AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR

This lens is very versatile, easy to use and quiet. It´s a super product.

I use this on the D3 and took it on a trip. It was my main lens and performed wonderfully. The sharpness is excellent from corner to corner. Contrast is excellent. Found out the hard way that I could not use a Cokin P filter holder on the trip, due to massive vignetting, which I later learned that I should use the Cokin X-Pro series instead. Also used a Singh-Ray Vari-ND and experienced massive vignetting as well. The Nikon slim C-Pol filter worked just fine, though.

My biggest complaint, though, was that the lens is very long. I would gladly give up the VR if it meant making the lens shorter. The VR worked but at such a wide focal length, camera shake is not a big issue and I find that I don´t really need VR on this lens.

As someone who loves shooting at wide apertures, I found f/4 to be a sufficient max aperture for a lens in this class and was still able to isolate subjects at f/4.

Closest focusing distance is pretty short, which I found to be VERY useful at 16mm for interesting perspective effects.

I cannot see myself using this lens often for portraits (which is my style of photography) but this is the ultimate solution for group pictures and nature scenery.

Bravo nikon, I have been shooting 1/8th of a second with vr on and shots are sharp. Now I have a choice between 14-24 and 16-35vr to shoot with,Bad weather I carry 16-35 with a filter. Cool glass, Thanks Nikon.