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This lens is one of the older Nikon zoom lenses and I got it recently as a replacement of an other zoom by Nikon I had used before. The lense has a fast autofocus and is very sharp. It is well made and you feel that when you attach it to your camera: the Lense is quite heavy. It takes 67mm filters and has a plastic lense hood, which is not the best quality but does the job. A nice feature is, that you can attach the hood backwards, which makes it less bulky for carrying. Now the most important: the picture quality is very good and in my opinion better than the 18-135mm, especially if you compare prices. I like this lens a lot and it is my standard travel lense.
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Normally I tend to write positive reviews and make a good mark for companies so they can get more of a customer base. However, today I'm writing to state that what I purchased does not match the photo. DOES not match the items place holder image! And most certainly is not a Nikon brand!
Verified purchase: Yes
I am not one to pay too much attention to the technical specs and MTF's of a lens so this is a purely subjective user's review based upon camparison of this lens's performance to similar ones that I have used in more than fifty years shooting pictures with 35mm cameras. The build is substantial, a solid feel to it without excess weight, important to those of us that have been around long enough for Arthur to set in. It neither has the plasticky feel of some lenses available today, just comfortable to this 'ol man. I have faith that it will serve me well for many years to come. Image wise, I have found no faults to date. Granted the winter weather has limited the amount of shooting that I have been doing lately, but I cannot fault it, at least not with the usual family holiday photos taken todate. The focus is extremely fast, albiet this is my fist self driven focussing lens, but it noislessly and seemingly instantainliously jumps to focus. I can hardly wait until this summer so I can see how it performs on my outdoor excursions. All things considered, this is a great lens, kit status or not, it meets all of my needs for a carry around lens on my D200 and I would diffenetly recommend it to any one in need of a DX "normal" focal length zoom whether an advanced amateur or pro. The icing on the cake is that right now these marvelous little gems can be had at very resonable pricesRead full review
This is a good affordable wide to mid-zoom lens for Nikon digital cameras. When I first bought my D50 body I thought that I could use the lenses I had from my N80 35 mm body, especually my 28-105 mm Nikkor. Unfortunately, as I learned, the much smaller sensor size of the D50 makes that 28-105 effectively more like 50-150 mm lens, no wide angle at all, and it shows. Hence the need for a reasonably priced replacement, hence the need to go shopping on eBay to reduce the $300 new cost of this lens. I got mine with a 1A filter and hood/pouch for $220 and am very happy with it. I'd much rather have the stabilized 18-300 Nikkor glass, but that little puppy goes for 3X as much. More than my camera plus this lens cost. Ouch. Anyway, combined with the 70-210mm zoom I already have from the N80, that is enough lenses for me. Like the reviews say the 18-70 is a good lens with some minor flaws, most notable at full aperture. Plenty good enough for a hobbiest and with enough range so you will not be switching lenses a lot and risking futzing up your naked sensor.Read full review
I bought this lens because the price was right and I needed something that went a bit wider than my 35-70 f/2.8 without sacrificing too much speed. I knew this was a plastic lens and was not expecting it to be as solid as it is. It's not a pro-build by any means, but it does not feel like it is one minor bump away from the trash heap either. The autofucus is very quick and quiet compared to stadard AF-Nikkor lenses. What surprised me the most with this lens was how sharp it is in the corners at all focal legnths. There is some loss of sharpness at the 18-24mm range at f/3.5 but at f/8 it is not noticeable. There is some loss of edge detail at f/22 also but that is a limitation inherent to even the finest optics. This lens is as sharp as my 35-70 f/2.8 at f/8-f/11 from 24mm-70mm. The lens hood works OK, but make sure the Nikon logo is on top or you will get vignetting. Also, make sure it locks when you twist it on or it will fall off when you are carrying the camera. The lens cap is the pich type and can be easily placed on the lens even with the lens hood on. The lens hood can be placed on backwards for storage. Overall this lens is a great value. I'd much rather have it than the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S because of the extra 20mm 1 stop of speed on the long end.Read full review
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