You'd think they could improve older designs like this with 20-30+ years advancement in CAD etc. Wish they'd do that instead of extremely high distortion etc. on the newer lenses. I don't necessarily need 24mm nice to have but on a good day I'd take something 21mm or less.
While totally fine on film, I just found it too bulky and replaced it with the much more enjoyable to use (and better optically) 28-80 kit lenses.
I have both the D and G versions (the D came with a Nikon N80 for $30 totall). I prefer the G just because it is more compact - optical quality is the same. Even though the D has the aperture ring, I do not recommend this lens - or the 28-105D - to be used on a manual focus body.
This is because the focus throw on these AF lenses are geared so short it makes them hard to use accurately.
Was that the AF-D 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 (not sure they made another one)? Pretty solid lens imo. But indeed a bit bulky..
I think the AF-D 28-70mm f3.5-4.5 is pretty hard to beat. Quite compact, nice build quality, 52mm filter thread, very sharp, great sunstars.
Yes Sir!
I 'think' the 28-70G is better but honestly I would have to pixel peep on the same subject etc which I'm not gonna do. So let's just say I like it better cuz it's smaller!
Mar 24, 2026 at 07:09 PM
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