Steal This Lens
April 22nd, 2008 - 10:36 pm
Totally unrelated to anything important, but I’m switching my Nikon photo gear over to FX-size lenses. As a result, I have a mint-condition Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens for sale. For what I paid for it originally, it was the best all-’round DX-size lens available.
Now you can buy it, complete with five-year USA warranty, for far less than the retail price.
If you shoot Nikon dSLR, you should check it out. Say you saw this ad on VodkaPundit, and I’ll throw in a Hoya multicoated (that means “primo”) UV filter for absolutely free.
I’ll take it. RIght now.
AHhh, no buy it now, and a 7 day auction? FOrget it for me. The auction idiots will bid it up over retail before it’s done.
Not that YOU’d mind Stephen; but it is actually available, new, in stock, with a warranty for a lot less than you originally got gouged; and only about $130 more than you’ve lited it there. The auction idiot factor alone will make up that difference before the auction is over.
Of course it took the new full frame models being released, and three years for them to catch up to production demand.
I now have serious camera envy. I hate you.
Garrett, when the D3X comes out, I will sell my child if necessary to buy it.
OK, maybe not the kid. But the family room is going to look awfully empty without any A/V equipment in it.
18 to 200??? How much glass is in that thing?
There’s a LOT of glass in that thing, and some pretty complex (although not terribly distracting, unless you shoot brick walls) distortion at the wide end. But pretty simple to fix in Photoshop, if you do happen to shoot brick walls.
But since it starts at f/3.5 and only needs to cover a DX-size sensor (1.5x crop factor) it’s still compact and lightweight. I really will miss shooting this lens.
I shoot a 22 for my wide angle. Got a 50 for portraits, a 28-70 for carrying around, and a 70-300 for… well, zoom.
I’m sure a 18-200 would be a great lens for quite a few folks. Especially from as quality a lens grinder as Nikkor.