Our Overall Score:
9.3/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Lenses category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £1599
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Nikon or alternative products in the Lenses category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens
NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens scores 8.9/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Lenses. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Lenses, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Lenses? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens scores 9.5/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Lenses category was £2799.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £99.00 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Lenses category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Lenses category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Lenses category. This was £691.46 from the 153 products we found in that category. So NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens actually comes in above average at £1599.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £2799.00 and the least expensive, which was £99.00. In total we found that of the 153, 12 were more expensive and 140 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens.
Prices of products from Nikon
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Nikon. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Nikon, which was £497.96 of the 82 products we found. So NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens price is above average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Nikon was £14.99 with the most expensive coming in at £2199.00.
Prices of products from Nikon and in the Lenses category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Nikon that sit specifically within the Lenses category.
For this we found that the average price was £839.39, making NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens at £1599 actually above average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £1799.00 with the lowest priced item being £139.00. In total there were 2 items that were more expensive and 20 that was less expensive.
Reviews of NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens
NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens scores 9.6/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens is.
Overall score
NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens scores 9.3/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Nikon so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4 PF ED VR Telephoto Lens
- Brand: Nikon
- Model Number: f/4E
- Ideal for sports & wildlifeCompatible with Nikon FX mountAperture range: f/4.0 – f/32Image stabilisation
- EAN: 18208022236
- Description: Designed for high performance, the full frame Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4E PF ED VR Telephoto Prime Lens lets you take superbly detailed shots with close focusing at 1.4 m, responsive controls and a super-lightweight construction. Providing a 300 mm focal length with a maximum aperture of f/4 the AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm is an ideal choice for telephoto sports or nature photography as well as a close-up, expressive portraiture with an electromagnetic diaphragm for more precise exposures. Compact construction The 300 mm f/4 is built around 16 elements in 10 groups including extra low-dispersion glass and Fresnel elements which help reduce chromatic aberration when shooting and reduce the overall size and weight of the lens without sacrificing image quality. As well as the Fresnel element, the other elements of the lens feature Nikon’s Super Integrated Coating as well as Flourine front coating and Nano coating which all help minimise distortion and refraction to give the clearest and crispest shots without ghost or flaring and to repel water and dust from the lens face. VR vibration reduction Get images with less blurring thanks to the Vibration Reduction technology built into the 300 mm f/4 Telephoto Lens. Counteracting natural hand shake that is usually associated with longer lenses, VR lets you shoot an incredible 4.5 stops slower and in lower light, even without a tripod for more responsive and spontaneous photography. On top of the Vibration Reduction, the 300 mm f/4 also includes a Silent Wave Motor that achieves near silent autofocus, perfect for when you’re using the lens to shoot video. Smart control Nikon’s 300 mm f/4 features a range of user friendly features that make using it easier and more intuitive. The exclusive M/A mode allows switching from autofocus to manual operation almost instantaneously and there is even an autofocus with manual override, AF priority mode that reduces the overall sensitivity of the manual override to prevent unwanted switching between auto and manual. Unbelievably light and capable of producing supremely detailed images, the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300 mm f/4E PF ED VR Telephoto Prime Lens is a fantastic lens for anyone looking for serious performance in a remarkably lightweight and compact body.
- Product ID: 3400405863
