Avebury Pond Close Up

Photographed with a 55-200mm f/4-5.6 G VR lens on a Nikon D90. The 55-200mm f/4-5.6 G VR lens is a flimsy affair which wouldn't respond well to being knocked about. It is hard to believe it is manufactured by the great Nikon corporation with its chequered history of excellent optical engineering. Yet the 55-200mm is indisputably a good lens on many counts. It is cheap; the VR function can be useful; it takes 52mm filters; it covers a very useful focal range, particularly the 55-70mm section which many zoom telephoto lenses do not cover; and it is light in weight, which counts for a lot on a day out. Plus, most importantly, the optics are very good, even if the AF is a bit slow. This is my second copy. I sold the first, and missed it.