[Dave Canon]

I am sure that this does correctly reflect the differeenc between these two lenses.

However, zoom lenses have improved enormously in recent years so fixed lenses have been less popular. It really depends how much you are prepred to spend. My last generation of Canon Zoom lenses were definitely for convenience and would have been out performed by almost any fixed lenses. However, my more recent L series Zoom lenses are a marked improvement and possibly outperform the last generation of fixed lenses. It might have been interesting to compare the Nikon fixed lens with a professional level Nikon Zoom.

The current fixed lenses will still out perform the current zooms but the professional level modern zooms are certainly up for the job.