Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marty, Do you mean the one launched a short while ago that has just hit the market? 24-120 f4? In the Nikon lists it is getting good reviews. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > The new 24-120 is just as bad as the first one. I don't know if it's > been redesigned optically, but it is cosmetically different and has > AF-S and VR. When I tested a Nikon D700 that was the lens that Nikon > sent with the camera. I thought something was wrong with the camera > until I tried it with some better glass. > > I agree on VR; it's great. It's just a shame that subject movement > makes it less useful for what I do, but a camera with built-in > anti-shake and good f1.4 lenses would be nice. > > Marty > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > 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 > > > > > > -------------------- > > Mark William Rabiner > > Photography > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > mark at rabinergroup.com > > Cars: http://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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >