Driftless Ramblings » camera http://www.driftlessramblings.com My interests vary widely so I'll be posting about a little bit of everything. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:48:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR II DX http://www.driftlessramblings.com/2008/07/13/nikon-18-200mm-f35-56-g-ed-if-af-s-vr-ii-dx/ http://www.driftlessramblings.com/2008/07/13/nikon-18-200mm-f35-56-g-ed-if-af-s-vr-ii-dx/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:06:52 +0000 astoner http://www.driftlessramblings.com/index.php/2008/07/13/nikon-18-200mm-f35-56-g-ed-if-af-s-vr-ii-dx/   We recently returned from a really great vacation to Glacier National Park in Montana (pictures to follow).  Of course two weeks before we plan to leave my Nikon 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX which came with my Nikon D80 decides to quit working.  I checked into getting it repaired but I would not have gotten it back before we left for vacation.  I had been looking at the Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens to upgrade the kit lens and I finally broke down and bought it.

It is a great all purpose lens.  The wide angle of 18mm was nice for landscape photography and the zoom to Nikon 18-200200mm was great for zooming right in on the wild life, like the mountain goats at the goat lick.  I’d love to have a longer telephoto lens for the next trip but it’s not really necessary with this lens.  It also works great for taking pictures of some of the kids sporting events. 

  I do plan to get the 18-135mm kit lens repaired and then I’ll have to decide which one I need to sell.  Hopefully at that point I’ll be able to justify keeping the 18-200mm lens.

Allen

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