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Robert
I have had a 28 - 105 for about 4 years and a great lens it is too.
I bought the D70 kit lens as I need the '18' for the house
internals I shoot. Ideally I would like the 12 - 24 but that will
have to wait until the pockets fill up a bit.
The kit lens is very nicely balanced with the D70 camera and very
good value when bought as a kit. Image wise I am very happy with
sharp images across the board, however using it wide open at 18mm
is best avoided due to slight vignetting. For Aus $250 you can't
do better.
I think the two lens' complement each other quite well and are of
very similar quality, if you are happy with the 28 - 105 you will
like the 18 - 70 for sure.
If you have sufficient $$$ then perhaps go for the 12 - 24mm as
that would widen your scope.
Andy Warren
I'm thinking of buying this camera but now in the middle of the
road trying to figure out should I buy the kit or body only as I
have this 28-105 f/3.5-4.5D IF AF Nikkor lens which I'm using with
my N80. Any comments would really be appreciated with comparisons
of this lens and kit lens. Thanks.
If you like the 28/105mm range then the kit lens covers the equivalent range. It's also AFS so in comparison with the 28/105mm it's fast and silent. The vignetting at the wide end is only present wide open and is easily corrected. The lens hood is a much more sensible size than the 28/105mm hood and you won't have any trouble in getting the lens with hood fitted to the camera into a small camera bag - such as the Lowepro Toploader Zoom 1. No macro though.Robert
I have had a 28 - 105 for about 4 years and a great lens it is too.
I bought the D70 kit lens as I need the '18' for the house
internals I shoot. Ideally I would like the 12 - 24 but that will
have to wait until the pockets fill up a bit.
The kit lens is very nicely balanced with the D70 camera and very
good value when bought as a kit. Image wise I am very happy with
sharp images across the board, however using it wide open at 18mm
is best avoided due to slight vignetting. For Aus $250 you can't
do better.
I think the two lens' complement each other quite well and are of
very similar quality, if you are happy with the 28 - 105 you will
like the 18 - 70 for sure.
If you have sufficient $$$ then perhaps go for the 12 - 24mm as
that would widen your scope.
Andy Warren
