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>>>>> Short answer: No
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well slightly longer answer, no, and you really need to save up for a
>>>> Nikor 18-200 VRII ... You wont regret it.
>>>
>>> Well, it's a good consumer zoom but will generally not provide the
best
>>> image quality. Useful for holidays though.
>>
>> It certainly does not produce a crisp or tack sharp image.
>
> Samples vary. My made in Japan very early one is absolutely excelent at
> all focal lengths. And produces very very sharp images at 50mm even
> compared directly to the 1.4 50mm lense I used for a comparisson. At 100
> percent or more on screen I cannot see any difference at f8 at all. Even
> contrast is the same. Other than the less than smooth out of focus
areas.
> A portrait lense its not. My brother and a freind both have made in
> Thailand ones. This may or may not be significant but... One is soft
> everywhere in comparison and its very noticible, and the other is softer
> at the 200 end. Most complaints of it being soft are at the middle of
the
> range. Seems to be a lot of variability. Test before you buy!
>
>
>>
>> I am told that on the D300 its performance is much better.
>
> It is. I swapped my 200 for a 300 as soon as I could get one. At least
at
> the wide end.
> Zero chromatic aberration (on all lenses due to the in camera jpg
> processing that magically removes it) and it focusses faster too.
>
>>
>> To deviate, I don't think is is a true 200. When I compare images taken
>> with a straight 200 at close focus, the images from the 18-200 seem
much
>> smaller.
>
> Its 200 at infinity and yes about 175(?) on close ups. You can see image
> size change if you manually focus from one end to the other
>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter
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>
>
Thanks for the info. Since I live about 10 minutes from the Nikon repair
facility, I will bring it in next week. In the past they have been pretty
fair, which is one of the reasons I have stuck with Nikon.
--
Peter
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