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24 May 2011
A Lens Loved by Beginners, Hobbyist and Pros Says it all.
1 of 1 found this helpful Well I finally broke down and bought one of my own.I have been borrowing a friends Lens on and off for 2 years never wanting to return it.
What can I say this is the Swiss Army Knife or Leatherman Tool of the Nikon Line. Zoom range it self tells you this is the all day carry around lens for most people. Many people will wonder how good are the pictures? I say Awesome!
I know that one thing overlooked by reviews is how does it work for the folks/hobbyist versatility ease of use and overall feeling of satisfaction. I say that this is a Gem of a Lens with a few things to be aware of.
1. Lens creep. First Version had no Zoom Lock so Lens zooms when you least expect. (I have the 2nd version with a zoom lock)I think the lens band actually helps with this.
2. Weighty, not like the Pro-stuff but it has some heft. I call it quality components. This thing has a bunch of glass inside that can be a weight adder but better than plastic.
3. Front is Plastic so use hood to protect it from accidents.
4. Get Lightroom 3 to correct the lens for Pincushion and other slight distortions automatically.
5. This lens is not a speedy lens if you can use a flash when indoors the pictures will be great. If not use High ISO and VR to help. This lens will not replace my primes or fast lenses but it can do everything else great.
I have a good selection of Lenses from Nikon and Sigma but always felt the need to have this Lens in the coral for flexibility and VR for great Photos.
Some things this Lens excels at are Scenery, Portraits, Sports Outdoors, Group and Candids.
This Lens might never leave many cameras because it is very Good and convenient. Even macro(not really)but Flower shots come out great!
Can you tell I Love this Lens.
I give Nikon all the credit for coming out with such a useful design. I know a few Wedding Photographers that use this lens in all but the Glamor Portraits. That says Tons about the quality of photo you get with this lens.
24 January 2019
This lens is lightweight and I would handle with care.
18 February 2011
My Personal Reflections on this Lens.
13 of 13 found this helpful When I bought this lens I was mainly getting a walk-around lens for a D5000.
I am used to using Nikon and Sigma Fast Glass on my D80 but no motor in D5000 so time for a full featured AF-S Lens from Nikon. First I would like to address the Lens Mount. It's plastic, so big deal, the lens is a featherweight compared to my Sigma 24-60 or my nikkor 50 1.8. This should not be a major concern at this price point.
Shooting around my stomping grounds has been interesting, the colors are less vivid that my other lenses but I shoot Raw anyway and adjust to my liking. The Sharpness is good for the most part and distortion at 18mm is controllable and may require some common sense to avoid strait linear objects at the frame of the photo. 18mm on this lens is a little worse than my 18-35mm Nikkor.
By 35mm every thing comes into place except one thing the aperture.
If there is one thing that annoys me its slow glass. This lens is a 3.5-5.6 not a speed demon by any means but slower than most with the same range. The f-stop degradation is unusually quick on this lens View chart below.
18mm 3.5, 24mm - 4.0, 35mm - 4.5, 50mm - 5.0(are you Kidding me) , 70mm - 5.6, 105mm- 5.6
at 50mm you are shooting @75mm full frame equivalent. this is the start of the portrait range. 70mm is the popular 105mm equivalent. f5.6 is going to make it challenging to get a nice bokeh for indoor Wedding pictures. I not saying the pictures won't be sharp and clear they just won't be extraordinary.
Now that I got my complaint out of the way and shared why pros use fast glass..... Lets focus on what's right with this lens. It handles Bright light very well. If you wanted to take a nice waterfall picture a Circular Polarizer will slow the 50-105 range down to the f7-8 range stop down 2 stops and you can shoot in pretty bright light and get the water motion down to angel hair without ND filters.
Focus is moderate speed for close range sports and kids. Indoor shots without a flash will require maxing out your ISO to get any chance of freezing action. Remember you are shooting f5 and above and you should stop down 1 Stop at least for best results.
Outdoors are not a problem and Pictures of friends and scenery are the strengths of this lens.
If you already have a 18-55 and 55-200 lens this is more of a convenience not a substantial upgrade in quality. If you need fast glass for sports or to create great macro shots look to alternatives for that.
I know everyone says Nikkor is the best but sometimes the pro lenses are just too expensive. I found that Sigma and Tamron make some great f 2.8 alternatives for advanced shooting and even some pros are starting to use them. Find out what you need to great pictures and buy the lens you need.
I am happy with this lens because it works great on the D5000 and has VR for hand-held shots in lower light. As an all purpose walk around lens it does a very good job. Buy for that reason and you will be happy.
PS buy a flash too!
Peace