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Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR AF-S DX Nikkor Lens with UV Filter + Cleaning Kit for D300, D40, D90, D5000, D60, D300s, D3000, D3100 & D7000 Digital SLR Cameras

this is a kit lens , I bought canon xsi first but was disappointed with its kit lens though the camera was good I returned the xsi and got the Nikon 3100 . The 18-55 kit lens is excellent with very good picture quality autofocus is fast .The only drawback is the plastic mount but it is a kit lens .

This is a good lens. It has excellent colors, is plenty fast, and is not heavy. I've taken close to 2,000 pictures with it so far, and it performs admirably. The pros are many: 1. Excellent quality 2. Excellent, rich colors 3. It's plenty fast 4. It's light but sturdy It has a few cons, however: 1. Autofocus is mostly right, but can get wonky after a session or two. It takes a complete restart of the device to fix it - until next time. 2. There's flare and ghosting. Mostly don't notice it, but on days with strong sun and/or light, there's definite flare and ghosting. Even so, I would definitely recommend this lens to anyone looking for an affordable, yet excellent quality lens. I'm very happy with my purchase!

This is the lens that came with my D300s that was a gift from my sister for my last birthday. She knew I desperately wanted a second body (camera body that is, though sometimes I wish I could swap the one I was born with) and she didn't want to give me a camera without a lens and she didn't want to give me one with the kit lens. I already had two lenses in this range, a Tamron 17-50mm, f/2.8 and a very pricy Nikon 17-55 f/2.8, so I never would have purchased this lens for myself. That said, surprisingly I use this lens a lot. I have a lot of lenses, have spent a virtual fortune on them, yet this is my walkabout lens. I never, ever leave home without a camera round my neck. I'm always ready to shoot and this is the lens that's on my camera when I lock my door and get in my car. It weighs way less than the pricer Nikon and six ounces less than the Tamron. It focuses fast as I can blink, stays locked on and speaking of focus, it focuses ridiculously close. The images are tack sharp, the VR works a treat, so I get great photos in low light situations. And I get virtually no distortion from either end, wide or long. And as an added treat, you can get this lens with its better than excellent optics for less than two hundred dollars. For many, this may be the only lens they'll ever need. I know I like it. However, if I know I'm going to be shooting inside a lot and don't want to use a flash, or I've I'm going out late, oftentimes I'll use one of my other lenses, because of the lower f/stop, VR not withstanding. All in all though, this is a great lens, one that will serve you in good stead for years and years.

I love this lens! The availability of this compact lens made me switch from the Canon G10 mini zoom camera to the D3000 as my snapshot and vacation camera. I bought the Adorama lens hood for it and it's worked fine on the lens. The lens certainly isn't ruggedly built and the manual-focus ring is almost useless, but for casual use on a compact auto-focus body it works wonderfully. The VR feature really helps when taking low-light interior shots. The lens can also be used on full-frame cameras from 24-55mm, so I use it a lot on my D700 since it's the only lens with VR I have. The intermediate speeds are as follows: 20mm: f/3.8, 24mm: f/4, 35mm: f/5, 50mm: f/5.6.

This is such an excellent lens! I have the 18-55 that came with the kit (no VR), and wasn't that impressed. When I upgraded my camera, it came with this lens with the VR in the package and I was skeptical, wondering how different it could be from the other one. To say there was a large difference in an understatement. This one takes much sharper, clearer images and I've found the wide angle to be especially useful for landscape shots. This has quickly become one of my favorite lens for floral and landscapes. Nice and light weight as well as compared to other lenses. If you're looking for a good, all around wide angel lens, consider this one, but spend the extra and get the Vibration Reduction feature. You won't regret it.

The good: -cheap walkaround 18-55 mm kit lens with VR -VR is decent, especially in low light for a lens of this cost -light weight -DX specific The bad: -doesn't come with hood which is sorely needed for outdoor photography as the lens is susceptible to lens flare; Nikon hood can be bought but is subpar and expensive. -iffy, cheap construction -at wide open, it's still f3.5 -forget manually focusing, doesn't even have the markings -AF drive loud and not that fast I got this refurb'd for 100 dollars from J&R. At 180 it's still a great deal. Standard fare for the low end D3000 and D5000, it's just as good on the D200/300 series.

As a plastic-mount slowish zoom, the Nikon 18-55 VR is a compromise on every front except image quality, where - in my experience with three examples - it shines. If you can live with the limitations of 3.5-5.6 apertures and often too-much depth of field, and if you don't beat your lenses to death physically, then this is a lens that can play a complementary role in a lineup of high-end zooms and primes or stand on its own as a lightweight travel or walk-around lens. I use it to fill in the gap between my 12-24 and 70-200 VR in situations in which changing between the 35 and 50 is impossible or inconvenient. The VR helps off-set the slow speed and expands the lens' useful range. It's not the 24-70 2.8 for sure, but at $91 refurbished with a 90-day Nikon warranty and one-year Cameta warranty, it provides a quality image at a bargain price.