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<blockquote data-quote="Silverback" data-source="post: 648930" data-attributes="member: 43255"><p>Brent, that's interesting, wasn't that the one that when it first came out wasn't so good and then the later versions got raves? I remember lusting after that lens when my D40x was my main camera and ended up getting the Tamron 18-270 just because I couldn't justify the difference in price.</p><p></p><p>I considered stepping down as far as to a 200mm max zoom for better quality (that was actually why I bought the kit with the 18-140 in it when I bought my D7100 to try to get a decent range with sharper pics), but I just don't see the better IQ in the "nicer" Nikon lens, so I don't use it often. The only thing I really see is 100g lighter and sometimes I miss the shot losing the 140-270mm range.</p><p></p><p>I do definitely see an IQ difference going from any of these lenses to the Sigma Art 24-105, but the lens is just SO heavy that I rarely use it in normal situations. There have been times that I've decided to just suck it up and use it as a carry around lens (mostly when I knew I wasn't going to need the telephoto range) and I got great pictures but I was surprised how much I bump up against the 24mm end of the range inside, and it's just way too short for use with wildlife/moon...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverback, post: 648930, member: 43255"] Brent, that's interesting, wasn't that the one that when it first came out wasn't so good and then the later versions got raves? I remember lusting after that lens when my D40x was my main camera and ended up getting the Tamron 18-270 just because I couldn't justify the difference in price. I considered stepping down as far as to a 200mm max zoom for better quality (that was actually why I bought the kit with the 18-140 in it when I bought my D7100 to try to get a decent range with sharper pics), but I just don't see the better IQ in the "nicer" Nikon lens, so I don't use it often. The only thing I really see is 100g lighter and sometimes I miss the shot losing the 140-270mm range. I do definitely see an IQ difference going from any of these lenses to the Sigma Art 24-105, but the lens is just SO heavy that I rarely use it in normal situations. There have been times that I've decided to just suck it up and use it as a carry around lens (mostly when I knew I wasn't going to need the telephoto range) and I got great pictures but I was surprised how much I bump up against the 24mm end of the range inside, and it's just way too short for use with wildlife/moon... [/QUOTE]
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