Nikon Nikkor

Advantages Sharp, easyily fitted
Disadvantages Rather large, loud AF.

...I recently purchased this lens as my first telephoto lens for my new(ish) Nikon D70, currently only trusting Nikkor lenses (literally can't afford for it not to be good quality). I've tried it out a handful of times, on architecture and portrait photography mostly. As a "rookie" to photography I thought I would look for my first telephoto lens to be within a reasonable budget, this is what I came up with after having a look around. The lens is very well built and sturdy, relatively heavy but I doubt I would be able to feel much of a weight loss between lenses, what's a couple of grams eh? So far its produced sharp images when using a tripod (without VR (vibration reduction) your never going to be able to hold a 300mm lens x 1.4 by hand without blurring the image, either that or I have horrible technique). The main hit I felt when I... Read review

Advantages Sharpness all around, good minimum aperture, gives great dramatic perspective
Disadvantages None that I can think of

...This lens can be extremely useful if used in the right situations and on the right subject. It is a very wide angle and gives a very dramatic perspective and great depth to images, especially when used for landscapes, with a good foreground; it makes the whole scene more dramatic still. Its aperture range is a big bonus, allowing great depth of field at f32 and ease of use in low available light situations at f2.8. The quality of the images is flawless; of course, photographing a subject that is too close will undoubtedly result in it being deformed and stretched out, but this is the beauty of wide angle lenses, when used properly. This is how you make legs longer, a small room look vast and your garden look like a park. However, sharpness is not lost at the edges of the image and the result, especially when used with a... Read review

Advantages Good for shooting in low light, compact, discreet, low weight
Disadvantages None really

...This lens is an ideal "normal" lens for a digital SLR camera. It gives a similar field of view to using a standard 50mm lens with a film SLR camera. The reason for this is that most DSLR cameras have a sensor that is smaller than the standard 24x36mm area on each exposure in a roll of film. (24x36mm is often referred to as "full-frame") All Nikon DSLRs (apart from the new D3) use 16x24mm sensors known as "DX" size. These dimensions are 1/1.5 the size of full-frame, so the term "1.5X Crop Factor" is often used. If you take this 35mm lens and multiply by the 1.5X crop factor then it gives 52.5mm, which is the equivalent field of view this lens gives compared with using film. DSLRs are often sold with a basic "kit lens", for example an 18-55mm zoom lens. While being able to zoom is often useful, the downside... Read review