I bought this lens even though I already have the older 55-200mm VR kit lens from 2008. They are both equally sharp, and focus reasonably quickly. This lens is quite a bit more compact, which was my main reason for getting it. At the sale price, it is a good value.

This camera lens worked great with my D5000 but 2 parts out of 3 parts that locks the lens to the body has broken and will only stay on if you hold it in to place and the photos are now coming out burly because of it :(

I love this lens and use it all the time. I travel frequently, so this is great for taking pictures of the sights, wildlife - even some landscape shots. The range is good, gives you options without sacrificing quality.

I love it but I wish it could be faster on the D3200. I recommend it to junior photographers such as me. If you are a new beginner you have to buy this lens and the reasons are its cheap, its got VR, Its got a zoom rande of 55-200 which is pretty good for sports and wildlife.

This lens has bang for the buck; it is user friendly and about the perfect zoom length for long portrait to moderately long zoom shots.

Consistent Output; Fast / accurate auto-focus

Very smooth zoom control; 100% compatible with my Nikon D3000 which is several years old now

Didn't realise that this lens was not suitable for standard people shots; My fault for not reading the spec carefully

I bought this lens to replace my Nikkor 18-200mm AF-S ED which seem to stop working all together, I thought it was the camera, but after mounting it on my friends Nikon D3300, he had the same issue I had. I paid $750 for that lens in 2006 and I like the size (72mm filter size).

Nikon and its imaging products are known for their better technique, better insight and better image quality. The newly introduced Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm VR f/4-5.6 DX lens is another great offering from the house of Nikon, which comes bolstered with state of art optical technologies like the...

Optically, the Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED VR II is better than we expected it to be based on its budget price tag. Centre sharpness, in particular, is good at most focal lengths, although you have to stop down to f/11 to get acceptable results at 200mm.

Low light photos are quite shaky and blurr as f number is quite high in yhis lens. Tripod is mandatory for usage. The VR does not perform so well as in other nikkor lenses