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Review Date
June 18, 2008
Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
 4 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year
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Reviewed by
jorgemonkey
, Expert
Price Paid
$0.00
at present from my gran
Photography Experience
2-5 years
, People
Summary
My grandfather gave me this lens along with a couple other manual focus lenses. I've used it mainly for portrait work along with some nature/product photography work. Its built like a tank, and it feels like one.
I've mostly used this lens with my D2h, and I love the images I've gotten from it. I used it at a wedding I shot for about a half hour or so, and again I was very pleased with the image quality. The macro feature on the one I have works pretty good as well. Its a push-pull style zoom, and I've found that when the lens is mounted it tends to want to creep down on me.
Strengths
Build quality, it feels like it won't break on you if you drop it
Push-pull style zoom is smooth, focus is smooth, and its pretty easy to put it into macro mode.
Weaknesses
3.5 aperture, but its really not a weakness
Similar Products Used
Nikon 50mm 1.8 AIS, 35 2.8 AIS, 80-300 AIS (I believe its an 80-300)
Customer Service
I've sent in a couple cameras/flashes to Nikon, and I have been very pleased with them.
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Review Date
July 21, 2005
Overall Rating
 2 of 5
Value Rating
 2 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year
Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 2 votes
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Reviewed by
bigalbaird
, Professional
Price Paid
$0.00
Photography Experience
21+ years
, Outdoor
Summary
Like all zoom lenses optics are a compromise, but at 105mm only the centre half of the image is in focus: the periphery is way out. It's frustrating because in most other respects it is an easy lens to use but since the fall off in quality at this focal length is so bad I'm looking at changing asap, either that or putting tape on the barrel to stop me inadvertently using it at 'disaster setting'. It would be ok for snaps but I've had to dump a number of Himalayan shots becasue of poor quality. Guess I'll have to stick to fixed focal lengths in future
Strengths
Ease of use - smooth zoom and focus action.
Weaknesses
Less than average optics at 105mm
Similar Products Used
Equivalent Pentax zoom
Customer Service
Had the optics checked by Nikon, who returned it FOC saying it was perfect..
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Review Date
November 13, 2004
Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
 5 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year
Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5, 4 votes
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Reviewed by
William Kazak
, Professional
Price Paid
$100.00
at Bought it used from
Photography Experience
21+ years
, People
Summary
Very nice zoom lens. No flare at all, even at the beach when used with the HB5 hood.The focal length is great for film and fine for digital on my D70.I took thousands of pics this summer at the beach with this and my 200mm F4 and my D70.This is an outdoor lens because it gets slow at F4.5.
Strengths
Hand holdable,compact,takes 52mm filters. No flare at all.Takes the place of 35mm,50mm,85mm and 105mm.Real usable for volleyball and general beach activity.I love the push-pull.
Weaknesses
Gets a little slow is my only complaint.
Similar Products Used
24-85mm zoom.
Customer Service
None needed. Seems very rugged.
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Review Date
January 9, 2003
Overall Rating
4 of 5
Value Rating
4 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month
Visitors rate this review
4.20 of 5, 5 votes
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Reviewed by
Toonman
, Professional
, from North East of England
Price Paid
$269.00
at Jessops
Photography Experience
21+ years
, Outdoor
Summary
A decent lens, that's free of hassles in day to day use.
Price quoted is in UK £
Strengths
Handling
Build Quality
Sharpness
Weaknesses
Like all lenses, softer at the aperture extremes, than those at the mid point. Something we expect and get used to however.
Similar Products Used
RB67 - 50, 90, 180, 360 Sekors
D100 - 18-35, 70-300
Coolpix 990
Contax G2 - 28, 45, 90
Customer Service
Not required with this product, but from previous experience with others, Nikon UK are always quick to deal with queries.
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Review Date
October 28, 2002
Overall Rating
 3 of 5
Value Rating
 3 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year
Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 2 votes
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Reviewed by
Scott Warn
, Expert
Price Paid
$0.00
Photography Experience
21+ years
, Other
Summary
OK for a zoom lens, enlargement limit is 5 x 7 max, anything larger looks soft. Use with a high speed 400+ film, the resolving power is not good enough for any finer grain film and it is a bit slow.
Strengths
Convenience. Robust construction.
Weaknesses
Weight, which is normal for an all metal zoom lens. Price, a Quantaray from Ritz camera would probably give similar results.
Similar Products Used
35-105 AF D Nikkor
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