Name: Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX (VR) Vibration Reduction Lens F/DSLR Cameras - Grey Market
Brand: Nikon
SKU: NK18105VR
Price: 396.95 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.3 (337 reviews)

Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX (VR) Vibration Reduction Lens F/DSLR Cameras - Grey Market

Nikon 18-105mm

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Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX VR Lens - Gray Market

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Buy: Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX (VR) Vibration Reduction Lens F/DSLR Cameras - Grey Market Image Stabilization Type: Yes (VR), Lens Format: APS-C / DX, Lens Mount: Nikon F, Lens Series: Nikon DX, Nikon G Series

This Nikon 5.8x zoom camera lens is designed exclusively for use with Nikon's DX-format, features Nikon's VR image stabilization and is perfect for portraits and action.

Love this lens. I'm new to photography and this is making it easy to learn.

Great Lens

Yes the lens is very good . Maybe not the greatest professional results but for some great quality pictures it cant be beat. I use it in addition to my 18-300 lens for general use including sports. If I want a smaller lens I use this one. I like the 18mm level for indoor/close ups, yet I have the capacity for longer shots. I find the pictures generally crisp. NOW the plastic issue. I bought my lens used with a broken mount. Not a big deal replacing the mount, but after some reflection on the issue I realized that the plastic mount is a sacrificial part which actually "saves" the camera. Too bad Nikon isn't more sympathetic to repair/cost.

Good lens...plastic mount not as bad as some think

This lens came with my D7100 and I've always kind of hated it because with zoom it can only open to f/5.6 but you know what? After 6 years of owning it now I can say it's actually a pretty good lens. It's seriously seriously sharp, that's a fact. In some events my 1.8 lenses are actually insanely awful because they can't autofocus correctly with low light, not to mention the absolutely ridiculous focus shift they have. This one on the other hand ALWAYS saves the day. It's actually kind of crazy to think in how many occasions this lens has saved me. The plastic mount is kind of hilarious tho, what a way to ruin such a great lens. Obviously I wish I could use a more open diaphragm, but it makes no sense to remove a star from the review just for that since it's not like they're promoting this lens as a faster lens. This is a 3.5 - 5.6, period. If you want a faster lens then why buy this and then complain about that? 4 starts just because of the plastic mount and how cheap it looks, but it's a great and sharp lens

It's actually pretty good

The Adorama Law Enforcement Sales group were a pleasure to work with and Carolanne was very helpful.  The lens works perfectly with our cameras.   Thanks

Law Enforcement Sales.

Awesome all around lens!!  Filter as a bonus

Great lens

I traveled with this lens and the pictures are all extraordinary.
I would recommend this lens to anyone.

Great walking lens.

Não gostei nem um pouco da aberração cromática com essas lentes.

Muito rosa e muito verde nas laterais da imagem.

Aberração Cromática

This is my go-to for everyday.  It's been a workhorse.  I recently had it and another lens stolen.  This is the first one to be replaced.

Best Kit Lens!

Getting ready to order another one as soon as the insurance check arrives this week.  This will be my second purchase of this lens.  My original got stolen (My stupidity - don't ask).  It works well and for the price, you can't beat it.    I have a 70-300mm Tamron and a 10-24mm Tamron, but this is on my camera most of the time

Best All Around Hobbyist Lens!

this lens is good for day photos but at night i can not use . very hard to use at night whith flash the faces are blurred and unfocused try several flashes and give bad results I give 3 points because of day has very good quality

good for day very bad for night and flash

Back in my film days I kept a 35-105 pinned to one of my Nikkormat bodies at all times and it was my favorite rig for just about everything. People, landscape, street shots, hot rods, live musical performances. When I made the move to digital last fall I wanted a similar lens as the kit lenses I received with my body just didn't cover that 50 -100 mm range well, at all really.

This 18-105 is just awesome. Great clear shots and I'm able to frame with the zoom and rarely run out of reach. If I do with the huge pixel counts of today crop can fix that easily. Some may say this lens is a bit slow but with the available iso in a modern DSLR no lens is really slow at least to me compared with shooting film years ago. It stays sharp at both ends of the scale. It is my favorite walk around lens at this time. I shoot mostly in manual mode with auto iso. Works pretty slick.

My favorite glass!

Just a great, general purpose lens. I purchased mine used from Adorama for a steal! E grade was as described, and then some. The "in the box" notes described that it came in the white box, which is usually a Nikon refurb. I fully trust Nikon's refurb products, as they've been thoroughly gone over by their own techs, with everything checked and set to spec, often better than a new, fresh-off-the-assembly-line model. As promised, the oem hood was included, but also came with proper Nikon front and rear lens caps, not mentioned. It also listed a wrap, which turned out to be Nikon's original soft pouch type case. It only required a slight surface cleaning, and looks about as good as new. Optically, this is a fine lens. It has the normal wide barrel distortion and long end pincushion distortion as with most zooms. The in-camera lens correction software of my D99 and D5100 does an incredible job of fixing this distortion, as well as the chromatic aberrations. I would prefer a slightly faster maximum aperture, in the range of f/2.8-4.0, but this would have yielded a much larger, heavier, and expensive lens. The 18-105mm focal length range, with a 35mm effective range comparable to about a 27-158mm provides pretty much all the focal lengths I need most of the time in one handy, reasonably lightweight lens. The lens is sharp pretty much everywhere across the zoom range, and bests some of the much more expensive zooms in some areas. Although auto focus is not world class fast, it is plenty fast for my needs, especially as I was a manual focus shooter for 30 years. Haven't seen any missed focus shots, so far. The only possible real negative is the plastic lens mount, which is why I downgraded this from 5 to 4 stars. If 4 1/2 stars was an option, I would have rated it that way. Having said that, I've owned a few of the Nikon plastic mount lenses, and have never an issue with wear or breakage, perhaps because I'm always careful with the handling of my equipment. If need be, it can be inexpensively and quickly replaced by Nikon service. So, overall, this is a lens that is not a master of any one area, but rather a jack of all trades. This is as it should be in this price range, and my appreciation comes from It being considered as a whole. Great lens, and another great Adorama experience.

Great, general purpose lens

FANTÁSTICA LENTE QUE SUPRE QUASE QUALQUER NECESSIDADE TANTO DE FOTOS INTERNAS OU EXTERNAS.

UMA LENTE DO QUASE FAZ DE TUDO!!!

A 18-105mm excedeu as minhas expectativas, principalmente com relação a fotos externas.

Uma obra de arte em formato de lente fotográfica!

works for what i do

After 40 years of professional photography and using Nikon cameras in or shop, I decided to switch brands from "the other guys" to Nikon and purchased a D90, which serves me fairly well in a variety of situations, including artifact photography for a museum. I use a Speedlight SB-700 with it.

Unfortunately, while hiking I left the camera and lens coupled, in a well-padded high end camera bag, with the lens facing upwards while I was walking, so that I could just gab the camera and take a quick shot..

The up and down movement over the trail loosened components inside the lens, specifically the aperture ring and rendered the unit unserviceable. I had no option but throw away the lens.

I had a 100 mm prime lens from another maker but it doesn't work with my D90. Works on other ones in the camera store, for some reason. Otherwise the D90 performs adequately with the 70-300 Nikon ED I subsequently purchased as a stopgap measure but I am limited for its use,.

And I don't find both of these lenses very sharp. They are a beginner's lens and it shows.

Very fragile

Taken many family photos outdoors with this lense and it never disappoints

Excellent Lense

Uma ótima lente estou muito satisfeito com o produto recomendo .

COMPLETA

Great in Value and quality. Sharp images, excellent colour reproduction, quick in focus and blurr-free photos. As a new user I am really happy with performance of lens as well as camera (D7100)

Excellent prodct

I received this lens with my D7000 in early 2012. Overall it was a great lens on this body but went quite soft past 70mm and I was concerned about the plastic mount. So, after reading numerous reviews, I decided to purchase the Nikon 16-85VR hoping to see a big improvement especially at the long end and I found the wider end to be a plus. Sharpness on the long end versus the 18-105VR and the build quality is better with the 16-85VR, but at twice the price of the 18-105VR, the improvements in my opinion were cost prohibitive!

Enter the D7100...On this camera body, the 18-105VR really came to life even more so than the 16-85VR. Don't misunderstand me, both are good lenses, but for the money, the 18-105VR is difficult to beat unless you graduate to professional grade glass.

The 16-85VR handles CA's a bit better, and it should at double the price, but this is easily corrected and both lenses suffer from moderate distortion and pin cushion which is also easily fixed.

However, for general street photography, flowers and landscapes, the 18-105VR is very good overall; tack sharp and well worth the price. Mounted on the D7100, you would have to be a pixel peeper to tell the difference between the two lenses from wide to mid-range of their respective zoom ranges.

The only reason I gave this lens only 4 stars is the plastic bayonet mount. DO NOT grab the camera by the lens with the 18-105VR as some plastic mounts have broken. And it remains a bit soft on the long end, but for the money, one can't go wrong with the 18-105VR especially on a newer body.

I know there are many who will say I'm nuts. But for general photography, this glass is difficult to beat for the price!

Don't let "KIT LENS" discourage you!

My issue with this lens is that it reflects the shortcuts in construction to make it a less expensive kit lens. No issues with the glass itself, the VR, focusing all good, and a handy zoom range. The lens mount is plastic, not metal like most other quality Nikon lenses. If you hurriedly pick up your gear up by the lens (hey we all do it once in awhile) instead of the body your lens may just break off like mine did. Nikon charges to fix this and says it is from being knocked/abused. The plastic 'seal' at the end of the outer ring under which the inner barrel slides can slip out of place allowing debris to enter. So if you treat the lens with kid gloves it can serve you well but if you get out and about and use your equipment under real world conditions I'd get a more substantial lens. The AFS DX18-200 which seems to have a higher build quality is what I bought to replace this lens.

I wanted to like it.

surpness not upto expected loss detail of the picture specially for long distance scene.

Surpness not upto mark

This lens is a kit lens for a reason, very cheaply made, (front ring came off within the first couple months) - if it came with your camera then by all means use it for average pics but do not spend your hard earned money on this lens if it didn't come with your camera. Very few images have come back tact sharp using this lens, but when I shoot w my 50 1:4 I get an incredible image and great bokeh. You'll be much better off buying the 18 0r 28-300 or better yet just invest in the 17-55 2.8 or 24-70 2.8

Mass produced, low quality, plastic everything

I think this a great sized lens if this was the only one you would get. auto focus and manual work nicely, so does the v/r reduction. very good glass. I have not found anything bad about it, would recommend it to anyone

great lens

I bought this used lens for my grandson. I gave him my old Nikon D80 camera and am teaching him how to use Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and ISO in various scenes to get great resulting images.  The Nikon 18-105mm VR lens gives him a wide range of focal lengths and is sharp throughout the range.  The image stabilization also helps reduce image blur.  I've taken him out for some early morning sunrise shots in the mountains. He has enthusiastically blurted out, "Grandpa I've never seen anything as beautiful as this!" All because of a used camera, a great used lens, and a little teaching from grandpa.

Lens for Grandson

This new came with my D7000 in November, 2012. Worked ok until last week, when the lens unexpectedly fell out of the camera during a morning sunrise shoot. The lens mount is plastic, and the top prong simply broke off. The lens is very, very front heavy to begin with, and zooming out apparently places even more stress on the brittle plastic mount. The cheap, brittle plastic mount broke simply because it is too weak to hold this front-heavy beast. It is a kit lens so what can one expect, but that's no excuse for Nikon's flawed design and flimsy construction. At the current price, this lens is NOT worth the money. I cannot recommend this lens to a friend.

DON'T BUY IT

Adorama is very generous in their rating system! This lens couldn't be told from new!

Nice Lens, Great Price!

Unfortunately I bought the lens with a D500 for image quality. If used indoors (studio) on a tripod the lens always is sharp on the right hand side and out of focus on the left. The upper left is a joke. I've been trying this for over a year and I'll probably need to get a fixed focus lens.

Fine for casual shooting, but don't look for details

I have never owned a Nikon Lens that was not very good at what it does. My first Nikon lenses were all fixed focal length and I stayed away from "zoom" lenses until now. The overall quality of this lens for casual.m semi pro and even a professional is extremely well built, easy to use, quiet in focusing, and overall very high quality typical of      
Nikon products.

Excellent Variable Focal Length Lens

Nice starter lens reliably captures sharp focus.

Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX (VR) Vibration Reduction Lens F/DSLR Cameras - Grey Market

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