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Originally Posted by garymck
Hi JA
I have:
18-105 f3.5-5.6G ED
55-200 f4.5-5.6G ED
35mm f1.8G Prime
Cheers
Gary
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Well there you go.
The perfect choice . The 18-105 gives up nothing really in sharpness to its prime brothers and will best or equal many. It is a very sharp lens, even wide open. The only thing you give up compared with primes is light gathering ability vide aperture. The 18-140 is also excellent. At the wide end there is slight coma, but this is reduced/eliminated at the tele end. The 18-105 is much better than the 55-200, see comparison image of MTF graphs cut & pasted below.
For what you've said you wanted to do,with your size CCD, I'd use what you have. Use your Nikon CCD adapter to mount the lens to your CCD
AND if you are willing you use something to hold the iris open, by actuating the aperture lever on the back of your lens (since it is a G type lens) you're good to go. The aperture lever is not that delicate, but don't be too ham fisted.
Best
JA