Options, Very Well Built
Add AI Indexing Pin for my F2AS and F3AF and it also works nicely with FTN

Size, which is a minor beef

Awesome Lens very Sharp and Very under rated, Better Lens than the DX 18-200

Customer Service

Very Good

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Nikkor 43-86 Zoom
Nikkor 80-200mm
Nikkor 35-70

Build quality
Glass optics
Standard 72mm thread
Reasonable value in 2007

Non-macro
Unreasonable value in 2009

Rugged lens with good quality optics. Images are sharp,although longer focal lenths require a steady tripod, and mirror lock up when using at dusk, dawn, or a cloudy day(possible with D300). Focus is brisk when mounted on a D300 and F5 body. Lens has performed surpisingly well.

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18-200mm AF-s G VR

Nicely built, sharp, good colour,almost a single carry lense for most uses.

Awful close focus range (even when it works), lense hood worse than useless.

Took a chance on a faulty focus lense, and its short focus is limited to 2m by something jamming the focus ring or AF gear train. For the money though (£20) it was a real bargain!
Sharper than my 24-200 Tokina, better colour too, but a bit narrow on a DSLR.

Customer Service

N/A, yet.

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Tokina 24-200 AF, Tokina 28-210 AF. Vivitar 28-200 MF.

Its NIKON and the pictures are FINE ( but not Nikon Prime or Canon L series sharp)
Well made
One lens to leave on all day - which is handy and means you can work quickly

Poor close focus
One lens to leave on all day - which makes YOU lazy!
Rubbish NIKON lens hood - a joke

Way back in the 1980's I used to use NIKON prime lenses such as the 85 F2 and 35 F2 but time moves on and a few years ago I returned to taking semi serious snaps. I have used a vast amount of kit but NIKON has always been my first love. I felt I needed one lens to fit and forget - the perfect one lens package. Well, this lens is NEARLY that. I love the range ( but wish it began at 24) the 200 end is OK for kids , folks etc as long as their not miles away. Size and weight is fine. Seems well made. Zoom action is smooth. Nikon quality - yes but not Nikon PRIME. But then again its quick easy to use and I don't have to keep switching. Poor close focus. Autofocus can be slow on some older camera bodies such as the F601/ F801. Have used the lens for PRO work - indoors - wide open images were fine with a D70 and focus much faster. Would I keep it - YES . But wish it began at 24....

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Tamron 28 -200. Simga 28-135 Canon 28- 200 (VERY POOR - AVOID)

Very solid with metal mount. Internal focus, so no problem when using a circular polariser. It comes with a hard plastic bayonet mount lens hood. Nikon quality. Great for one-lens traveller.

The aperture ring is a little tight. No infrared readings. Attachment diameters is 72mm instead of a more accessible 62mm which Nikon managed to produce a year of two later with the G series.

I bought this super zoom to replace my Sigma 28-200mm which is less well built and I'm a little fed up to carry around my other Nikon 35-70 and 70-210mm zooms for travel. I bought this zoom for 3400 Hong Kong dollars. More expensive than the Sigma but it's worth the extra.

Customer Service

Serviced once by Nikon France for removing the sand I collected from the Namibian deserts.

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Sigma 28-200mm.

Useful zoom range. Very solid constriction, having metal zoom barrel, much better than other brands 28-200. The sharpness, distortion and flare control are all good. Internal focusing makes its front part not rotating while focusing.

Slow AF. Long minimum focusing distance 1m, really not possible to take flowers, but still possible for "big head" portrait shots. Front lens part rotate while zooming. The "Mexican hat" shape hood is almost useless. Quite expensive (almost HK$3k) compared with similar models of other brands.

I bought it coz of brand loyality and its better image quality. However, if you read the disadvantage I wrote, you may think twice .

Customer Service

Nil

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Pentax 28-200.

Build quality, nice feel from the zoom & focus rings.

Slow max aperture. Forget about shooting close subjects.

I wanted a 28-200 lens and they all had the same f3.5-5.6 aperture range as the Nikon. If I could have had a f2.8 or even one with a constant f3.5, I would have dived on it. I got the Nikon and was surprised at the solid feel, it doesn''t seem to be a plastic lens, or if it is then Nikon have hidden the fact well. Macro is a laugh on this lens, it doesn''t exist and the f5.6 makes it a sunny day lens. The f3.5 dissapears the minute you touch the zoom ring. Having said all that, the image quality is very good, definitely on a par with the Nikon 28-105 lens. Good crisp images with nice colour. Distortion is negligible although at 200mm the edges get a bit soft. I don''t regret buying this lens, but the slow aperture means it is not a lens I can leave on the camera all the time like I did with the 28-105. The highish price tag should have at least ensured that Nikon gave it a faster constant aperture, even f3.5 all the way would have been good. The manufacturer who designs a 28-200/f2.8 constant aperture lens will be onto a winner.

Customer Service

Never needed them for a lens.

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Nikon 28-105, 80-200/f2.8 and lots of other lenses, past and present.

Sharpness and perfect zoom quality.

The minimal focal distance may be shorter.

I bought this lens after I tried a long list of different lenses. I’m impressed with quality and durability of this one. For everyday using for opinion this is the best zoom lens. All pictures are sharp, colorful, with perfect contrast and natural. The zoom quality is just amazing: if you choose by right aperture it performs better then most fixed focus lenses. I use it with my N80 and the results just look like a dream. But this is not are lenses for beginners: you have to understand the photographic process and take care of optimal aperture for specific focus length.

Customer Service

None

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Nikon 70-300, Nikon 28-80, Nikon 24-85, Nikon 28-105, Sigma 28-105, Sigma 28-200, Sigma 28-300

Great zoom from wideangle to telephoto.

Filter size (72mm), expensive filter.
minimum focusing distance isn't close enough

I bought this for my travelling lens.

Customer Service

none needed

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50mm 1.4
28-70 2.8

All around worker, to a point.

They say Macro, but don't believe it.

I tried the 28-105 at the local shop and loved it. But I wanted the 28-200 for a wider range or shooting. I was disapointed that the Macro on the 105 worked great, for a zoom, but the 200 does not even come close. I had to buy a Macro, but I was going to do that anyway. If you have to buy a true all around lens, go with the 105, because you can actually use the macro. But if Macro is not your cup of tea, then this is a great lens

Customer Service

Very new lens, nothing needed yet.

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28-105 Nikor