Englischdude
Senior Member
I was looking for a compact walkabout lens and came across this, the Nikon AF 28-200 3.5-5.6 ED G.
As much as it pains me to say it, KR's review of this lens is pretty accurate.
For a start I am amazed at how compact and light it is, here a comparison together with some of my other lenses. As you can see it is almost as compact as the 40mm micro, and completely dwarved by the 24-70 tamron.
i am satisfied with the performance at both the wide and long end. The reason for getting rid of my 18-200 from Nikon was the softness at 200mm. Here a picture wide at 28mm, notice the cable car station and antenna on the mountain in the background..
@ 200mm
Unfortunately the Bokeh is nothing to write home about, quite noisy and distracting, however the contrast and colour rendering is good.
And the bonus with this lens is that it is also Full frame compatible so I am armed for a possible ugrade in the future. The AF is fast enough for a general purpose lens. There is no VR, but that is something I can live without for a general walkabout lens.
If anyone else ownes this lens feel free to add your pics and comments to this thread.
As much as it pains me to say it, KR's review of this lens is pretty accurate.
For a start I am amazed at how compact and light it is, here a comparison together with some of my other lenses. As you can see it is almost as compact as the 40mm micro, and completely dwarved by the 24-70 tamron.
i am satisfied with the performance at both the wide and long end. The reason for getting rid of my 18-200 from Nikon was the softness at 200mm. Here a picture wide at 28mm, notice the cable car station and antenna on the mountain in the background..
@ 200mm
Unfortunately the Bokeh is nothing to write home about, quite noisy and distracting, however the contrast and colour rendering is good.
And the bonus with this lens is that it is also Full frame compatible so I am armed for a possible ugrade in the future. The AF is fast enough for a general purpose lens. There is no VR, but that is something I can live without for a general walkabout lens.
If anyone else ownes this lens feel free to add your pics and comments to this thread.