"play" in the barrel if my nikon 35-85mm G lens

[darinwc]

I know that the Nikon AF lens I have is not an expensive lens, but there is some "play" in the barrel. I can hold the front of the lens barrel and wiggle it a little from side to side. is this normal for modern plastic zoom lenses? I have mostly older equipment and even the off-brand stuff is in metal barrels and have no "play" in them at all.

 

[Poohblah]

this occurs with my sigma zoom lenses. my advice is to not worry about it unless the play becomes intolerable.

 

[John Koehrer]

The play is normal. The AF lenses especially the less expensive ones need to be very light for the AF to work so they have a lot of free play in them.