Nikon D3000 Zoom Wildlife lenses

"I love this lens. I use this with my D300 because of the 1.5 crop factor, (now a 300-600mm) and use my D3 with the 70-200mm for closer shots at the zoo."

Fixed aperture The same aperture at all focal lengths

More advanced image stabilization Nikon VR

	Weight	3.3 kg			Zoom range	2x
	Length	358 mm			Fixed aperture	Yes
	Image stabilization	Nikon VR			Min focal length	200 mm
	Max focal length	400 mm			Aperture	f/4

"Fast, sharp and reliable."

More advanced image stabilization Nikon VR II

Fixed aperture The same aperture at all focal lengths

	Weight	3.4 kg			Zoom range	2x
	Length	n/a			Fixed aperture	Yes
	Image stabilization	Nikon VR II			Min focal length	200 mm
	Max focal length	400 mm			Aperture	f/4

"This 120-300 Sigma provides great range, and when I need just a bit more, I can achieve it with the 1.4x converter. The auto- focus is darn fast and the lens is quite sharp even wide open."

Fixed aperture The same aperture at all focal lengths

Wide aperture f/2.8

	Weight	2.6 kg			Zoom range	2.5x
	Length	269 mm			Fixed aperture	Yes
	Image stabilization	None			Min focal length	120 mm
	Max focal length	300 mm			Aperture	f/2.8

"Good clear glass, good auto focus. holds up to the rigors of Iraq pretty well."

Quite short 102 mm

Low price $159.00

	Weight	n/a			Zoom range	4x
	Length	102 mm			Fixed aperture	No
	Image stabilization	Sigma OS			Min focal length	50 mm
	Max focal length	200 mm			Aperture	f/4

"Awesome lens, affordable, quality construction, noticably faster than older lens, definitely has improved picture quality/sharpness"

Very light 0.6 kg

Quite short 123 mm

Low price $396.95

	Weight	0.6 kg			Zoom range	5.5x
	Length	123 mm			Fixed aperture	No
	Image stabilization	Nikon VR			Min focal length	55 mm
	Max focal length	300 mm			Aperture	f/4.5

"My experience supports the very good to excellent image quality up to 700/750 at f 5.6, and good to very good at 800 at f8."

Great telephoto lens 800 mm

Fixed aperture The same aperture at all focal lengths

	Weight	5.9 kg			Zoom range	2.7x
	Length	542 mm			Fixed aperture	Yes
	Image stabilization	None			Min focal length	300 mm
	Max focal length	800 mm			Aperture	f/5.6

"It's auto focus system is quick, quiet and accurate and the optics are superior to my expectations in a lens that is so low priced compared to the Nikon lenses. I'm very pleased with this purchase!"

Low price $949.00

	Weight	1.7 kg			Zoom range	3.3x
	Length	204 mm			Fixed aperture	No
	Image stabilization	Sigma OS			Min focal length	120 mm
	Max focal length	400 mm			Aperture	f/4.5

"AF is fast, it tracks well, VR works great, images are sharp with good color and contrast, zoom ranges is great for FX"

Great zoom range 10.7x

Quite short 115 mm

Very light 0.8 kg

	Weight	0.8 kg			Zoom range	10.7x
	Length	115 mm			Fixed aperture	No
	Image stabilization	Nikon VR			Min focal length	28 mm
	Max focal length	300 mm			Aperture	f/3.5

"This lens was incredible! From the rooftop and the bedroom of my penthouse suit, I was able to capture the true beauty of the people on the beach"

Fixed aperture The same aperture at all focal lengths

Great telephoto lens 500 mm

Wide aperture f/2.8

	Weight	15.7 kg			Zoom range	2.5x
	Length	726 mm			Fixed aperture	Yes
	Image stabilization	None			Min focal length	200 mm
	Max focal length	500 mm			Aperture	f/2.8

"This lens covers almost everything you could need for shooting DX photos in daylight. Carry this and a low-light lens, and you're set, nothing else necessary in the bag."

More advanced image stabilization Nikon VR II

Great zoom range 11.1x

Quite short 96 mm

	Weight	0.6 kg			Zoom range	11.1x
	Length	96 mm			Fixed aperture	No
	Image stabilization	Nikon VR II			Min focal length	18 mm
	Max focal length	200 mm			Aperture	f/3.5