Product Description
A 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5DD AF* Zoom-Nikkor lens that's great for close-ups & more!
Customer Reviews:
all around good choice.......2007-09-09
I use this lens on my D70 DSLR, I haven't used it with film.
This lens is great for wilderness-hiking or touristing/walking around the city. While the pictures are not as good as a dedicated lens, this jack of all trades almost never leaves my camera for day to day shots.
The 105mm (~150 on dslr) has allowed me to take great shots that are normally out of reach such as statues around town and animals in the distance.
The 28mm (~45) is wide enough for a nice landscape shot.
The Macro feature is great for insects or jewelery.
If you're just walking around, ready to take a picture of anything that comes up then this lens is a great choice.
I never use a flash and my low light pictures have turned out great despite the small aperture...so long as it's not a picture of a moving target (i.e. cat or child).
Great all-purpose lens for Nikon film or digital.......2007-03-21
I have had this lens for about 3 years. It has never let me down - and it has an amazing macro range. I use this lens for portraits of models as well as nature close-ups. This lens was designed for film format cameras, so shooting it on a digital gives you the sweet spot of the lens circle covering the digital sensor. Highly recommended. The only negative thing I can think of about this lens is that I wish it was an f/2.8 aperture instead of f/3.5-4.5...
Very good lens.......2006-09-24
I would recommend this lens to all D50-D80 users, for the price you get incredible sharp throughout its focal range, macro function is impressive. Also, it is very well constructed nice balance and very light.
Hard to beat.......2005-11-28
I've been an amateur photographer for almost 40 years and a devoted Nikon user for the last 30 at least. In that time I've owned every professional film SLR from the original F to the F5 and, at one time or another, almost every piece of glass from 18 to 300 mm that Nikon ever produced. Like many, I went through a period of having to have only "the best" in my camera bag and consequently paid a premium to own only "professional" primes and zooms (many of which I still own).
What constitutes a good lens however is not it's performance on test targets alone but how it performs in real life. A $1000, pro level, f2.8 zoom is useless if it's so heavy you hate taking it with you on vacation. All the money you spent on that "pro" performance is useless sitting in the bag at home.
As a real life "user", this lens is hard to beat. With a range that covers the focal lengths used for a large percentage of the pictures you will want to make, the sacrifice of 0.5 stops at the short end and 1.5 at the long is a small price to pay - unless you are in the (discouraged) habit of using slow (ISO 50) films handheld all the time. The lens covers it's long focal length range with a surprising lack of distortions - a tribute to the designers - and even has a usable "macro" feature. Is it the equavalent of my 105 f2.8 AF Micro Nikkor? NO! But the difference only shows in the corners wide open. For the occasional close up on the beach that you might want to grab on vacation it performs surprisingly well.
All lenses are compromises and this is especially true of zooms. This lens is a generally nice package as a stand alone vacation lens. Or, if you prefer, couple it with a AF20mm f2.8 Nikkor and an old AF70-210 f4 Nikkor or newer AF70-210 f4.5-5.6D Nikkor (all using 62mm filters) and you have a very versatile travel package for film shooters.
My only complaint has to do with the recent addition of a Nikon D100 to my collection of bodies. The 1.5 multiplication factor of the sensor makes this effectivly a 42-157mm zoom on that body. Consequently, for the digital shooter who "sees" wide this becomes an unattractive range. If, on the other hand, you, like me, "see" better at longer focal lengths, you now have a "normal" to medium tele zoom with a macro capability. In addition, since the digital sensor only uses the center of the lenses projected circle - this lens in digital is as sharp as my AF180 f2.8 Nikkor prime on film.
For my way of shooting these are acceptable compromises.
Good utility lens.......2004-08-24
I've had this lens for about a year now and really like it a lot. I use it on my FM3a manual body, so the autofocus is not available to me. However, the range of focal lengths and the quality of the build are precisely what I need when I want to travel light.
The benefits of this lens are obvious. The focal lengths range from 28mm at the wide end to 105mm at the long end. The build quality is excellent and yet the lens is not perceptably heavy. In daylight, the lens performs remarkably.
However, the lens also has its downsides. The first and most obvious is that the lens is very slow. F3.5 is hideously slow in anything but the best lit scenes. Then on the long end the lens only manages a measly F5.6.
Another problem is that the lens flares terribly in bright sunlight. Many of my pictures have flaring if the sun is in the frame or slightly out of it. Bright objects in the frame will also cause it to flare.
Focus is also a problem on manual focus bodies. The focus throw is very short and loose (good for autofocus bodies, though) so getting precise focus is a challenge. Even in focus, the lens is very soft. There is also some light fall off in the corners when fully zoomed and some minor barrel distortion when wide.
But despite those drawbacks, this lens serves me well. To replace this lens with anything else would require either a 3 lens set of 28, 50, and 105 prime lenses or a couple zooms which would end up costing more and be a constant weight while traveling.
The range of focal lengths is what sets this lens apart from the rest of Nikon's zooms. While other lenses may be faster, sharper, and better built, this one can do the work of any other combination of lenses between 28mm and 105mm passably and at a reasonable price.
3 stars for this great lens value. It won't be the best lens you own, but if you're lazy like I am it may end up being the lens you use the most.
Product Description
The HP MediaSmart LCD HDTV takes television and makes it personal by bringing your photos, music, and video from your PC to your TV. The MediaSmart TV also connects directly to online services providing access to thousands of movies and millions of songs. Featuring the most advanced in wired and wireless networking, the HP MediaSmart HDTV SL4278N will forever change your expectation of what a television should do.
Customer Reviews:
MEGA Media Smart.......2007-11-25
Fantastic for games with your notebook PC. My family of four can all play Monopoly together in the comfort of our livingroom and watch it on the wall on the big screen. The HD was a big hit for all the football games on Thanksgiving. My wife liked that the guys could view the games while interacting with the family and keep them out of the kitchen and diningroom. Look forward to our open house on New Year's Day with this TV as a source of entertainment. Great Purchase!
Not Happy.......2007-11-09
Not going to write a long review but over all i am not too happy with this set - main reason i purchased it was for the media capabilities that were advertised.
1. cant order movies online - "coming soon" is what the menu says - feature is not up and running yet. No mention from the sales guy.
2. video/music off of a server is cool but user interface is not that great.
3. picture quality is just average - no where near the top sets in this price range. If the media capability is not a big deal go look at the Toshiba 120Hz model or the Sharp Aquos in the same price range. A media box can be purchased seperately and with a much better interface.
Product Description
Da-Lite Advantage Deluxe Electrol High Power is a technological breakthrough which combines the reflectivity of a glass beaded surface with the ability to clean the surface when required. Its smooth surface offers the highest gain of all types of screen surfaces with moderate viewing angle.
Product Description
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