How good is the D50 18-55 kit lens, really?

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I have seen several test shots where the 18-55 kit lens looks a bit soft,
almost like the Canon kit lens.
So far only this site has samples that look sharp enough:
http://www.digitalreview.ca/cams/N [...] ages.shtml

Compare this pic from a Nikon D50 with the 18-70:
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/ [...] -24-1.html
with this D50 using the 18-55:
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/ [...] -29-1.html
The 18-55 just does not cut it here, or what do you think?

/per

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"birdman" <apquilts@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> This lens is not yet available so there is no real experience with it.
> The Canon kit lens is usually used to demonstrate how to correct chromatic
> aberration using various raw converters/plug-ins. Presumably there is a
> reason for this.
I have 8 of them in the store in the D60 kits. So they are available.

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TAFKAB <not@right.now> wrote:
> Nikon D60s? No such animal. Do you mean the Canon D60? If so, it's
> irrelevant, since the original poster was asking about the Nikon 18-55 lens,
> not the Canon.

He meant D50, I was in his store the other day checking the D50's out.

I'm torn between buying the D50 kit, the D50 body with the 18-70 lens, or
the D70s kit.

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"wilt" <wiltw@aol.com> wrote in message
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> The 18-55 lens is an inexpensive lens in the $100-150 price range
> (street price) in addition to the body. The 17-85mm lens is a much
> more expensive lens in the $575-600 street price. That should give you
> an idea of the relative performance of the lenses in question! Do a
> Google search on the Canon 18-55mm lens, and you will get replies about
> the softness of the 18-55.

Except he's looking at Nikons, not Canons...

>
> --Wilt
>