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List Price : Price : $1,886.00
List Price : Price : $1,886.00
- AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens
- Designed for use with Nikon digital SLR cameras including the D40, D60, D80, D90, and D300
- 36-105mm effective focal length for APS-C sensor cameras
- Versatile zoom range for landscapes, people photography, and everyday shooting
- Minimum focus distance: 16 in.
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens Reviews
| 246 of 253 people found the following review helpful:  One Lens for Vacations, Portraits and Fun, By This review is from: Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens (Camera) I know what you're thinking: Seventeen hundred bucks or more for a mere midrange zoom?There is nothing "mere" about this zoom! Wide open, Nikon's new workhorse is sharper than most prime lenses. That's right -- I shoot all day long at f/2.8 (I like resulting blurry backgrounds) and never, never lack for sharpness. Being able to shoot f/2.8 at night doesn't stink, either. Colors are vibrant, the bokeh (out of focus areas) is creamy, and you'll see ghosts and flares *only* when shooting straight into the sun. And I've never seen an autofocus do its thing so quickly or with such accuracy. I'm catching a lot of shots I used to miss. No lens is perfect. This one has exactly three drawbacks. 1. It's pretty darn big for a midrange, so sometimes I miss Nikon's compact 18-200mm zoom. And that's without the massive lens hood in place. Snapped on, a big lens gets even bigger. 2. The zoom ring is too close to the camera... Read more 96 of 97 people found the following review helpful: No need for prime, By T C Knight "tcknight" (Arkansas) - See all my reviews This review is from: Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens (Camera) For those of you who are satisfied with your 18-200 VR. You don't need this lens. I stuck with my f3.5-5.6 zoom for a long time because, heh, I took "good pictures". I adapted to low light, didn't miss f2.8. I was not convinced that a "pro" lens could make any difference visually...only if examining test shots of test patterns with a microscope.I've been wrong before but this was a doozy. There is SUCH a HUGE visually noticable difference between shots made with this lens (and the 70-200 f2.8 VR) and my old stanby lenses that I about fell out of my office chair. My "good pictures" have become "great photographs". I now own both this and the 70-200. I sold my favorite lens of all time, a 24 mm prime, on a website. I'll never go back. You will get these two lenses from me when you pry them out of my cold dead fingers. One more note. If you are like me and constantly read pro blogs and photo how-to books you will see most of the pros say something along the... Read more 117 of 120 people found the following review helpful: Outstanding quality, as expected, By This review is from: Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens (Camera) The image quality from this lens is, as other reviews indicate, nothing short of spectacular. Having used its ancestor, the Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8, I am not surprised in the least. Despite specifications to the contrary, the 24-70mm feels lighter in my hands than the 28-70mm did, and if it is possible, somewhat more responsive. Perhaps the weight distribution is more even in the 24-70mm than it was in the previous iteration.After using this lens for a few weeks, two things did surprise me: 1. I don't miss VR in the slightest. I was, to put it mildly, dismayed to find out that Nikon did not include VR in their latest evolution of their fixed-aperture standard zoom. I was, to put it mildly, pleased to see that I get proper exposures with 1/100s shutter speed or higher in all the situations where it matters to me. The configurable auto-ISO on the D300 is a life-saver in this respect; I expect this observation will only become more true as camera technology improves. I... Read more |
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