Mike Kay
Got this lens as a prime for my D300. It is not a bad lens; optics are pretty good. The strength is the its working in low light / evening. However I do find this lens seriously problematic during a normal (i.e. bright) sunny California days. As this lens is heavily computerized, the exposure is often off as much as half to two-thirds of a stop. Many photos come out way too dark; easily correctable in Photoshop via Exposure settings; but this is no way a lens should be behaving like this. In comparison, I do find the Type D lenses working much better. Interestingly, when I received this lens the initial results were even worse; however I figured it is a good idea to upgrade the D300 firmware (attn Nikon: could you at least advise on such upgrades more explicitly??!) - and brought it up from A/B 1.00/1.02 to the latest ones. The results with this 35 mm lens notably improved; yet still remain below expectations - so I am giving it only 3 stars. While the problem persists across various metering modes (matrix, center weight, spot) I kinda figured out how to trick it into desirable results, mostly using AE-Lock button. But - this is NOT the level of performance I would expect from a Nikon lens.