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

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Technical Details

• 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.

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 body. I've only been shooting with it for a few days but I keep grabbing the manual focus ring by mistake. There's a learning curve here and I'm not yet over it.



3. It's in short supply. Good luck finding this beast at the suggested retail price.



On my D300 however it's as perfect as a giant expensive hunk of glass can get. It takes all my standard 77mm filters and its DX-effective 35-105mm (approximate) zoom range makes it a great "walk around" lens. It goes wide enough for most landscape shots and zeroes right in on my two-year-old's face.



But mostly I can't get over the sharpness the color and the responsiveness of the autofocus. I probably paid too much for mine but it was worth every penny.

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