 A great workhorse of a lens 21 of 24 people found this review helpful.
Perhaps this has been my favorite "people" lens, and although I now have the newer 28-70 f/2.8, there's actually not all that much difference between them, at least optically. The 35-70 is of solid metal construction, something you seldom see nowdays. The barrel (containing the filter ring) rotates as the lens is focused, so using a polarizing filter may be difficult. Zoom is a "trombone" style push-pull action, similar to that of the earlier 80-200mm models. These lenses (both this and the 80-200 f/2.8 of the time) were designed with photojournalists in mind, who can take advantage of their speed and intuitive action. Neither the 35-70 or the later (and much more expensive) 28-70 are much to get excited about wide open, but at f/5.6 and down they are critically superb, generally providing prime lens quality throughout their range, except for moderate pincushion and barrel distortion at the focal extremes. The 35-70 f/2.8 is a largely ignored lens today, but this loss of populatity has made it an exceptional bargain, and with fine build quality to boot...
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Boy, is this lens sharp! Although one reviewer wasn't that excited w/ it's sharpness wide open, mine is sharp at all apertures, and the quality of the background blur is beautiful. You can't get that w/ a slow 4-5.6 consumer lens. It is solid, as an all metal and glass lens should be. True, the inner lens does rotate on focusing, so using a polarizer means you have to adjust it after focus. No big deal. It's a Nikon, so it will hold it's value better than third party lenses. I had the Nikon 28 105 lens before buying this one and just couldn't get used to it's good but not great sharpness. Just a great classic design, and the fact that Nikon is still selling it is testimony to it's excellent optical design and pro-caliber build and reliability.
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