Travel photographer Bob Krist has a history of having access to Nikon kit before it's announced. In this case, he got to try a prototype of the new AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR back in February of this year, and has just published some photos taken using the lens.

I have to say that this lens, along with the venerable 18-200mm Nikkor, has completely turned my head around when it comes to the viability of a variable aperture uni-zoom as a professional tool. This one, in particular, blew my mind and spun my head around 360 degrees … I couldn’t find a downside to it.

We won't copy any here, if you want to take a look at his photos and thoughts on the new lens, pop on over to Bob Krist Photography.

Nikon's sample images have been published, view them here.

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