<p>Stefan,<br /><br>
My situation was the opposite of yours – I needed to “downgrade” to the kit lens.<br>
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I had been using the following Nikon lenses:<br>
14-24mm f/2.8<br>
20-35mm f/2.8<br>
35-70mm f/2.8<br>
50mm f/1.4<br>
35mm f/1.4<br>
28mm f/2.8<br>
24mm f/2<br>
18mm f/3.5<br>
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However, I purchased the Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5 to 5.6 G AF VR DX lens because I needed:<br>
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<li>A zoom lens that gave me the same coverage on my DX digital SLR that my 35-70mm f/2.8 gave me 35mm film SLR. The 18-55mm meets this need because on a DX body it is equivalent to a 27-82mm lens on an FX body or a 35mm film body.</li>
<li>Vibration control and none of my other lenses had this feature.</li>
<li>An inexpensive zoom lens that I could use when I did not want to put my more expensive zoom lenses in an environment where they could be lost, damaged, or stolen.</li>
<li>A backup lens for the lenses that I used to shoot weddings.</li>
<li>A lightweight lens to go on a lightweight digital body when I needed to carry a lightweight photographic load of one lens and one SLR body.</li>
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<p>The 18-55mm was the perfect lens to meet these needs. In fact, I thought this lens performed so well for the low price that I bought a second one so I would have a back-up lens for my back-up lens.</p>
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