After buying a D700, I first relied mainly on my old AF lenses from the film days (20-35, 35-70, 80-200) plus some primes, while hoping Nikon would soon come out with serious f4 zooms like Canon users enjoy.

High IQ for such a broad zoom range; VF very effective; silky zoom action, with nolens creep issue (when pointed down); light compared to PRO zooms; nicely finished, including weather seals

Poor lenshood design (often falls off or twists out of alignment); my polarizer lens foils the auto focus

Beautiful results for amatuer and Professional photographers

Solid Construction; Zoom Lock and Sharp Images

Slightly Heavy if used with Neck Straps

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

77mm filters; Consistent Output; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Nice Bokeh; Well built; Zoom lock

NONE

This is an amazing lens. It is relatively new on the market and I wasn't sure how it would perform seeing as it has been labelled a "do-it-all" lens. So far, it has exceeded my expectations on my Nikon D700. I shoot just about everything but mostly people and travel.

- image quality is surprising considering the extreme zoom range; - lightweight (compared to many other lenses in that category; - focuses in very low light conditions; - acceptable distortion (except when shooting vertical and/or horizontal lines; - VR allows a couple of extra stops; - solid build

- Expensive (but when you consider all the lenses it replaces; it's a real bargain; - Distortion at max wide and max long ends

A little background - My first 28-300 was the very first lens I ever bought for my first digital SLR, and it was a Sigma. I took a lot of good photos with it, and thought it was a fine lens. As time went on, I bought better glass, and started seeing the shortcomings in it.

I bought this after some soul searching, and with the WEX 28 day money back guarantee in mind. I had a Nikon D70 and bought the 18-200 VR for it. The resultant combination eight years ago gave me an ideal, flexible combo for travel photography.

Durable; Great Features; Great Picture Quality; Versatile

Heavy Bulky

Have used this lens now for well over a year in all kinds of light. Of course it's better in good light but I've happily used the lens in dull condition and just 'up' the ISO, if necessary in the high thousands and can get f10 at 125/sec and I'm not taking still objects being a railway snapper, I'm...

ultimate lens, u cant go wrong ever with this lens, very fast lens. just carry a single lens for your every needs. great pictures . all in one lens. i just love this lens. only one bad , its bit heavy to carry. but i feel light weighted after seeing the the photo shot .

I have debated in agony about putting down 1K plus on this lens. I wish I would not have waited so long. It is a fantastic upgrade to my kit lens 18-105 VR. After taking 8000 pictures on my D7000 I realized I was using the wide portion of the kit lens only about 1% of the time.

Super Sharp

Over a grand most of the time and hard to find

i have owned this lens for two years, and have literally traveled the world using it as my solo lens. I recently went to SE Asia, and took a variety of lenses with me but never took any of them out of my bag since my 28-300 covered all situations I encountered.