Just got this yesterday and snapped a few photos in the back yard. Take a look at the amazing color and sharpness.

This lens is wonderful. Those who wondered how a 10X could remain sharp will be delighted. Though a bit heavy, its worth it. Great travel lens. Perfect for landscapes as well as urban vistas.

This is the lens I´ve been waiting for. I bought this lens this morning to replace another mega-zoom lens from company ´´T an 18-270mm´´. I loved that lens but wow, what a difference the Nikon lens makes! I get the wide zoom range AND tack sharp images. I´m going out right now and use it in the ´´wild´´!!

Nice all in one lens with fast focusing but every picture needs retouching to remove vignetting.

The lens has girth and weight and feels well balanced on my D3. The zoom ring is somewhat stiff but it displays no ´´creep´´ when carried unlocked. It accepts my 77mm filters and close-up lenses. It lacks acute sharpness and speed of focus when photographing dynamic subjects in low light situations but the images are more than acceptable. I purchased this lens to use as my universal urban travel lens and it will serve that purpose nicely. My travel kit in urban areas now consists of this lens, a 50mm (f/1.4), my D3 and soon the D7000 which will serve as an expensive 1.5x TC..

For years I´ve been asking Nikon reps. to ask Nikon to make this lens, so that I could replace my old Tamron 28-300mm. lens with Nikon optics. Most recently I´d been heavily using the Tamron lens on my Nikon D3 and D3S. I used it so much over the years that it needed (and received) a rebuild. This new Nikon lens is wonderful. Due to its versatility I have no doubt that I will use it far more than any other lens I own. I´ve used it quite a bit already and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

So far not so good. Thought this lense would perform much better than has so far. took shots under a fairly lit incadescent bulding and never got a good shot. Had to bump isos way up and then got lots of noise on the 300 mm end. took some shots outdoors crisp pics but bokeh rounded on close up. Maybe will have better luck later but seems this lense is not what its cracked up to be

Wow
I have VRII 18 - 200 mm
But I wish I had one 28 - 300 mm for the convenience this offers in multiple and verity of options available in a single lens

Received the lens today. Took few pictures. Good for regular use but not for professional. Also ´´Made in Thailand,´´ cost reduction?