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November 10, 2006
Nikon D80 and 18-200VR
Well, I've switched to Canon for my digital camera and now have a passel of Canon lenses (wahoo!), but if you are on Nikon, then there are some great options now that the Nikon D80 has shipped. Pricegrabber has the D80 for $900 or so dollars, but the big news is that there is an amazing lense, the AFS Nkkor 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6 VR G ED DX that is pretty much everything you could want. Yes, it is $700, but Ken Rockwell and Bjorn just love the thing. It isn't super fast, but it covers just about every range you'll ever need from wide angle of 18mm to 200mm (with a 1.5 lense factor, that's up to 350mm equivalent). Ken's review is amazingly detailed.
That isn't the perfect lense as its a little slow and it does have strong barrel at 18mm, then pin cushions higher up. Image quality is good wide open and gets worse as you telephoto. It is very sharp at F/4-F5.6 at 18-24mm and requires F/11 at higher. The vibration reduction gives you good images down to 1/10 sec at 200MM and 1/5 at 18mm.
If you really want high quality but bulky pro lense, then the AFS Nikkor 28-70 F/2.8 ED IF is the one to get. It is expensive heavy and bulky but optical quality is amazing.
Posted by rich at November 10, 2006 11:03 AM
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