drmike99 Loc: Fairfield Connecticut

My original DSLR was the Nikon D5000 with the kit 18-55 and 55-200 S VR lenses. Over the years I picked up some primes and a year and a half ago replaced the D 5000 with a D7100. Then the 18-55 died. I replaced that with the AF-S 18-140 f/3.5-5.6 G VR DX. Between the extra reach of the 18-140 and my growing collection of primes I find less and less need for my 55-200. So I picked up a refurbished by Nikon 70-300 DX VR AF-P 4.5-6.3 from Adorama. So… now I have the extra reach though at a slight sacrifice of maximum aperture. And the 70-300 won’t auto focus on the D5000 but I haven’t used that since buying the D7100. All this leads up to one question: is there enough residual value in the 55-200 to make it worth selling on eBay (or here) or would I be best off putting it in a drawer as an emergency backup in case something happens to the 70-300?

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Keep it as a backup unless you really need about 100 or fewer dollars.

Bill_de Loc: US

You could donate it to a school with photography classes, or Habitat for Humanity.

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billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Go to ebay, enter Nikon 55-200 in search box, go down left margin, under Show Only, click on "sold items", there you will find what your lens sold for, in your case, looks like $36.00 to $80.00 depending on condition and what comes with it.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I don't think it's worth the effort to photograph it, post it, answer questions, and then box and mail it. Find a kid - or someone - and give it away. Go somewhere where people are taking pictures and look for a Nikon shooter.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=nikon+50-200mm&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

FiddleMaker Loc: Merrimac, MA

Jerry, good advice !!! Not worth the hassle of trying to sell it for such short $$.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

Like new and excellent condition versions of this lens - Nikon AF-S 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR DX sell regularly for $50-75 with a 6 mo. warranty at places like MPB.com and all the other major re-sellers (some might charge a few dollars more). It is a good little lens but the market is flooded with them. It would make a good little kit with the D5000, if you are inclined to sell both. There are so many of the basic Niklon DX zooms in the marketplace, that it is a wonder they can sell any for anything near the list price, they are so heavily discounnted that the MSRP should be around $125.00. The 18-55. 55-200, 55-300 and 70-300 lenses can all be had for very reasonable prices, AF-S and AF-P versions. There is really no reason for anyone to spend more than approx. $125-150 for the any of those - new or otherwise...... If you don't care about weight or VR image stabilization), and like metal lenses, the AF range are great old lenses, many are sharper than their newer brethren. Some of the old plastic versions are decent too.

Do you still have the 18-55? I would be interested in tearing it down and trying to repair....

I am building my lens repair skills, but buying dead & malfunctioning lenses is such a crapshoot, E-bay is full of them, but many have been stripped, or damaged way worse than advertised, or good electronics/motors/gears/tubes/ribbon cables and such swapped out already. Damaged glass is easy to see, anything else requires a trip inside the lens, and unless you can hear or feel the bad gear, rough action, intermittent action, jumpy IS/VR/VC, etc., it is a guessing game till you are in there.

drmike99 Loc: Fairfield Connecticut

Thanks to you and everyone else who responded. I think my best bet is to hold on to the 55-200 and save it as an emergency backup.

ELNikkor

maybe as a sinker next time you go deep-sea fishing

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

It's a good little backup lens. I have one, like new, probably the only way to get anything out of it is paired with a body as a kit (Like Nikon and all the others do). After posting I looked at Ebay for a couple minutes, there are a few on there now, several re-listed due to no sale, or folks backing out/couldn't pay, etc. all listed very cheap. Keep it on that old D5000 body... I do that with an old D90 I have, I take it outside and leave it on the patio table, or somewhere covered in case I need to grab a camera quick for that odd shot, works out well more often than I originally imagined. If I had done that the day AF1 flew over my house so low I thought it was in trouble, I'd have a great shot for my files...but I had to run in, run to the camera case, grab a camera (never mind what lens was on it), and run back out to see AF1 disappear behind the trees!

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

I keep mine as a backup since my 55-300 covers the same +. More valuable as a backup than I can sell it for.

davidb1879

Re: drmike99: I too own the Nikon afp VR 70-300 lens and the Nikon 55-200 af-s VR lens. I wouldn't dream of selling the 55-200 lens. Over the years it has produced very good images. Davidb1879.

davidb1879

Re: drmike99: I too own the Nikon afp VR 70-300 lens and the Nikon 55-200 af-s VR lens. I wouldn't dream of selling the 55-200 lens. Over the years it has produced very good images. Davidb1879.

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

I have both lenses. For the little they bring new, I’m keeping mine as a backup.

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

I have both lenses. For the little they bring new, I’m keeping mine as a backup.