Review on New Nikon 18-105mm Vibration Reduction 📷 Zoom Lens with Auto Focus for Nikon DSLRs by Siu Li ᠌
The quality is top notch, be sure to try it.
For those who are too lazy to read: it’s cooler than the standard kit 18-55 and if you have money, it’s better not to regret it, you will get to a different level both technically and externally, that’s all . This lens is made for those who don’t want to mess with 18-55. Sellers can powder their brains for those who do not understand and are faced with the choice of a 1 by 1 lens for the first time, because 18-55 is the same as 18-105, only this is a recalculation for the crop factor (I personally heard it in 2 places and intervened in the conversation). For those who do not understand, I will explain: 55 / 5.6 is worse than 105 / 5.6 by 2 (!) times in terms of background blur and this is what you pay money for by giving up 18-55 and digital compacts in general. Divide these numbers and get the hole in mm - it determines the blurring of the background - 18 versus 10 in the kit. If you divide the numbers 55/18 and 105/18 - this is the zoom indicator . it turns out 5.8 versus 3 (significantly ?) This is in addition to the fact that there is the possibility of a larger approximation. The distortions in the corners, as I said, are several times less than 18-55, I’ll explain - where there are large contrasts, for example, little men walking in the snow, in the corners they literally double by 18-55, it doesn’t even limp which is enough in the center. It’s calmer here, although I wrote in shortcomings - a blue or purple edging is deposited from the contrasting white, consider it normal for that kind of money, if you shoot in fairly bright conditions, you can shrink the hole - at f8-11, the edging almost disappears, and the sharpness of the edges gets better . I don’t want to write distortion not in virtues, nor in shortcomings, tk. it is there, but quite tolerable and inevitable at this price level - at 18mm all geometrically correct objects will bend into a "barrel", but slightly and not much exaggerating the laws of perspective that are visible to the eyes. A good start for 30.000r D3000 + this 18-105 and there is enough for a memory card or a protective filter, if not enough, they ask a lot. Canon, which is considered more forgiving to buyers, has similar kits that are more expensive. This is essential for those who are given 30,000 for a SLR and will not jump higher, there are many of them. Produced in Taiwan. Prices for 2022.04
- Sharp enough - probably not worse or better than analogues. In the corners it behaves better than 18-55 at times, which serves as an argument in favor of buying as the first instead of the common 18-55. The thread of the filters is a little wider than necessary - wind it up whatever you want (for 18mm, a simple protective UV and polarizer does not create vignetting - the frame is wide). Included is a normal plastic petal hood with its own (not threaded) mount + there is a pouch. In autofocus mode, you can twist the ring at any time. 18mm is wide enough for an amateur not to think about additional width: I photographed a clearing vertically almost from my own feet to the horizon and got a little sky, 105 also noticeably zooms in and blurs - this means that you can only take this lens on a long journey. Who cares - looks convincing and solid. Pleasant to the touch, runs quietly, no louder than most of the motor, which had to be seen on the street. Shoot flowers and buds in spring (for example) close at 105mm and f5.6 - a very peculiar soft blur of the background and there is one frame where there is an impression that a spot of blur wraps around sharp lines as if through a watery eye - a rarity among optics, although not clearly expressed. I’ll tell you one more little secret: go out to the embankment at night and take a picture of the ubiquitous Kremlin at f22 aperture from a tripod or put your briefcase on a stone (you’ll smear it with your hands anyway) - all the lights will turn into stars with rays - those who have a smaller limit of f16 stars, and you will have obvious and most importantly natural. At 105mm, the aperture limit is generally f36.
- The first thing to worry about is the price. Sharply different from 18-55. I think it should cost around 8.000-10.000 but not 12.000 as the average price. F5 is already at 50mm. The prefix ED is pure marketing - do not pay attention to it, the color, in principle, is the same as that of the younger brothers of digital compacts. For example, I dealt with the Nikon 24-85mm f / 2.8-4D IF AF, which tears everyone in color reproduction even without the ED prefix, and did not become a particularly leader in sharpness either. In this case, as I understand it, they inserted a low-dispersion ED glass only for the inscription. There is enough distortion in the corners not to say that this is a cool lens. The stabilizer works, but the first time the difference between ON and OFF is not visible, I have seen better stubs and 18-55 is not better. If possible, I advise you to turn it off and turn it on only if necessary, for example, in cloudy weather, because. stub is another reason to reduce sharpness in sunny weather. Often, unsecured pros do not have lenses with a stub and only rarely think about it on the body of lenses.
