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<blockquote data-quote="westmill" data-source="post: 55479" data-attributes="member: 9330"><p>I 100% beleive the vast majority of people ditch there so called kit lenses through snobery or just plain ignorance.</p><p>Nikon, over the last few years have developed standard zooms that are well beyond the competition.</p><p>We have the remakable 18-70 3.5 - 4.5.... Metal mount, very fast and silent and matches the 16-55 in image quality at the same aprature settings and even surpasses it at the wide end. On top of that, it has an amount of weather proofing. It loses just half a stop at the wide angle end and</p><p>little over a stop at the long end. You gain an extra 15mm of focal lengh though.</p><p>Its a simlar story for the 18-105 and 18-135. You lose even more build quality, plastic mounts, weather sealing etc but gain range.</p><p>The fact is, the 17-55 has been out for some time. Its an amazing lens for sure. Its build quality and speed are second to none.</p><p>Its built to last a life time of hard abuse. When it comes to actual IQ , the later standard zooms are outperforming it.</p><p>The 16-85 is another fantastic lens. it has VR that actualy works, fantastic range, and again outperforms the 17-55.</p><p>These new zooms perform as good as primes. The thread is titled, when do you use your kit lens ! To me it would make more sense</p><p>if it was, when dont you use your kit lens. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westmill, post: 55479, member: 9330"] I 100% beleive the vast majority of people ditch there so called kit lenses through snobery or just plain ignorance. Nikon, over the last few years have developed standard zooms that are well beyond the competition. We have the remakable 18-70 3.5 - 4.5.... Metal mount, very fast and silent and matches the 16-55 in image quality at the same aprature settings and even surpasses it at the wide end. On top of that, it has an amount of weather proofing. It loses just half a stop at the wide angle end and little over a stop at the long end. You gain an extra 15mm of focal lengh though. Its a simlar story for the 18-105 and 18-135. You lose even more build quality, plastic mounts, weather sealing etc but gain range. The fact is, the 17-55 has been out for some time. Its an amazing lens for sure. Its build quality and speed are second to none. Its built to last a life time of hard abuse. When it comes to actual IQ , the later standard zooms are outperforming it. The 16-85 is another fantastic lens. it has VR that actualy works, fantastic range, and again outperforms the 17-55. These new zooms perform as good as primes. The thread is titled, when do you use your kit lens ! To me it would make more sense if it was, when dont you use your kit lens. :) [/QUOTE]
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