Written by astoner on 13 July 2008
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 
200mm 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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Written by astoner on 06 March 2008
I recently bought a new lens for my Nikon D80 which I’m hoping will aid in me getting more pictures accepted at the microstock websites I submit to. 
It’s the Nikon Normal AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D Autofocus Lens. I’ve only had it about a week and so far I love being able to get good shots in the lower with the the aperture of 1.8, my other lens has a minimum aperture in the 3.4 range.
I haven’t had the opportunity to use it for much other than a couple quick snapshots. I’m hoping to try it with my light tent soon to see if I can improve on my isolation shots for the microstock sites. Everything I’ve read about this lens says it is one that needs to be in every camera bag, unless it’s on the camera. The sneaker zoom will take some getting used to since I’m used to the zoom telephoto 18mm – 135mm kit lens I got with the camera.
Check back soon to see some of the photos taken with the lens.
Allen
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