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Cons: Plastic baionnet. A bit slow aperture at longer end

Pros: Very good sharpness, useful range

Summary: Most of the time, I don't need another lens

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Cons: plastic bayonet needs bigger aperture :)

Pros: value for price is awesome VR function image quality superfast autofocus with no errors overall performance

Summary: must have for those who still uses their 18-50 kit lenses, and doesn't wanna buy more expensive 18-200 Nikkor

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Cons: Flare. Horrendous, uncorrectable flare at all settings even with the sun far out of shot. Heavy distortion VR not as good as expected

Pros: Very sharp Quite light Great range

Summary: Not sure why so many people are rating the optical quality is low. I find this lens to be very sharp, if you compare the reviews between this and the 17-55 f2.8 nikkor, it doesn't come off too badly. Also, build quality is not good, but for the price range it is more than acceptable. Being a mountain photographer I gladly accept the lighter weight. Biggest problem is the flare when using outside; as soon as the sun comes near the corner of a shot, it'll land streaks and blobs all over the frame. It could do with a much better / bigger lens hood. I find this a convenient all round lens, especially for mountain / landscape / hiking photography. The distortion and vignetting problems are easily cured, but the flare completely destroys images. If this problem could be solved in a version 2, I would buy it in an instant, and would probably not need another lens.

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Cons: Very bad build quality. Everything rattles. Very weak plastic mount, inappropriate for such a "heavy lens" and easily breaks (mine broke twice). Significant distortion at low end. Optical quality degrades at 105mm. It focuses quite slow. No (semi)macro capabilities (magnification of only 1:5); cannot be used with macro rings.

Pros: Good zoom range. Low cost. Reasonable optical quality.

Summary: Good walk-around lens that comes in a kit with some Nikon DSLRs. I would not buy it separately - there are better alternatives, although the zoom range is quite appealing.

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Cons: Poorly built, plastic bayonet is known to break easily

Pros: VR, very convenient focal length range, passable image quality

Summary: A convenient lens just a step above the cheaper kit lenses, but somewhat poorly-built and image quality is nothing more than acceptable.

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Cons: Soft over 50mm Decentered Dull viewfinder and slow AF indoors Bad distortion at wide end Unacceptable really Does not compare with my 28-70 3.5-4.5 D

Pros: Can probably sell it

Summary: Don't do it

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Cons: notevole perdita progressiva di qualità a tutte le focali da f 7,1 a f16. discreta perdita di qualità ai bordi alle massime aperture, soprattutto da 24 a 105 mm. Autofocus non molto veloce e un pò rumoroso.

Pros: Leggerezza, basso prezzo, estensione focale.

Summary: buona lente tuttofare.

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Cons: high distortion. Only 3.5 5.6 focal

Pros: useful for everything

Summary: useful amateur lens

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Cons: Vigneting @ f8 in the long focal length.

Pros: High quality lens regarding optical quality @ f8 f11. Very low weight for mountain photography and long walks. The longer focal lengths are very useful for real landscape photography. True 3 stops at short focal lengths and 2 stops at longer focal lengths of benefit using VR. Very useful with small tripods.

Summary: A very good lens for pragmatic photographers in rough terrain and long walks.

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Cons: L'autofocus spesso sbaglia, e non è veloce

Pros: Buona nitidezza, estremamente leggero ed economico, ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo

Summary: Se non avete molti soldi da spendere e volete cavarvela in tutte le situazioni è un ottima lente

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Cons: Reasonably high distorsion at 18mm, plastic lens mount

Pros: Good zoom range, very good from 24mm to 105mm, effective image stabilisation.

Summary: I bought the 18-105mm after having a play with the 18-55 non-VR lens. I was looking for the 18-70mm lens but these are fairly scarce. I must say I am impressed with this lens. It isn't perfect but does make a good compromise between usability, size and quality. Overall it is very good value and execeptional if get it bundled in with a camera. I found the IQ to be at least as good, if not better than the 18-55mm but there isn't much in it. I like the focus ring not rotating which just ruins the 18-55 lenses. Distorstion is a little higher than ideal at 18mm but is reasonable at other focal lengths. It is easy enough to correct in CS5 anyway. It would be nice to have a slightly faster lens but that would add to the cost, size and weight. The VR is very effective and the close focus at 105mm is reasonable. I find the lens very sharp and the AF accurate. It would be nice to have a distance scale for MF but the MF still works fine.

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Cons: plastic bayonet; it's a cheap lens so I wouldn't expect too much from it - feels exactly the same as other lenses within this price range; some distortion at 18mm, but again - no worse than other cheap lenses

Pros: sharp! it's a killer - miles better than other lenses, especially Nikkor 18-200, Tamron 18-270 or Sigma (I have compared them myself) ! also, great range makes it fantastic walkaround lens, superb stabilization

Summary: Excellent lens for the price - you can't get any better walkaround lens

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Cons: Slow AF(like 18-55),sometimes AF misses, distortion, it could have bigger sunshade, plastic bayonet(maybe just for better feeling), bad MF focus-MF ring is too loose, some vignetting, too long the shortest focus distance

Pros: Focal range,good ghost and flare resistance, instant MF, good function of VR, sharp wide open, no zoom creep

Summary: Optically it is little bit weaker than 18-55II / VR but with great focal range. It is good all-around lens when you count in its price.