18-135mm

Nikon D50 and AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED lens.

He looked a bit listless waiting for somebody to finish in a nearby shop. He agreed quite readily to have his photograph taken. Nikon D50 + AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED lens.

Nikon D50 + Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 G lens.

I used an 18-135mm lens on a Nikon D50. I cropped out distracting features. I confess to doing this often to compensate for poor technique.

Kennet and Avon Canal at Caen Hill, Devizes, Wilts. Nikon D50 with a 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 G lens.

A sailor navigating Caen Hill locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal during July, 2013. Photographed during the period when I favoured a Nikon D50 with an 18-135mm lens. Almost weightless and, on a bright day, capable of snapping almost any subject. However, in this case, I didn't much care for the colour rendition, hence the B&W treatment, which has made the file rather small.

Nikon D50. AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED lens. F/11.

Nikon D50 with an 18-135mm lens.

Nikon D50 + 18-135mm Nikkor lens.

Nikon D50, 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 G lens.

I have used both the 18-135mm and the 18-70mm DX Nikkor lenses. Both are good. The 18-70mm is better built and faster, and the IQ is superior. But it lacks the reach of the 18-135mm which I found very useful when covering an event and wanting to avoid lens changes.

Nikon D50 + Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 G.

Nikon D90 set at 200 ISO, f/4.8 and 1/100th. 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikkor lens at 44mm.

Rode, Somerset. In the 17th C. most goods were transported by pack horses, along dirt tracks, crossing rivers by fords or narrow bridges. Photographed with a Nikon D90 and Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G ED lens.

The south side of the Saxon Church at Bradford-on-Avon. You can see the outline of the missing porticus. The architectural style is early 11th century; manuscripts indicate it was built 300 years earlier. Who knows? It is indisputably Saxon and free of ornament. For many years it was a schoolroom, a cottage and a warehouse. In 1856 the local vicar realised it was a Saxon church. 15 years later it was bought and rededicated as a church. It's just a two-cell structure, reflecting how small the population of Britain was in Saxon times: small communities have no need of big churches. Look at the width of the doorway. People were much slimmer in Saxon times. Nikon D90 and Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G ED lens.

Nikon D90 and AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED lens.

Nikon D90 and AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED lens.

Nikon D90 and AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED lens.