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ordered it from bhphotovideo, just out of curiocity, with overnight delivery.
just ran a series of shots with 16-85, 18-200 and sigma 18-50 EX at 5.6 and 8 apertures, 18, 24, 50 and 85 mm respectively.

_my_ 16-85 seems to outperform _my_ 18-200 only at 85mm position.

So, according to what I see at any 18-50 mm position sigma shows better resolution than 18-200 nikkor and 16-85 is showing MUCH worse resolution and contrast than 18-200 lens. plainly put it is simply not sharp.

so thanks much bhphoto, have your lens back. lens says made in thailand, N us 26005231. wonder if any got it before me or will get after me. :(

and just wonder if it is I who are so damn lucky or is it a common story about this 'so damn good' lens. i always though that my 18-200 was a lemon, but gosh, to get something even worse than it, it is a bummer. according to photozone.de at 24mm positin 16-85 should show 300-400 lines more resolution than 18-200. from what i see it is an exact opposite! it is WORSE to about exact that number of lines. i'm sad.
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I'm confused. Test shots?