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The Nikon AF-S DX 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G VR II is a standard lens for APS-C, manufactured from 2014 to 2019 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (micro-USM), it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 210 €;
80 users have given it an average vote of 8.2 out of 10.
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This lens is available with the following mounts:
Nikon F: this lens is compatible with reflex APS-C Nikon.
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Cons:Those of the kit lenses but... (See opinion), aperture aperture only for daylight.
Opinion:Taken as a kit, used, with the D3200 it didn't make me cry out for a technological miracle: good photos but nothing special. Instead, I changed my mind and I re-evaluated it a lot now that I used it on my Lumix G100 in a totally manual way (I think it doesn't even work VR)... It's a whole other thing. The focus peaking of the G100 helps a lot in focusing and I took beautiful photos that don't come with this lens with the D3200. It's true that my photographic style (let's call it that) doesn't require quick focusing... In short, I consider it an excellent lens, almost exceptional!
Pros:For what it's worth my opinion as an inexperienced I find that it is very light, very small, good VR. It seems sharp but as I said I do not have enough experience
Cons:The plastic bayonet!!! What a horror!!!
Opinion:I just bought it to use with a D200. Compared to the camera body it is very small!!! Previously I used the D200 with a 24 mm that becomes 36 and with a 28/100 zoom borrowed from an F75. Compared to those goals it seems better to me, at least because the stabilizer helps me to avoid the move. Bought at 80€ in very good condition (a bit expensive I'm afraid). I would not mind if someone more experienced told me if I made a useless purchase or if good or bad this optics can adapt to the D200 for "generic" photos (street, panoramas, monuments, portraits, birthdays ...) I do not do much else?.
Pros:Lightweight and convenient to carry and allows you to take wide-angle photos and canvases with a discreet width, and purchased in kit has a great price.
Cons:The quality of the photos is not the best, the lens does not have a metal construction, but there is a lot of plastic, purchased alone has an excessive price.
Opinion:Several years ago, I bought a Nikon D3200 and in the kit there was this canvas and reading the opinions I was scared. I did my tests and used it for a certain period, combining it with fixed ones, and I must say with satisfaction, being an amateur and not having to sell my photos. After years and several courses done on photography, I returned to use my D3200 and this lens, which I always carry with me, in a small handbag instead of a compact one. And I must say that I am thrilled to have kept it, when I changed the kit with a more meaningful camera, because I can make great photos even with this abbiamento, simply having learned the photographic techniques and having studied the subject. And I decided to do this review after years, to say that a professional or an amateur who has special needs must necessarily equip himself with quality cameras and accessories, but if we just want to have fun, we can do it and well even with an entrylevel camera and a kit lens, just know the photographic techniques. As for the fact that the lens is plastic it is true, but I, despite having it now for several years and using it often, I have never had constructive problems or anything else and it is still like new! I must say, however, that I my equipment, both the one that costs so much, that this, I take care of it carefully to do the maintenance advised by the manufacturer.
Cons:Dark, flare resistance, autofocus not impeccable, distortion at the shorter focal, blurred
Opinion:It is worth more than it costs, it is very sharp, light, has a good stabilizer but how dark it is!! It is a lens that allows you to do everything and nothing in the sense that it has a discrete rendering at all focal lengths but does not allow you to make extraordinary photos. When I took the camera I bought this and the 35 fixed F 1.8 and how it ended? That 18-55 I didn't use it anymore. The resistance to flare is not the best, the distortions to 18 mm are important but correctable, I do not like the blurry and sometimes L AF is not very precise. Instead it is very sharp and well stabilized. I do not recommend it however as an optical to start better starting with a fixed that gives much better results.
Pros:Light, versatile, excellent stabilizer, AF valid, low price
Cons:Plastic attack
Opinion:I have it as a back up goal. It works fine, small and extremely compact. I am satisfied with the yield, it was quite clear at all focal lengths and already open to satisfactions. Like every vignette zoom a little, however it has excellent resistance to flare (like the older brother 55-200 VR 2, which I own). Very efficient VR, discreet and silent autofocus. Maybe a little too opposed, tends to close the shadows. But as a general optical rendering goes even better than the 16-85 VR, try to believe. However, I can safely say that the era of "Plasticoni da Kit" is over, at least on the optical level. Mechanically, it is an entry level and it can be seen: plastic connection, not particularly fluid ring, non-friction autofocus ring. However on D7200 it works great and the quality of the images was very good. Promoted with a nice 9. :)
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