In Terms Of Quality, Which Is Better Nikkor 55-200mm Lens Or The Nikkor 70-300mm Lens.?

Question

no more details, a straight forward question.

Answer 1

Straight forward answer:

It depends on you. What you shoot, what you expect of lens, how much to spend.

But since you want a binary "yes/no" answer - let's take it from Ken Rockwell:

55-200 review: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/55200.h...

70-300 review: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/70300g....

At the bottom of 55-200 review Ken says (quote):

"For half the price you can get the 70 -300 G, which is more lens. I'd probably get the 70 - 300 G instead, since I want the longer zoom range although the 70 - 300 gets soft at 300 mm."

Hope it's straight forward enough....

LEM.

Answer 2

Nikon has three 70-300 mm lenses made over the past few years.  Price per ounce the 55-200 mm VR is a fine lens ... if you need the extra reach, the AF-S 70-300 mm VR is a good choice.

It really depends if you need the extra reach.

Links:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/70-300-...

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/55-200m...