Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i have the 24-120 VR and i'd never noticed anything bad about it until i read a bad review of it and started comparing it with my tokina 28-70 which suddenly seemed a lot sharper. i've done no tree-bark tests with it. the 24-120 has always seemed adequate to me without being outstanding, but i use it less now with the predjuice of that bad review. it could all be psycological.... On Oct 23, 2010, at 12:29 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> From what I know the 24-120 established a bad rep from day one but was > completely redone a few years later then completely redone again then a few > years later completely redone again with VR. It could be ok by now though I > like zooms which vear on the conservative side. But the 24-120 has VR. > And VR is a not to be an underestimated game changer. > > Voucher Recharge > Verification Requirement > > p://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:19:10 +1030 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 >> >> I don't like zooms. The 24-70 2.8 AF-S is decent. The 24-120 is the >> worst; the real dog of the Nikkor range. >> >> Just about any wide range zoom is hopeless for architectural work. >> >> Marty