I used this lens daily for 17 years and just replaced it with the exact one, as I've been happy with it as a full time press photographer. The focal length is perfect. The paper purchased three of these in 2000.

I have been using it with D850 a couple of months now and I am pretty satisfied with its performance, sharpness, colors particularly in landscape. For street photography at 2.8 edges are little soft but from 4.5 and above pretty well performing. Would definitely recommend to others.

My recent purchase for this lens is fantastic. It was described as "good" condition and it fully meets my expectations when it arrived. Just come cosmetic wear and tear under normal use. Frond and rear lens groups are clear and free from scratches, molds and oil.

the lens served me well for almost 9 years. I've sold it already after a made a lot of money using this lens. everything was perfect, the AF, sharpness, and ergonomic. the sad thing is i dropped it. for years it worked fine, until the AF-S motor start causing the focusing ring stuck a little bit.

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  Super sharp. an almost perfect lens

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  never drop an AF-S lens! even if the lens barrel is metal and very tough, the inside motor will be damaged

Seems to have some issues. Have had this lens for about 5-6 years. Stopped focusing. Just got it back from Nikon. Needed a new af motor and some other parts. $600 bill!

I've been using this lens with my D200, D300, D300S, D3 and now my D850 for a total of 11 years and remain satisfied with its performance. This camera has produced some of my favorite landscape photos as well as making some photos for an interior decorator possible. It's high quality and versatile.

You can get right up in peoples faces with this wide zoom even in low light.

Used item described as clean almost new, in fact looks and feels like new, but there is a big pet-hair-like particle inside rear element. Too bad because it really seems to work like new.

Excellent lens, can't fault it, lives on my camera.

There is a lot of controversy over this lens. If you know what you're buying and what you're buying it for its an amazing piece of glass. This lens was designed decades ago for 35mm film slrs. That does not take away from the quality, but it has some limitations.