I have owned this lens for approx 2 months now as I decided to get it at the same time as the D300S.
Having used a wide range of lenses in the past I am somewhat disappointed in the general image quality of this lens in terms of sharpness and blue fringing at the far end. Also, one major issue with this lens is bleeding/ghosting of white onto the background if the subject is of a high intensity colour (such as a white seagull against a dark background) to the point where I find it unacceptable. Due to this you have to think about all your shots in order to bypass this quite serious issue. My friend also owns a copy of this lens and has the same problems as me.
This issue also exists on my D3 so it seems a be trait of this lens.
The lens itself is fairly light weight making it very easy to achieve successful shots in reasonable light, however due to the other issues of this lens I would not recommend it.
Having used a wide range of lenses in the past I am somewhat disappointed in the general image quality of this lens in terms of sharpness and blue fringing at the far end. Also, one major issue with this lens is bleeding/ghosting of white onto the background if the subject is of a high intensity colour (such as a white seagull against a dark background) to the point where I find it unacceptable. Due to this you have to think about all your shots in order to bypass this quite serious issue. My friend also owns a copy of this lens and has the same problems as me.
This issue also exists on my D3 so it seems a be trait of this lens.
The lens itself is fairly light weight making it very easy to achieve successful shots in reasonable light, however due to the other issues of this lens I would not recommend it.