Nikon 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G Wide Angle-Telephoto Auto Focus Zoom Nikkor Lens - Black Finish - Refurbished By Nikon U.S.A.

by Nikon

Product Details

• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• ASIN: B000OCWUBG
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 28, 2005

Product Description

The G-Type feature is designed for the newest Nikon 35mm and digital SLR models that allow aperture control directly from the camera body. The design facilitates better lens handling and helps photographers keep a more positive grip on the camera. This firmer grip and balance helps photographers get sharper images, even as they adjust exposure and quickly shoot their pictures.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great lens, great price!, March 1, 2008

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J. Breed (Naples, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nikon 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G Wide Angle-Telephoto Auto Focus Zoom Nikkor Lens - Black Finish - Refurbished By Nikon U.S.A. (Electronics)

just got a Nikon D70 and needed a couple of lens' for different uses. This lens provides for a great mid-range lens and works like a charm. highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive, lightweight, optically excellent lens for DSLR use, October 20, 2011

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Chris (Canada's National Capital) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nikon 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G Wide Angle-Telephoto Auto Focus Zoom Nikkor Lens - Black Finish - Refurbished By Nikon U.S.A. (Electronics)

From the reading I've done, Nikon made over a million of these lenses, to be sold with amateur grade 35mm film cameras, at a time when digital was taking off.

With those same film cameras sitting, unsold, next to the "new" digital counterparts, this left the market flooded with these lenses. They're available very inexpensively on the used market.

They are lightweight and optically EXCELLENT. I use one on a professional Nikon DSLR, the D700, as well as on a D70s and D7000.

If you want a sharp, low distortion very inexpensive lens for your DSLR, consider one of these. The upshot to the low cost is that even a student can afford one of these and at f/3.3 at the wide end, they're actually reasonably bright. (at 80mm, you're stuck with f/5.6, typical of a consumer-grade lens)

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Does not auto focus with D40, December 16, 2008

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J. Bonin (Port Arthur, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nikon 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G Wide Angle-Telephoto Auto Focus Zoom Nikkor Lens - Black Finish - Refurbished By Nikon U.S.A. (Electronics)

I bought this lense because of the price. It is refurbished by Nikon and it is a good lense. It will not autofocus with the Nikon D40, but still takes good pictures.