larryepage wrote:
And it is impossible to generalize. I had a 1st generation 18-70mm DX Nikkor zoom. It was just a poor lens. Poor fit, focus uneven across the frame, and just generally not good. Don't even think of sharp, even with the 6 and 10 MP cameras I was using it on.. But a later version of that lens, which I got along wiith a D90 IR conversion, is quite nice. No comparison to the first one. It's still neither premium nor even a mid-tier lens, but it performs much better. And sometimes, kit lenses aren't cheap. The 16-80 f/2.8-4 DX Nikkor zoom is alomost $1100. Some folks really like it, but in my experience, it's no better than mediocre, especially for that much money, And it's also f/4 over almost its entire zoom range. Its full frame equivalent, the 24-120 f/4 Nikkor is a much better lens for about the same proce and is available used for much less money.
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