Nikon Br-3 Adaptor ring.

Nikon Br-3 Adapter Ring This is almost an essential piece of kit if you reverse a lens for macro work. It fits onto any Nikon lens and provides rudimentary lens protection to the mechanism but also allows you to fit a filter to stop the ingress of dust; it has a 52mm filter thread. Usual Nikon high quality.

Fabulous wide angle zoom lense

I bought this lens for my Nikon D700 and did a lot of legwork beforehand. I was apprehensive before it arrived (the hype about this lens included 'just get it' from Ken Rockwell) and waited with baited breath to shoot my first photo. I was not dissappointed. I keep it at 17mm (the widest setting) and have taken some superb sharp fully colour rendered (true to scene as I have ever seen) pics, one of which my wife had blown up and sprayed onto a canvass. What a lovely surprise!

Negatives: It is heavy (got good musculature so it is ok, but with the equally heavy D700, it is quite a package), expensive (got mine for about £970 in total), doesn't like shooting into light source (but who does!), and a tad bulky to carry around.

Positives: Sharp, beautiful wide angle, lovely colours (vibrant autumnal calours without the murkiness that my kit lens gave - 24-120mm), great all purpose lens to some extent.

Overall though, in the imortal words of a Nikon guru (KR) '...just get it...'

Nihal Fernando

Limited use

Typical standard quality build by Nikon. Adapter however, is not suitable for a Nikon P5100 and is for the P5000, so be aware

Superb fast lens

Excellent choice for low-light photography using available light, even on digital cameras such as D200. Sharp from f2, very sharp from f2.8 - f5.6.