I have the 28-105 as well and it's a great lens. Mine lives on my D700, but I also enjoy it on my D7000 and film cameras. The lens was introduced in 1999 and was shipped usually in a package deal with the Nikon F100. I prefer this lens to any of the AF-S midrange zooms, because I've had the expensive "pleasure" of having to pay to replace more than one AF-S focus motor. This lens, as a screw-drive, has no motor in it to break. The macro feature of the lens is quite useful as well. But it has an odd quirk, Many people think their lens is broken because once they have gone into Macro mode, they can't get out. The lens seems stuck. This particular lens has to be focused past about two feet before you can exit Macro and go back to normal. When I finish shooting in Macro, I just point it across the room and focus on something and then I can exit to regular shooting. This is the way the lens is designed but since hardly any of them still have their instruction sheets, most people don't know about this. This lens is a very well kept secret but there are two others you might want to try. First, if you ever want to carry a smaller lens with very similar performance, check out the 28-70 f3.4-4.5 AF-D. This was the lens they shipped on the F100 before the 28-105. It uses 52 mm filters and is smaller and lighter. I've seen some really nice copies coming in from Japan lately for well under $100. You don't actually need it since you have the 28-105, but it is good if you want to travel lighter. Finally a "must have" AF-D lens is the 70-210 f4 AF-D constant aperture zoom. It uses the same filters as the 28-105. Do not confuse it with the much more common 70-210 f4-5.6 which is a push-pull zoom. The F4 model is a 2-ring zoom and was only made for 18 months in 1988-89. It has the same quality of construction as the 28-105. Nikon discontinued it because it was cutting into sales of their F2.8 pro zooms. I had one of those, and sold it because once I got the 70-210 F4, I never wanted to use it outside the studio because it was huge. The F4 version also makes a great portrait lens. A clean one is only about $100. Beautiful scenery you have out there. You got a couple of really nice shots. Good work.

I have this lens I used it for videos on the Nikon D5100 but 3 months ago I got a d7000 and the combo is really perfect , I photographed weddings , birthdays and church events and it did very well with the d7000 's focus engine , I do not sell this lens easily because even though it is dark she is still very versatile for all the styles I photograph congratulations on the video bro success always watching from Brazil

It was such a relaxing time watching you scout and photograph these spectacular locations. You are very fortunate, Kris! Salutations from Andu! 😉😁

1998-2006 1:2 in macro mode

Although it can auto focus, I use this lens on D7000 manual focus,. As I can control the bokeh which is round and nice. Color is just better than modern crap. This is actually a super versaltile les, you can have wide, low tele and macro in one lens at an above average sharpness and quality, that is insane.

Nice work so far

Could you tell me if there is any neccesary to change it to 24-120f4G for a wider lens range? Thank you!

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I had a few copies on a D90 and on the D700. I would actually suggest this lens for APS-C. On ff, it creates some weird wignetting. It's not as useful at the wide angle, but you won't see the imperfections on crop. Plus, on crop it goes beyond 1:2 macro, at least perceptually.