A super-telephoto zoom lens covering the 70-300mm range of focal lengths (anglesof view equivalent to 189-810mm in 35mm [135] format). This allows users to fillthe frame with faraway action or give images a busy, compressed look. It also enables shallow depth-of-field that makes subjects stand out from backgrounds.
Adoption of a retractable barrel mechanism makes the lens the world's smallest and lightest*1 in its class. This makes the lens highly portable and easy to handle despite being a super-telephoto zoom lens.
The lens is equipped with a vibration reduction (VR) mechanism that effectively reduces the effects of camera shake equivalent to a 4.0-stop increase in shutterspeed at the maximum telephoto position and 4.5 stops*2 at the maximum wide-angle position.
It is the first 1 NIKKOR lens equipped with a focus limit switch, which enables high-speed AF and decreases the amount of time required to focus on distant subjects by restricting focus distance to greater distances.
It is the first 1 NIKKOR lens for which Super ED glass, which markedly reduces axial chromatic aberration, has been adopted.