This is an awesome little lens. It’s superbly sharp from center to edge. It has moderate barrel distortion that can easily be corrected with PTlens. The bokeh is nice but that’s very subjective. F1.8 is a real lifesaver in low light. Recently I’ve done a lot of interior available light shooting with my D300s at ISO 1600 to 3200 using this lens at F1.8 to F2.8. It’s amazing. Add a little noise ninja and your good to go.
Excellent DX format camera. Having just switch from Canon I am duly impressed. The construction is solid. All the important controls have buttons. There is no need to go digging around in the menus. High ISO performance is very pleasing. ISO 1600 looks like film grain. ISO 3200 with noise ninja is very usable. The 51 point autofocus is really spot on. Multi-shot bracketing is awesome.
I just made the switch from Canon to Nikon. Some thoughts and comments about the switch and my new D300s coming soon.
