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Redpb
12-23-2009, 01:12 PM
So last night at the family Christmas party our Nikon kit 18-55mm lens died (couldn't move the zoom, crap rattling around in there). So with the holiday's upon us we had to get a new lens and now.
I shopped around a few places and instead of getting another 18-55mm lens I was able to pick up a Nikon 18-105mm VR.
Was this a good upgrade?
Please be honest rather than kind. I'd like to know if I should return it and get something else. I can't afford the $800 lens I would like and I spent about $350 for this one.

ScoutColorado
12-25-2009, 07:39 PM
Well, as a walkaround lens on a Nikon DX, I like the range a lot, and it's a VR. But here's Ken Rockwell's take on it, for what it's worth.
RR
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/18-105mm.htm