Nikon AF18-35 /3.5-4.5D IF-ED

Zitat: The Nikkor AF 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5D ED was Nikon´s first consumer grade wide angle zoom lens and the results achieved by this lens on the D3x clearly show how much this market segment has evolved over the recent years. The lens delivers very good to excellent sharpness in the image center, but that´s about all the good news we can report. The borders and corners are very poor and the lens needs to be stopped down considerably to achieve acceptable sharpness down to the image corners. Distortion is very high and unfortunately not uniform at the widest setting, but smoothens and decreases when zooming in. Vignetting is quite high wide open, especially at short focal lengths, but can be reduced by stopping down. CAs are also significantly higher at the short end of the zoom range, but can easily be cured in post processing. The build quality of the lens is ok and on the same level as other Nikon consumer lenses of that era. However, that can´t balance out the optical flaws of the lens.

Zitat: Für optimale Leistungen sollte das Nikkor auf den längeren Brennweiten eingesetzt werden.

Zitat: Für optimale Abbildungsleistungen sollte dieses preiswerte Nikon-Weitwinkelzoom auf den etwas längeren Brennweiten eingesetzt werden.

Zitat: Kompaktes und leichtes Zoom mit sehr guter Kunststofffassung und Innenfokussierung. Bei 18mm Randabfall der Brillianz bei offener Blende, ansonsten sehr gute, ausgewogene optische Leistung.