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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 838021" data-attributes="member: 48483">Just consider what your intended purpose is for the lens and don't make it do things it is not good at.An all-in-one is going to include several compromises in design, with the goal of getting good-enough photos if not great. So do not buy the lens with the idea of replacing 2 or 3 lens. You will be supplementing those.Long ago I had the Nikon 18-135mm kit lens that was included with a D80 I started out with for DSLR. I quickly was disappointed in the optical performance at telephoto. I replaced with a Tamron 18-270mm VC PZD and I liked the photos better with that lens. I had ideas it could also replace my Nikon 70-300mm lens, but that never was an option after I put the Tamron through shakedown. Tamron had bad focus-creep and only approached 270mm at infinity focus. Closer in it was more like 230mm. But I did happily use it with the D80 and D7000 after that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 838021, member: 48483"] Just consider what your intended purpose is for the lens and don't make it do things it is not good at. An all-in-one is going to include several compromises in design, with the goal of getting good-enough photos if not great. So do not buy the lens with the idea of replacing 2 or 3 lens. You will be supplementing those. Long ago I had the Nikon 18-135mm kit lens that was included with a D80 I started out with for DSLR. I quickly was disappointed in the optical performance at telephoto. I replaced with a Tamron 18-270mm VC PZD and I liked the photos better with that lens. I had ideas it could also replace my Nikon 70-300mm lens, but that never was an option after I put the Tamron through shakedown. Tamron had bad focus-creep and only approached 270mm at infinity focus. Closer in it was more like 230mm. But I did happily use it with the D80 and D7000 after that. [/QUOTE]

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