In the film days, a 18-35mm lens counted as a super wide angle zoom. With the 1.5x crop factor of Nikon's "DX" sensor format, the equivalent 27-52.5mm range only amounts to a range from moderately wide to normal focal length. Still, a zoom lens like the Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5D ED-IF AF likely offers better optical performance and build quality than the wide end of typical "kit" lenses or longer-ratio zooms would. Let's take a look at the Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 and see how it does... Read the entire test here