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Note that the shipping weight is 3 lb but the lens weighs 3.7 lb

Nikon had to get a patent on weight reduction only for the shipping wgt. Photographers can carry the full load, but the UPS man cannot (per Amazon)

The fact that you are still alive after posting this image means you must have looked behind you first to make sure the Air China 777 wasn't on final approach.

>>> Taken with a 17-40 at 40mm.

It would have been a better picture if you had the landing gear of the 777 showing as it passed 10 feet over your head... LOL

(I'm assuming you were standing on the runway to take this shot)