Nikon 70-300mm Nikkor f/4.5-6.3 Lens, review after 11 years of use. Worth it?

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Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 Lens review. The cheapest zoom lens for Birdphotography? With no stabilization? Can you do good Photos with this lens? Is it the best lens for Beginners? I show you some real Photos.
*******************Disclaimer : I´m so sorry, but two photos that were not taken with this camera and lens (Nikon Z7+FTZ+70-300 Nikkor lens) were included by mistake in the video, they are the images that appear in the minute 2:01 and 3:29, This is because this day I went out with my son and he used the Nikon Z5+FTZ+60-600 Sigma lens, and all the photos of the day were included in the same editing folder which generated the confusion.********************************
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[@romy4593]

I have fine tuned my settings and get great photos out of this lens! I have been able to get such clear shots of bald Eagles and Osprey! I do indeed Love it and just added a used but great condition 200mm to 500mm Nikon big Zoom lens...that has been a game changer! I must say I got nearly equal the quality from the 70-300mm lens but....the extra focal length is getting me shots I couldn't with the other one.

[@adamromek5386]

Hello Maria, as always, your videos stimulate me to live and implement something new into my beginner technique. I try to remember your teachings, but in the field it is completely different. Nature lives slow and fast. When we see a bird, we don't have time to think about it, we take photos and then see what happens. That's why now I understand to leave the house as often as possible to take photos. Thanks to you Mario, I do it and I have a lot of joy from getting better and better photos. Regards, Adam

[@MarioKilianPhotography]

Hi My Friend Adam !! Adam, when you say that my videos stimulate you to go out, taking photos and joy de nature, Im feeling absolutely complete. Lives goes fast, and we have the chance now to be happy. Adam, a big hug, and have a nice Weekend.

[@kennylim136]

Hi, first your video is appreciated.! I type this as I'm still in New Zealand hotel and can say zoom lens in NZ forest will be more advantageous. I was at Tiriri M. Island and saw several birders with prime 500mm and was too far. I got most shot with my Nikon 70 300 and they missed the small Whiteheads that were in the bushes.

[@MarioKilianPhotography]

Hi Kenny, thank you very much for your comment. Indeed, a 500 or 600mm f4 prime lens is what is used professionally. Although a lens of this type does not make the photographer, it must be recognized that a fast lens allows you to use a teleconverter and still maintain a good aperture and obtain sharp photos. The 300mm lens is an excellent teacher, since it forces you to have more skills, so if at some point you can opt for a 600 zoom or a 600 prime it will be much easier than if you had started with one of those. A hug.

[@rlgenge]

Great video Mario. Having a 'poorer' quality lens to begin with is very rewarding, as you learn to squeeze the very best from the camera / lens combination and best weather conditions.

[@MarioKilianPhotography]

Hi Bob !! Yes, that is true, someone said a long time ago "..Constraints boost creativity..", so, if the lens is the constraint...well, only good things can happen 😁, have a nice Weekend Bob.

[@marliesthelen1339]

Muy bien tus explicaciones, muchas gracias

[@MarioKilianPhotography]

Muchas gracias Tufi !!! estamos con mucha nieve aca, y mucho frio, pero es Hermoso !!!!, saludos a todos por alla y que tengas un lindo fin de semana !! 😘

[@luzr6613]

Thanks for that, Mario. I'm thinking as i listen to you that i need a bit of a cognitive reset - i need to be more appreciative of the qualities of the landscape lenses i have as far as trying bird-photography is concerned. But more than the lenses and the slow autofocus - i have some reach and good enough aperture (3.5) at 400 - i need to develop a different kind of patience. Usually, if the light or sky are not to my liking, i just shoot a composition-study and make a note to return when conditions are right... i don't sit for an hour hoping for something to happen because most of my shooting is done between a minute's walk and an hour's drive from my front door. I'm lucky... just look out the window, see the environmental conditions, grab some gear and go, because i know the photo is waiting to be taken and i just have to turn up. I starting to understand that, while some of what i'm used to still matters, birds have brains of their own and they don't see the need to hold a pose just so i can get a pretty picture. I need to accept that the birds are in charge and me being a spoiled child doesn't change that one bit. Thanks for the video - i'd have given up looking for birds within minutes and gone for some nice minimalist landscape shots. Cheers for the lesson and all the best.

[@MarioKilianPhotography]

Hi Luzr !!! I thought you are out for a couple of weeks !!, but nice to read you. Luzr, about 25 years ago, i lived in the South of Chile, and one of my passions was to take Photos of the wild pacific ocean hitting the shore or the glaciers, i saw how very experimented Photographers tooke one amazing photo to another. But I... I never find the perfect moment, in this time you could not have a preview of the photo, but i knew somehow that my photo was not in the correct moment. The main problem was that the waves, and the entire ocean, are always in motion, and that the perfect moment for the wave to hit the glacier or the coast never arrives, or arrives just at the moment when I was smoking my pipe. There came a time when I hated it, after developing the photos and seeing that no one was at the perfect moment, I felt very frustrated. It came to a moment in there a decided to forget all about the ocean, and turn into landscape, still landscapes, ando so i went to the world of Volcanoes, i was so happy that they are always in place, dont move, always there, i loved it.....until........they started to erupted and spewed lava........MOTION !!! MOTION cames BACK !!! and it all started again, the perfect eruption moment, with the perfect lava trail..... Finally, everything is in motion.. Other Story, in late 90´s, when I changed to Digital photography, i thought that the new gear will came with the sold of the old gear, but no, new lenses was more expensive than i thought, and with the income of selling my lenses i could only afford one landscape lens, and nat even a good one !! So i have to start with this regular lens, and it was full of contstrains, but i reached to manage it..and at least the lens permitted me to keep teaching, it was hard, it was like passing from a first class flight to a ultra economy flight.... But well, here we are !!! Luzr, have a nice Sunday !! Mario

[@zangider2739]

By the way i think it was a middle spotted woodpecker

[@bear8453]

looks very cold there not so here in West Aus 30C today

[@MarioKilianPhotography]

Hi Ren, yes it is cold, and it will be colder in the next days, but this is not usual at this time. 30c like you have at the moment in Aus is something i like, when i lived in Chile this was an average temperature. Big Hug and have a nice Weekend.

[@tonyblake8841]

Hi Mario, you need a white jacket 😂

[@MarioKilianPhotography]

Hi Tony !! noooooo......God.....for the next time !!! 😁😁😁😁

[@MarioKilianPhotography]

by the way, this last cold days birds are more active than ever, i´m wondering why this strong change. Meanwhile i go out Birding..

[@NikonJohnny]

My 70 to 300 is screw drive.So will not auto focus on my Z6ii with adaptor.

[@MarioKilianPhotography]

Hi Johnny, in this case, the 70-300 was used in the Z7, with the FTZ adapter, maybe the Z6II needs the FTZII adapter, but I´m not sure, the issue is that in the Z5, Z6, and Z6II the Cameras will switch to the DX format, and that means a hughe reduction in the resolution, the images will only be about 12 megapixels. Have a nice Weekend Johnny.

[@naoufaltakroumt6373]

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