AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED DX

Any comparison to 'A Cold Wind in August' by Burton Wohl (1960) would be odd. Likewise 'A Bouquet of Barbed Wire' by Andrea Newman (1969). And any reference to the song 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' by Hal David and Burt Bacharach from the film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (also 1969) would be well off track. Time to have a lie down, I think.

Nikon D40 + Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm lens.

Alas! Sightless and fractured. But still beautiful. Nikon D40 + Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm lens.

Nikon D40 + Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm lens.

Nikon D40 + AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5 - 4.5 G DX lens.

Nikon D40 + AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5 - 4.5 G DX lens. Inspired by a Bartok string quartet.

Nikon D40 + Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm lens.

Nikon D40 + AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5 - 4.5 G DX lens. 400 ISO; f/7; 1/200th.

Nikon D40 + Nikkor 18-70mm lens. The D40 was one of Nikon's early digital SLR cameras and was made from 2006 - 2010. The sensor is a CCD type made by Sony. You can't get this type now and to my eye it has a nice warm character that CMOS sensors lack. The nearest comparison I can draw is my preference for Fuji Reala film over the cheaper colour negative types in the 1990s. But Reala was expensive and I had other demands on my cash at the time. Happily, by way of compensation, the D40 can now be bought quite cheaply. Mine had 566 shutter actuations and came boxed as new for under £60. It weighs about 18 ounces. It's a lot of fun for little money.

Nikon D40 + Nikkor 18-70mm lens. Aperture as wide as it will go and focal length as telephoto as possible.

I've got nothing to say but it's OK.

Nikon D40 + Nikkor 18-70mm lens. The D40 was one of Nikon's early digital SLR cameras and was made from 2006 - 2010. The sensor is a CCD type made by Sony. You can't get this type now and to my eye it has a nice warm character that CMOS sensors lack. The nearest comparison I can draw is my preference for Fuji Reala film over the cheaper colour negative types in the 1990s. But Reala was expensive and I had other demands on my cash at the time. Happily, by way of compensation, the D40 can now be bought quite cheaply. Mine had 566 shutter actuations and came boxed as new for under £60. It weighs about 18 ounces. It's a lot of fun for little money.

17.

Before e-mail. Before mobile phones. Before those telephones with flex and dials. When children in primary schools were routinely given lessons in letter-writing, and then encouraged to put their new skills into practice by actually sending a letter which would be slotted into one of these as the first step in remote communication.

Nikon D40 + Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF DX lens. The AFS-Nikkor 18-70 mm f/3.5 - 4.5 DX G ED-IF lens was Nikon's first midrange zoom designed for the shorter focal lengths required by digital cameras. It was the kit lens for the Nikon D70 introduced in 2004. According to Bjørn Rørslett, it was an excellent optical performer at a bargain price. Contrast is high, colours are vividly saturated, and image sharpness is simply stunning. (Obviously not in fog, though). 18-70 mm corresponds to 28-105 mm on a full frame camera. What particularly distinguishes this lens is its fast (for a kit lens) speed where the telephoto end provides f/4.5 instead of the more usual f/5.6. It weighs only 14 ounces and when teamed with a Nikon D40 the weight is just two pounds. I used routinely to favour a Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f2.8 on the Nikon D2Xs. It gave good clarity and contrast, but I often found it lacking in the telephoto and I think the 18-70mm, although slower, is a better lens for my purposes.

Nikon D40 + Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF DX lens. The AFS-Nikkor 18-70 mm f/3.5 - 4.5 DX G ED-IF lens was Nikon's first midrange zoom designed for the shorter focal lengths required by digital cameras. It was the kit lens for the Nikon D70 introduced in 2004. According to Bjørn Rørslett, it was an excellent optical performer at a bargain price. Contrast is high, colours are vividly saturated, and image sharpness is simply stunning. 18-70 mm corresponds to a 28-105 mm on a full frame camera. What particularly distinguishes this lens is its fast (for a kit lens) speed where the telephoto end provides f/4.5 instead of the more usual f/5.6. It weighs only 14 ounces and when teamed with a Nikon D40 the weight is just two pounds.

Cirencester. Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED lens on a Nikon D40.

Cirencester. Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED lens on a Nikon D40.