I purchased this lens nearly 5 years ago, and have used it with both the D40x and D5000 bodies. It has worked very well with a circular polarizer for predominantly landscape photography applications.
Very useful zoom range from wide angle @ 16mm (equivalent to 24 mm in a full-frame sensor / 35 mm film camera) to mild telephoto @ 85 mm (equivalent to 127.5 mm in full-frame sensor / 35 mm film camera).
- Heavy Lens - My lens has been back to Nikon for repair once - Not really a fair criticism (just FYI); because of the minimum focal length specs of my camera body for use with flash; BUT: Size of lens (diameter of barrel) can block part of flash lighting