New 24-85 vs 16-85

But how do you really feel? Just kidding as I always appreciate responses. I, at one time used a 24-120 f/4 lens on D7K which gave me great results but the combo was unbalanced. Gave up on primes many years ago as I hate changing lenses when I'm out shooting. I love high quality, medium range zooms. I am approaching my 80'th birthday and also do not like heavy kits to cary all day long. Oh well maybe Nikon will come up with a higher quality version of the 16-85 to make me happy. Other than focussing speed, I find that my copy of the 18-105 kit lens is slightly superior in optical performance to the 16-85 but of poorer construction and slower focussing. Thanks again for your response.

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LenG