see also:

• Nikon F camera system lenses
• super telephoto lenses
• Nikon AF-S 28-300mm lenses

• 70-300mm lenses are mainly designed for enthusiasts for bushwalks, travel, etc and are thus designed to be relatively light weight with mainly plastic construction
• if you are happy to accept the compromises in aperture and image quality, consider the more versatile Nikon AF-S 28-300mm lenses or better still get a more compact, lighter, less expensive Micro Four Thirds system which may give even better image quality across the frame, especially at 300mm.

• 2006 model, updating the old non-VR AF-S version, importantly for such a lens, adding image stabiliser

Image courtesy of Ken Rockwell

• “2-3EV” VR
• 17 elements, 12 groups incl. 2ED
• 9 rounded blades
• 67mm filters
• 5'/1.5 m close focus giving 1:4
• 26.2 oz./745g
• 80 x 143.5 mm

• http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/70-300-vr.htm
• http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/lenses/nikon_70-300_4p5-5p6g_vr
• https://www.ephotozine.com/article/nikon-70-300mm-f-4-5-5-6g-af-s-vr-nikkor-lens-review-16679
• http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/250-nikkor-af-s-70-300mm-f45-56-g-if-ed-vr-review--test-report

• AF-S 70-300mm f/4-5.6G
• AF-D 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED