Nikon AF-S DX 18-300 F3.5-6.3G ED VR Lens JAA821DA review
Nikon's AF-S Nikkor 18-300mm F3.5-5.6 VR lens offers the longest zoom range currently available for any interchangeable lens camera system. But this comes with all of the usual optical compromises associated with a superzoom, in a large, heavy package.
Huge 16.7x focal length range (while maintaining F5.6 aperture at telephoto); Good image quality in the wide to short telephoto range; Fast; quiet autofocus; Good build quality; smooth zooming action and no zoom creep; Decent close-up capability; Nikon DX SLR owners looking for the longest possible...
Very soft results at telephoto; Extreme distortion across most of the range (but can be corrected in-camera with recent SLRs); Image stabilization not as effective as on similar lenses; especially at telephoto end; Flash shadowing at wideangle on smaller SLRs; Large; heavy and expensive compared to...