“Good, but not excellent”
I’m a hobbiest/enthusiast not a professional, yet I’ve taken the time to learn terms like vignette, bokeh and about pincushion/barrel lens effect. The 18-135mm DX Nikkor lens suffers from all of them. If you’re not a perfectionist or professional, then you will certainly not be disappointed by this utilitarian starter lens. If [...]
“A solid value and nothing to scoff at”
Wide open this lens has some noticeable flaws, but if you force it to using a more closed aperture (say F8), many of those become less apparent. Even if you’re forced to shoot wide open or you don’t know better, you can correct the aberrations and vignetting in [...]
“A good Lens for amature photography.”
So you want to buy a nice “all around lens.” Well, this could be it, however, take some of my following into consideration.
Pros;
This lens is a cheap and easy way to cover a large range of zooms. Depending upon your needs and camera you own, this lens allows for a [...]
“Best buy for versatile lens”
I compared this to the Nikon 18-200 VR:
1) The 18-135 is lighter and nicely balanced in handling, when mounted on the light bodies (like D-40). The 18-200 VR is much too heavy for the slight added zoom range.
2) The build quality is better than the 18-200. I got an 18-200 from [...]
“Good results”
I have been using this lens on a D70S for several months with good results. Autofocus functions well if you respect the limits (avoid poor contrast, target object small relative to the total frame, poor lighting, etc.). In any case, like all Nikon IF lenses you can tweak the focus by grabbing the focus [...]
