On Fri, 09 Oct 1998 14:56:23 -0400, Don Marsh wrote:
>John Sparks wrote:

>> I have the 35-105 D lens. It is definately one of the sharpest Nikon
>> mid-range zooms (there may be others as sharp but I doubt any are
>> significantly sharper except possibly the new 28-70 f/2.8). Before I
>> bought it, I compared it to the 35-70 f/2.8 lens and found them
>> essentially equal in sharpness.

>Thanks for the reply. I'm glad you've had nice sharp results with it.
>I got another reply from someone stating he didnt think it was one of
>the sharper lenses in the Nikon linup (the 35-105). Actually, he was
>talking about the AIS version, so i guess they made significant
>improvements (based on what you said). Thats pretty impressive to hear
>that s it's almost on par with the 35-70 f2.8!

Well, the MF 35-105 (and the similar optic'd AF non-"D") version can
be one of Nikon's best mid-range zooms (and better than the "D"...), but
it suffers from unusually high sample variation, alas... The
"D" version is very good, as is the 35-135 (stopped down...). BTW,
you may find my Nikkor evaluation list (on my web page, under "I
babble" interesting...).