Re: Thank You Again Everyone

I can't add a whole lot to this conversation as I don't do well when it comes to explaining things like photography. I just want to throw in a point about "corner softness" for the majority of the shots I've taken involving trains, the subject in focus is closer than the back ground. Which usually means the background is going "soft" anyway so the corners not being as sharp as the center are not a factor in most of my shots. I say this to help keep readers from not using a lens that will in most cases serve them well. Remember that even though there is an apparent in focus area when stopping a lens down, in truth there is really only one plane that is truly in focus. Unless your corners are also in that plane (doubtful most of the time) your picture will be fine.

Bill Daniels; I use the 24-85 with a D600 and I was also surprised by its performance. A great walk around lens.(after Adobe ACR corrections). I usually work on the other end and at 24mm it's at least as good as my old Nikon ais manual, which is good enough to still be in the Nikon line up.