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Product Reviews:
Inexpensive Moderate Wide Angle Zoom for Nikon DX Digital SLR Cameras,
August 21, 2005
Reviewer: John Kwok
The current issue of Popular Photography has a glowing review of this lens
and its sibling, the 55mm-200mm zoom lens, for Nikon DX Digital SLR
cameras. I'm amazed that Nikon has opted to produced a high quality
moderate wide angle zoom lens for digital SLRs at a relatively low price.
But don't be fooled that this relatively inexpensive lens isn't capable of
producing excellent results, which the fine Popular Photography review
certainly attests (At nearly every focal length there is excellent
contrast and resolution, with minimal barrel distortion, except at 18mm,
since there the barrel distortion is a bit noticeable: this would only
have an adverse impact in photographing buildings, but again, the impact
is just hardly noticeable.). Nikon has opted to use most of its optical
innovations, including the new improved Super Nikon Intergrated Coating
(Nikon's latest multicoating) to help greatly minimize flare and thus
produce images which have excellent contrast and resolution. For many
owners of Nikon's inexpensive line of DX Digital SLRs, such as the new
Nikon D70s, this lens and its 55mm-200mm zoom sibling, may be all the
optical firepower they'll need for photography, with the chance of
expanding sometime later into Nikon's impressive line of superb optics for
35mm film and digital photography.
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I'm quite happy with this lens, April 22, 2006
Reviewer: Paulo Goulart
I'm quite happy with this lens, included in the D50 kit. It seems much
better than my old Canon and Sigma zooms (which I've sold some years ago,
after change from a EOS650 to digital), although it presents some barrel
distortion at wide-angle (18mm). To be honest, I only noticed it recently
(only after taking a few hundred shots), when I had the chance to get some
pictures with the ocean at the horizon. I will try to remember not to use
this lens at 18mm with perfectly "horizontal horizons"...
Anyhow, one can solve it in Photoshop, quite easily.
Overall, I'm content with the building quality and sharpness of this lens
and, probably, I'll spend much more time with it (getting used again with
a SLR).
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Good lens, tricked by a slow computer., April 4, 2006
Reviewer: Christoph Joosten
I bought this lens for my D70s because of its light weight - almost half
the weight of the 18-70 - and because it has less barrel distortion at 18
mm than the 18-70. True, the build quality is not as good, but I'm very
careful so that wasn't too much a concern to me.
I went out testing the lens and initially I thought the lens was very
soft. I was going though the images in Windows Explorer and the images
seemed soft even though they were taken with camera sharpening on
"medium-high". How could this be? Eventually I realized what caused this:
my computer wasn't fully resolving the JPEG file! Somehow, first enlarging
each picture, then bringing back the size to fit the window, was necessary
to have the image come out in its full resolution - which allowed true
assessment of its sharpness. This lens is fully capable of taking sharp
pictures!
Reportedly, sharpness is best (and is excellent) across the frame at f/8
at 18mm, f/8-11 at 35mm, and f/11 at 55mm.
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Value for the entry-level amateur, March 29, 2006
Reviewer: Cameron M. Scott
I bought this lens for just over $100.00 on eBay. I expected it to perform
as well as it does. For the price, the lense is better than the 28-80mm by
far. The images are clear (in good lighting conditions) and the sharpness
is adequate. I have taken several thousand pictures with the lense, and I
am satisfied with its performance. The macro photo possibilities are
generally acceptable. It is a good beginning lense because you really get
what you pay for. The lense does not perform well in low-light conditions,
however. Noise is substantial here. It does not feel too light, although
the plastic mount is a liability if you remove lenses often. All in all,
it is a worthwhile purchase for anyone excited about jumping into
photography. This is a good, general portrait, landscape, and non-zoom
macro lense.
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Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX, March 19, 2006
Reviewer: Ruth E. Todd
The lens is good for the price. I used this lens a few times for large
groups of people with my Fuji S3Pro and the quality if shot in raw is very
good up to an 11x14.
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