Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED IF DX

Nikon 18-70 Af-s dx ED 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.

NOT what I paid for!! 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!

This lens is inexpensive, a great performer, and built to last. 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