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Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Wow this lens is a treat to use!!
Comment: Well, after owning this lens for two weeks the $1600 question is : Is it worth it?

The answer is 100% YES!!

This lens is sharp at all f-stops and has fantastic contrast and color characteristics.
My nikon 35-70 f2.8, that I use for portraits, is not even in the same class. I find skin tones are more natural and colors more vivid with this lens. I have found my new walk around lens.

It's expensive but well worth it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: in a word... outstanding
Comment: This is my 'go to' zoom lens for my Nikon D3. Perfect for most of my subjects. Also own Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8 zooms and other prime f/2.8 lenses.
Heavy, but well balanced with D3. Nikkor glass is top-notch. An absolute most is to install a protective ND filter to protect your investment, as is the case for any quality lens. Rarely use the hood.
AFS is nearly instanteous, focus is dead on and internal servo is super quiet. Undetectable edge aberrations.
I am totally satisfied with this fast lens and highly recommend it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: No need for prime
Comment: 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 lines of "I don't use mid range zooms, I use wide angle for landscaps and long telephoto for close ups". I bought that for a while until I started looking closely at the metadata for photos they exhibit on their websites and books. Check it out, 6 times of 10, the lens is shown to be a 24-70 zoom. I use this lens almost exclusively for landscapes and lifestyle photos. I rarely go to a wider angle unless trying to make a visual "statement". So, here's one pro who says "I USE MID RANGE ZOOMS", and the Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 is usually the one on my D3 when I pick it up.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome lens - 24-70 Nikon 2.8
Comment: Purchased the lens from JR (via Amazon.com). They were awesome. I never bought from them before, but the purchase was without any problems. Came on a timely manner. Fresh from the factory product. I love the lens. Sharper than my nikon 50 mm 1.8 at 2.8.

Pros: Sharp. Fast focus. Solid build.

Cons: Heavy. Big. Manual focus ring can sometimes be rotated by mistake due to its anterior position behind the zoom ring. Expensive. No VR (but forgiven due to the fast glass).

This is my favorite lens now.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Wow!!!!!
Comment: I've had the Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 for a while now, and it gave me such a problem! The pictures that lens took were so beautiful and sharp that I couldn't bring myself to use any other lens. Caused such difficulty when I wanted to take portraits. I had to step so far back that, frequently, I would miss the shot! Went to my son's pre-school graduation. The kids were all standing together, perfect opportunity for a picture. But I had to get so far away that all the other moms with their point and shoots were walking in front of me and blocking my shot! This happened time and time again--at school events, little league games, swim meets, and on and on... The Nikon 24-70 has solved my problem! Finally, a lens to compete with, and possible surpass, my beloved 70-200! It produces pictures that are every bit as beautiful as those produced by the 70-200. Indeed, they are indiscernable. So now, I can get right up there with the other moms and take wonderful portraits of my kids. Only problem now is that now I want a 2nd body so I can pull out this lens for portraits, and quickly switch to the 70-200 for action shots.

This is a great lens, and a perfect compliment to the Nikon 70-200. Unless you're into landscape photography (which I'm not), those two lenses should be all you'll need.

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