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First outing with new Nikon 24-70 lens

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Posted by Roman Johnston on May 5, 2008 at 7:50 AM
First outing with new Nikon 24-70 lens
Broke down and bought one. I must say it lives up to its reputation....a zoom comparable to primes. I don't have the 1.4 aperature...but it does have amazing sharpness. When I apply sharpening, it is almost like I went from 12MP to 16MP and should help with my enlargments. Now to sell that 17-55.

Seems like everyone is hunting for this lens...but as karma would have it, they had one over at Pro Photo Supply.

Went to the Japanese Gardens and really put it though its paces on a familiar subject (chose familiar as I wanted to see the diffrence on finely detailed subjects I know how the old lens reacts to)

Now...for that pesky 14-24 and the D4X (when it comes)

Roman
Posted by Mark Hudon on May 5, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Roman,

Did you ever have a 28-70, 2.8? I have one, I like it, it's really sharp but I'm wondering if the 24-70 is that much better that I should replace it when the D4x comes out?
Posted by Jack Graham on May 5, 2008 at 1:36 PM
I own the 28-70. It's tack sharp. I hear the 24-70 is a bit better!
JG
Posted by Mark Hudon on May 5, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Well, "a bit better" isn't worth the effort to sell my 28-70 and get the 24-70. Or is it?

That will leave me with the quandary of the 12-24 or the 17-35 also.
Posted by Douglas Dietiker on May 5, 2008 at 2:34 PM
From what I have read from people who had both, the 24-70 is sharper, but the 28-70 does skin tones better.

I have a 28-70 and it is incredibly sharp, so the 24-70 must be really nice
Posted by Curtis Knight on May 5, 2008 at 3:19 PM
definitely nice detail. I like your comp here as well.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 5, 2008 at 3:48 PM
I absolutely love the versatility of my Canon counterpart in this range, so I am sure you are going to love yours..
Posted by Roman Johnston on May 5, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Thanks everyone. I have a few trusted contacts that have Zeiss Primes....they tell me the output is rather similar. If they are correct....(and I dont have any reason to doubt them) this should put things in perspective. My hunch it is between the two....but thats pretty insane territory for a zoome lens.

As for the 17-55, my asking price is $1,050 + shipping.

Roman
Posted by John Williams on May 6, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Congrats on the new lens, nice to have arrows in the quiver! Lovely colors here, you should enter this in the current Weekly Contest.
Posted by Roman Johnston on May 6, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Contest?
Posted by John Williams on May 6, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Oops, I should have written Weekly Challenge.
Posted by Cezar Mart on May 6, 2008 at 5:36 PM
This lens is on my dream list. I heard that it's working best on D3, so to take the full advantage of this lens you need to get the D3 now!
Posted by Roman Johnston on May 6, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Actually the D300 our resolves the D3....it is sharper and needs the lens more. little more pixel density than the D4X will have actually.

LOL>..you need the D300 now. :jump:

Roman