I've not had this long but so far so good for this lens. A fantastic zoom for such a good price and the super quality is as expected from Nikon. I hadn't used eGlobal before but I have been impressed by the service. The lens arrived within week, excellent! I would recommend both the fantastic lens and eGlobal.

I had been looking for a lens for my camera when I came across this website. I had tried Amazon, Curry's etc., but when I was offered the same lens £40 cheaper I went for it. I realised it was coming from Hong Kong so was prepared for a long wait. To my surprise it was delivered to my door within 5 working days. Brilliant service and It was the genuine article, warranty by Nikon.

I am thrilled with my new lens and especially the price! I saved over £100 on the same lens in Argos! Ordering was easy and the delivery time fantastic. I was expecting to wait 7-10 days but it arrived in 3 days! Emails kept me informed of the progress of the order! I have only had a couple of goes with the lens but we are away a few days at Easter so will give it a good try out so far very pleased. I cannot go into all the technical bits because I am still very new to dslr! I have the Nikon d3200 with a kit lens but also wanted a zoom lens! I am not looking to collect expensive kit at the moment so this was a fantastic price and as I had birthday money and got it a such a low price I only put a little bit towards it! Looking for a nice ladies camera bag to keep it all in now!!!!

I bought it in June 2012 for my first professional Nikon camera. Although I am an amateur, it was quite easy to use and I had no problems with it. I took bird pictures from a very far distance and the pictures were fantastic. It was so light in weight, didnt make me feel exhausted. VR is the main quality of the product. Although i was in a moving boat when taking pictures, they came aout as if i took them by tripod. The pictures were not affected by vibration at all! It definetly worths for the price.

After looking to add to my D3000's factory bundled 18-55 lens I was initially looking for a 55-200 motorised lens, but found there to be a Nikon AF-S 55-300 lens available, perfect I thought, I could reach the 300mm my now redundant (no internal motor in Nikon D3000) 70-300 lens gave me, but without the 55-70 gap.

I read numerous reviews, and bar the professional reviews saying that the autofocus was a little 'slow' couldn't find anything untoward.

I have been totally happy with the speed of the focus, even on moving subjects, and the VR (Vibration Reduction) technology makes for a nice stable image - meaning you don't always need a tripod, or nearby wall/railing to lean on.

I think the lens 'may' be slow if compared to a flagship camera body coupled with a pro lens taking photos of F1 cars - but I can't compare performance.

The lens is well built, and comes with hood, 2 caps, and a nice pouch which has a reinforced end. - if you're looking to protect your lens you'll need a 58mm filter. It's quite a length, protruding from the front of the camera body by a little over 5" - so take this into account with your current camera bag - I can't use it with a Lowepro Rezo 140.

I purchased the lens from an online outlet (Simplyelectronics - great service, great communication, and fast delivery) for a very aggressive price (this type of product is based on spec's, I don't see what additional service a high street shop can offer for a lens purchase, bar immediate availability - if you can wait 2 or 3 days for delivery buy online and save some money.

I would thoroughly recommend this lens.