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Nikon 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR II DX AF-S Nikkor User Reviews

8.7/10
average of 3 review(s)

Build Quality
7.7/10

Image Quality
8.7/10

• 9 out of 10 points
  and recommended

  Sharp, light-weighed, cheap
  Could do w/o the focus lock

  I recently took this kit lens on a trip to London and Edinburgh and was quite taken by the fact that I came away with hundreds of sharp, lovely colored photos. I never once felt the need to switch to another lens, because this focal range, on a cropped sensor camera, covers all the bases when walking city streets, taking shots of people and buildings. I did not notice the reported weakness at 35mm, probably because I mostly used the low and high ends of the focal range (something I suspect most users will do with this lens). Anybody looking to buy a Nikon DX camera that comes with this lens: You are getting a great little lens for practically nothing.

  reviewed June 23rd, 2017

• 9 out of 10 points
  and recommended

  Handy size and weight, good focal length range, sharp enough for normal use, good value.
  None of any significance

  I bought this lens as a walkabout companion for my 55-300. I have sharper…and heavier…lenses for better resolution at all ranges, but this one is nice for grab-and-go on my D7100 and D3300.
  First the pros. It’s light and the focal range is handy, dovetailing perfectly with the 55-300. Resolution color rendition and dynamic range are quite good, and the latest-generation VR is very impressive. The price is right, particularly if you buy a refurbished one, as I did, and I like the collapsing button to carry it comfortably in my pocket. It’s a better lens than I expected, and I’ll use it more than I thought I would.
  The cons are mostly nitpicking. It’s an entry level lens and can’t be expected to perform at the level of my more expensive zooms. The difference is noticeable, but the results are plenty good enough for what it is. Focus is noticeably slow. But it does focus accurately, which is a lot more important.

  reviewed May 26th, 2016
  (purchased for $100)

• 8 out of 10 points
  and recommended

  small and light, reasonable price, very good image quality
  nothing important

  I have owned a number of aps-c cameras and lenses at this point and have concluded that size and weight are an important factor in the kind of photography I like to do, which is travelling and walking around. I find that this lens fits the bill very nicely. Of course the lens must also take very good quality photos, and this lens doesn’t disappoint as long as you stop it down to f/5.6 or f/8, depending on the focal length. This is not a «bright» lens of course, but Nikon’s new image stabilization is so much better than the old one that you can actually see it in the viewfinder; the viewfinder seems to be almost locked on the image so that even a good jiggle doesn’t move the scene very much. This compensates quite a bit for the smaller aperture. I own the other two popular Nikon kit zoom lenses, the 18-140 and the 18-105 and am impressed with both. This lens offers similar image quality (with a much smaller zoom range) but with far less weight, and I expect that it will be the one I use the most for casual shooting. Please be aware that on my d7100 I had to set the AF fine tune to +6 or +9 for best results, similar to what I found with the 18-140 lens. C’mon Nikon, get it together with this focus thing!

  reviewed February 1st, 2015
  (purchased for $246)