On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 21:17:34 GMT, "Steve" wrote:

>Thanks to all for the comments!
>
>After reading some other recent posts and the article on
>Nikonians.org, I am going to have to consider the 35-70 2.8
>as well... I eliminated that one early- thinking that I
>wanted more range (on both ends), but since image quality is
>my real concern, that lens sounds like a great choice...

I find 2X zooms close to useless, regardless of
speed - one can walk the difference with a faster
non-zoom, faster...;-)