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<blockquote data-quote="mikeh32217" data-source="post: 177254" data-attributes="member: 7081">And I gotta say I'm really happy with it so far despite what Ken Rockwell says.&nbsp; If you read his review of the 16-85 he claims; <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/16-85mm.htm" target="_blank">link</a>[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Honestly, <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/18-55-ii.htm" target="_blank">Nikon's 18-55mm kit lens</a>&nbsp; ($120) has the same quality optics, but without most of the convenience&nbsp; features of the 16-85mm. I'm not kidding: I've compared them directly&nbsp; against each other. [/FONT]Here's a picture of the steps I just finished patching, actually not done yet but humidity is so high and the afternoon sun is directly done on them.[ATTACH]45231[/ATTACH]The 16-85 is on the right and the kit lens on the left.&nbsp; Now I'm blind as all get out but even I can tell the difference.Anyway my D7000 is on the way, should be here Mon. or Tues. and am really looking forward to getting out and doing some real snapping.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mikeh32217, post: 177254, member: 7081"] And I gotta say I'm really happy with it so far despite what Ken Rockwell says. If you read his review of the 16-85 he claims; [URL="http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/16-85mm.htm"]link[/URL] [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Honestly, [URL="http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/18-55-ii.htm"]Nikon's 18-55mm kit lens[/URL] ($120) has the same quality optics, but without most of the convenience features of the 16-85mm. I'm not kidding: I've compared them directly against each other. [/FONT] Here's a picture of the steps I just finished patching, actually not done yet but humidity is so high and the afternoon sun is directly done on them. [ATTACH=CONFIG]45231._xfImport[/ATTACH] The 16-85 is on the right and the kit lens on the left. Now I'm blind as all get out but even I can tell the difference. Anyway my D7000 is on the way, should be here Mon. or Tues. and am really looking forward to getting out and doing some real snapping. [/QUOTE]

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