In article <32848B42.1354@kincyb.com>, snack@kincyb.com says...
[most deleted, about 24-120mm]
>.............................................................My main
>complaint is with a 2 touch zoom that zooms itself when pointed up or
>down. I worry about the lens elements going out of alignment from
>slamming back and forth. I think Nikon needed something more to debut at
>Photokina and the marketing people over-ruled the engineers. I look for
>an improvement in this lens in the future.

Hmmm, it doesn't "slam back and forth" - more like "oozes" (and I
would not worry about element misalignment from that cause - the
elements are not loosely installed in lenses....).
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