For starters, anybody who expects stellar optical performance from a 11,1 zoom, better stop reading right now. It is not going to happen, not with this one, nor with the Nikkor. I got this lens in a hurry, because I needed an all-purpose lens to cover a spur-of-the-moment client event.
? Solid build quality & finish; surprisingly good focus speed and accuracy; ? Overall pretty decent optical performance; except at the very long end (in my sample); ? Pretty unobtrusive internal focus; no rotating front-end.
? Chromatic aberration and purple fringing on highlight edges throughout the focal range, especially wide open; This can, however, be easily corrected in post or even in-camera (select Nikon models), ? Pronounced barrel distortions at the wide end, some pin cushion in the medium to long focal...