On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 08:03:59 -0500, "Anthony Nardelli" wrote:

>Remember, this is my only my opinion. This lens offers significant
>advantages over the 24-120mm AF-D IF for the following reasons:
>
>Sharper images: I performed some sharpness tests using a USAF test chart
>and concluded that the 28-105mm was a tad sharper, especially at 50mm or
>less. [...rest deleted...]

Zooms are particularly distance-sensitive for sharpness, so
test-chart results can be misleading (unless you usually
shoot at those close distance-settings...;-). Compare the
lenses with distant subjects for more reliable comparison of
sharpness for most shooting... (The 24-120 was not as good
around 5' as it was at infinity - and the 28-105 was
designed to permit reasonable close-focus performance,
somewhat skewing the evaluations if chart-testing is
done...)