Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re:Not Gouging
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sun Dec 24 19:11:48 2006
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Jayanand,

That's probably the best lens Nikon ever put into a kit before they  
started adding the 18 - 200mm to the D200 kit. Super sharp and not  
that slow. Also cost over $300.

Len


On Dec 24, 2006, at 9:52 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> The one I got with the D70. I find it a perfect walk around lens -  
> light,
> sharp,perfect range.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On 12/25/06, Christopher Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>
>> Is this the newer plastic body 18-70 you talking about? The earlier
>> 18-70(with the D70) was a great metal zoom lens. Probably the
>> best zoom kit lens.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jayanand Govindaraj"
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Not Gouging
>>
>>
>> > Chris,
>> > The Nikkor 18-70 DX kit lens was a very good one - so there are  
>> bargains
>> to
>> > be had. The problem is that they tend to be slow lenses...
>> > Cheers
>> > Jayanand
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Not Gouging)
Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Re:Not Gouging)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Re:Not Gouging)
Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Re:Not Gouging)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Re:Not Gouging)