PeterO62
Registered: February 2013
Posts: 1
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by PeterO62
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Review Date: 2/11/2013
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,850.00| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Very sharp, well build
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Cons:
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Heavy
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Very good lens, very nice for landscape with a LEE filter set.
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DaveJDSP
Registered: November 2006
Posts: 8
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by DaveJDSP
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Review Date: 1/24/2013
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $2,000.00| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Amazing clarity and IQ
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Cons:
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Corners not acceptable till you get to f5.6 or f8. Needs VR.
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Amazing zoom lens.
The image quality has a superb clarity that is hard to describe. It takes quite a good lens to impress me, but this one does.
Unfortunately, the corners are not tack sharp until you get down to f 5.6 or f8.
Also, this lens (all lenses) needs VR if you're going to hand hold it and want the exceptional IQ that this and the D800 are capable of.
I'd rather pay $2500 for better corners and VR.
Still, all in all, this is the best wide zoom I've ever used, by far!
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Saldahna
Registered: August 2012
Posts: 2
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by Saldahna
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Review Date: 12/2/2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,800.00| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Very wide and very sharp, super Haptik
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Cons:
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If you buy this lens you know that you can't use filters, I don't care
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This is an excellent lens for landscape photography. And you can do a lot of photographic experiments with it. It works perfect on a D800. For that Camera only the best glass is good enough, but the 16 -35 gives you also excellent results. Just buy this lens if you are a wide angle junkie ...
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Hochzeitsfotograf
Registered: November 2012
Posts: 1
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by Hochzeitsfotograf
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Review Date: 11/21/2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Extremely sharp at F 2.8
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Cons:
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High Weight
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I bought this lens a few months ago, and I'm still really happy with it. The strength of it is the extreme sharpness starting at F 2.8, right from the beginning. Also, the focal distance makes this lens great to experiment with. You can check out some pictures I used it for on my site:
http://www.florianbraatz.de/
If you travel a lot, the high weight might be an issue. So before buying, think about that problem.
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photospots
Registered: October 2012
Posts: 5
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by photospots
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Review Date: 11/3/2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,800.00| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Very sharp, great colors, VERY wide on FX
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Cons:
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Doesn't take standard filters
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This is just so a wonderful lens and one I just love to shoot with, but I have to get used to how wide it is on FX, but I guess this will come with time.
If you are considering the lens or just want to know more about the lens I have collected a number of articles about the lens here: http://www.photospots.dk/p/nikon-zoom.html
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lightknight
Registered: November 2009
Posts: 15
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by lightknight
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Review Date: 4/7/2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $2,000.00| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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unriveled image quality, build, really wide
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Cons:
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filters are impossible, front element very vulnerable
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Not much left to say here...simply the world's best wide angle zoom bar none.
If you can live with the very real issue that you can't add a ND or GND to it then it offers the best image quality its possible to obtain on a full frame DSLR.
The only problem I struck was using it at night was in high humidity but clear conditions - the huge front element was prone to misting over on exposures in excess of a minute or more but this is a fairly rare or exotic occurance and I still managed to get some decent results...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightknight/5212406845/sizes/l/.
Some advice to Canon users: get yourself an adapter and buy this because there is nothing in Canon land to match this.
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jtorral
Registered: September 2010
Posts: 9
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by jtorral
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Review Date: 1/19/2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 0
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Pros:
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Great optical qulity
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Cons:
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Too large and No filter
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To see hundreds of photos with this lens and compare to others look here:
http://nikonimages.com/standardgallery.php?lenstype=936&showall
You can get an idea of how this lens performs with different camera.
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Momiziano
Registered: December 2010
Posts: 4
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by Momiziano
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Review Date: 12/9/2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,900.00| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Best wide angle lens between zooms and primes
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Cons:
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Heavy
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Simply the best wide angle lens that i've ever used by far.
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colinjames
Registered: November 2010
Posts: 8
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by colinjames
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Review Date: 11/10/2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,400.00| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Incredible on FF, sharpness across the frame
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Cons:
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not too practical (FF), babysitting gangster glass, pricey but worth it ?
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An amazing lens I don't regret selling - replaced with Tokina 17mm 3.5 lol - have since let that go and now have 20-35mm for practicality. My wide angle fixation has kinda worn out though. Many will adore this lens - there are no equals in terms of IQ. Watch the flare...
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jake
Registered: August 2009
Posts: 8
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by jake
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Review Date: 8/9/2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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excelent phenomenal lens by my opinion, the best wide angle
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ddt332
Registered: May 2007
Posts: 6
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by ddt332
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Review Date: 11/3/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,500.00| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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very sharp wide open! 3mm wider than 17-35mm.
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Cons:
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doesn't take filters
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I kind of 'disappointed' about this lens a little based on the hype every review I read. I am a landscape guy and mainly use 17-35, and 24-70 on D3. I bought this lens because of two reasons: 1. it is 3mm wider than 17-35, 2. it is sharper wide open than 17-35. However, after I got this lens, the IQ improvement from 17-35 is almost negligible (only better in very extreme corners wide open), you won't see any IQ difference between 17-35 and 14-24 if you just print 12X18" print. In the center, I feel like 17-35 is even sharper.
So for me, since I already got 17-35, the benefits to own both lens are very limited. The great thing of 17-35 is that it takes filters!
However, if you don't have 17-35, this is a wonderful lens to own. If you do, it's not worth it since there is basically no big IQ improvement you gain.
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ktwse
Registered: March 2008
Posts: 11
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by ktwse
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Review Date: 10/20/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,850.00| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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The sharpest wide angle available, zoom or not
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Cons:
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No filters, obviously
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A system seller if ever there was one. Very sharp wide open and stunning across the frame from f/4 on FX.
So much has been written about it already... What else is there to say? Well, I got a D700 just to use this lens. The only one even remotely comparable is Olympus' 7-14/4, but that's f/4 and a smaller sensor. If you want tack sharp UWA with shallow DoF, then this is your only choice.
Expensive for sure, but it effectively replaces your 14, 18, 20 and 24 primes... Is this a good landscape lens? Not necessarily. This is a lens for getting up close, "in your face".
If you absolutely have to use filters, then it may not be for you, but at least consider the huge DR of the D3/D700 before making such a decision...
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lextalionis
Registered: October 2007
Posts: 82
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by lextalionis
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Review Date: 2/22/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,580.00| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow!
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Cons:
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Can't use any filters but I don't care...Nikon used their heads on this design with built-in hood!
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The sharpest Nikon wide-angle zooms lens available today IMHO. I can't believe the sharpness wide-open with this lens.
Here's a set of sample shots taken with D40 and D300:
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S Sample Photos
-Lex
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Gandalf
Registered: February 2008
Posts: 8
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Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S Nikkor review by Gandalf
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Review Date: 2/13/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Tack sharp - from f/2,8 -...... yes from f/2,8
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Cons:
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Can not use filter
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Tried it an hour on a photo course on my D200, and I was "sold."
It is so sharp even in the corners, that it beats my 12-24 in every aspect - well about equal at 24 mm, but from 14-23 it is in another world.
Have tried to buy it, but it is not easy to get a copy for the time being.
I honestly think that it will be a Nikon legend.
Mounted on a D3 it is nothing but fantastic (our teacher at the course had it).
It looks like it is better than primes - both Nikon and Canons primes - according to what you can read in reviews.
The only drawback is, that you can not use filters on it, and I have a lot of Lee-filters and Singh-Ray, that I would love to use on it.
But it is so good, that I buy it anyhow.
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