( 2 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 9 2009
Pros: Compact Light-weight Good feel/build, looks great too! Wide coverage of focal lenghts Cons: Poor image quality Loss of contrast I bought this lens about six months ago for my Nikon D60, despite the fact that it would not auto-focus with my camera. Even when properly focused, I would notice a loss of saturation and contrast at longer focal lengths, and often the effects were beyond the help of photoshop. It was a shame; the lens really felt good in my hands; it was a decent size, good build to it, and the included hood was nice; just lacking in image quality.
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Posted: Mar 13 2008
I bought this for use with a D50. It gave very crisp and full color images. The non-static aperture isn't really a problem for people who want family pictures that are better than an little point and shoot camera can give since likely they won't be shooting manually anyway. But keep in mind that the reason this is inexpensive is because the aperture doesn't go to a very low number - so it's not as useful indoors. Since the aperture can't go to a low number, it's not good in dark situations or indoors without a speedlight It's spectacular outdoors, however. This makes a good 'walk around' outdoor lens when paired with a 50mm 1.8 lens for the indoor shots. The 50mm 1.8 lets you do your indoor shots and not get as grainy or out of focus images and is sharp and inexpensive. In contrast, this lets you get those beautiful and rich outdoor shots. So I recommend this lens for anyone who uses their DSLR on automatic and wants crisper and richer images than their kit lenses can produce. It's a great value for a very useful zoom with a large range. And you definitely won't complain about the image quality outdoors.
