Highly portable, powerful zoom lens with high-quality optics designed for use with Nikon DX Format digital SLRs. With a 5.3X zoom and 16-85mm focal range, this lens delivers superb versatility for a wide variety of shooting situations. Equipped with Nikon's second-generation Vibration Reduction (VRII) system and exclusive Silent Wave Motor (SWM), it offers superb performance in low-light, delivering steady images to both the sensor and viewfinder, and features fast, quiet autofocus. An ideal all-round lens for today's high-resolution SLRs.
Technical Specifications
Focal length16-85mm
Maximum aperturef/3.5-5.6
Minimum aperturef/22-36
Lens construction17 elements in 11 groups (with two ED glass elements, three aspherical lenses)
Angle of view83° - 18°50’
Minimum focus distance
0.38 m (1.3 ft.) (throughout the entire zoom range)Maximum reproduction ratio1/4.6
No. of diaphragm blades7 (rounded)