s larger, more expensive, just as slow, and sharpness on the two I bet is realistically identical.
bg5931
July 9, 2023 3:50 am
Hi Spencer, I thought the separate comparison articles were a nice touch and informative; however, having to click out to several articles to see the sharpness comparisons in the main review is not an improvement, in my view. My (humble) suggestion is to keep these available in the main review (this one) and have the separate articles and links to as an addition, not as a replacement.
Maranoblet
July 8, 2023 2:12 am
Owned this lens for a bit. The lack of weight is really noticable and image quality at the long end seemed good enough to me. VR wasn’t really an issue on my Z7. Actually prefered it over the AF-P 70-300 as I’m not a fan of the FTZ.
It’s probably the least important thing about a lens but I really didn’t like the feel of the plastic, the difference between this and a native Nikon lens is really noticable to me. I also didn’t like the feel of the zooming mechanism, not as smooth as my 24-200.
I ended up selling it and going for the 100-400, great image quality but it is heavy for hiking. I have preordered the new 70-180 Nikon and also the 180-600 (for wildlife)which I think, between them, could replace the 100-400 to give lightweight on the one hand and reach with the other. I would be interested to see how image quality performs between the 70-300 and the 70-180 with a TC.
Ircut
July 7, 2023 3:56 pm
Looks like an affordable worthy addition to the Z lens lineup. It’s quite cheap, even if more expensive than the Sony version, the quality is good enough, and it’s light.
Great combo for an entry level full frame telephoto, and good enough for most purposes. For travel/hiking it gives more reach than the 24-200mm, but it’s hard to argue with omitting a lens entirely by using the 24-200. It would pair well with a 24-70mm f/4 however.
The combo of the Nikon Z 14-30mm f/3, 24-70mm f/4, and Tamron 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 is a fantastic lightweight kit. I’m sure those would be the lenses in my travel bag, if I weren’t already content using the Z 24-200mm instead.
Good review, I think this is a really tough sell compared to the 50-250mm if you’re shooting on DX. It’s larger, more expensive, just as slow, and sharpness on the two I bet is realistically identical.
Hi Spencer, I thought the separate comparison articles were a nice touch and informative; however, having to click out to several articles to see the sharpness comparisons in the main review is not an improvement, in my view. My (humble) suggestion is to keep these available in the main review (this one) and have the separate articles and links to as an addition, not as a replacement.
Owned this lens for a bit. The lack of weight is really noticable and image quality at the long end seemed good enough to me. VR wasn’t really an issue on my Z7. Actually prefered it over the AF-P 70-300 as I’m not a fan of the FTZ.
It’s probably the least important thing about a lens but I really didn’t like the feel of the plastic, the difference between this and a native Nikon lens is really noticable to me. I also didn’t like the feel of the zooming mechanism, not as smooth as my 24-200.
I ended up selling it and going for the 100-400, great image quality but it is heavy for hiking. I have preordered the new 70-180 Nikon and also the 180-600 (for wildlife)which I think, between them, could replace the 100-400 to give lightweight on the one hand and reach with the other. I would be interested to see how image quality performs between the 70-300 and the 70-180 with a TC.
Looks like an affordable worthy addition to the Z lens lineup. It’s quite cheap, even if more expensive than the Sony version, the quality is good enough, and it’s light.
Great combo for an entry level full frame telephoto, and good enough for most purposes. For travel/hiking it gives more reach than the 24-200mm, but it’s hard to argue with omitting a lens entirely by using the 24-200. It would pair well with a 24-70mm f/4 however.
The combo of the Nikon Z 14-30mm f/3, 24-70mm f/4, and Tamron 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 is a fantastic lightweight kit. I’m sure those would be the lenses in my travel bag, if I weren’t already content using the Z 24-200mm instead.