Nikon Series E Lens

Absolutely.

Some of them turned out to be pretty good lenses.

if you find a 75-150 f3.5 Series E, grab it!

If you live in the UK, I've got one for sale.

Combining Nikon's more than 25 years old cheapo lens line with an excellent dslr like the D300? What a weird idea. I think there is enough modern and better glass in the market - even for a low price.

Series E was decent glass with cheap construction much like the "kit" lenses being offered today.

"Series E was decent glass with cheap construction much like the "kit" lenses being offered today."

Some people seem to forget that worn out mounts of a lens kill the image quality even if the glass is decent. I wouldn't use even better built AIS-lenses on a D200/300 after heavy using these lenses. The tolerances of a dslr are much more narrow than the tolerances of a film slr.

I think 75-150 Series E will give you better picture than all modern kit lenses (I have compared it just with 18-200) especially if you consider important corner sharpness and boke.

Some of my favorite images I've shot were with older lenses on my D70 and D200. And some of those were with an E Series lens.

Don't let Frank talk you out of trying older glass on a newer body. Be creative and use your imagination.

Never heard of worn out metal mounts on lenses. If you don't even use AI-S lenses on your DSLR then your loss. Old classics like my 180/2.8 are awesome on digital bodies. I use lenses from the 1950s on my M mount cameras and have never seen metal mounts wearing off (and yes, people use them on their digital M bodies too).