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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 798680" data-attributes="member: 48483">I have a different opinion on trying to use an FX 24-120mm f/4 lens. I have it, it is a good choice on an FX body. It is not all-in-one on a DX body due to the minimum focal length with crop factor is 36mm. That is not wide enough IMO for all-in-one.I too have read mostly good things about the Nikon 18-200mm, but never had one. My old D80 kit came with an 18-135mm lens and it disappointed me. I did buy a Tamron 18-270mm VC PZD (one of the later versions) and I liked that lens. Where the Nikon 18-135 was rather soft with a lot of chromatic in the telephoto end, the Tamron had good contrast and the overall images looked sharper on the same body. But it did have a bad case of focus creep (that 270mm was only with infinity focus, more like 230mm at closer range). The zoom lock switch needed to be used as that lens just fell to full extension every time it was pointed downward. But that is the worst of my complaints about it.The Tamrons are rather easy to find on the used markets.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 798680, member: 48483"] I have a different opinion on trying to use an FX 24-120mm f/4 lens. I have it, it is a good choice on an FX body. It is not all-in-one on a DX body due to the minimum focal length with crop factor is 36mm. That is not wide enough IMO for all-in-one. I too have read mostly good things about the Nikon 18-200mm, but never had one. My old D80 kit came with an 18-135mm lens and it disappointed me. I did buy a Tamron 18-270mm VC PZD (one of the later versions) and I liked that lens. Where the Nikon 18-135 was rather soft with a lot of chromatic in the telephoto end, the Tamron had good contrast and the overall images looked sharper on the same body. But it did have a bad case of focus creep (that 270mm was only with infinity focus, more like 230mm at closer range). The zoom lock switch needed to be used as that lens just fell to full extension every time it was pointed downward. But that is the worst of my complaints about it. The Tamrons are rather easy to find on the used markets. [/QUOTE]

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