[felix]

My personal feeling, though: I'd probably rather go for the Tamron 70-300 VC or Nikon 70-300 VR. But that's not more than a "feeling" so far, which I can't prove with numbers.


It seems to me as if the 55-300 VR is softer at the long end than those FX lenses.


If I were in the market for a more compact zoom lens (the 70-300 lenses are a bit bulky already), I'd rather choose the 55-200 VR instead.


-- Markus

 

I own the Tamron 70-300 VC and it is indeed quite bulky. It's a great lens, especially with respect to its price, but I rarely take it with me due to it's size and weight (can't imagine people voluntarily carrying 70-200/2.8s   ). In retrospective, I agree with you that the 55-200VR would have been a better choice for DX (except maybe for larger bodies like the D7xxx or D300).