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 24/1.4 too. Its clearly designed for the FX sensors and has better correction than the 28/1.4. It's even better than the Leica 24/1.4 which I tested at the same time, but it is about five times the volume. Marty On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe. I went back to the d1scussion list to have a look at who liked it, > and most users who did so were either photojournalists or wedding > photographers. IMHO It has a perfect range for street photography on a full > frame body... > > Maybe you should swap the old 28mm f1.4 for the new 24mm f1.4? > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> No, this was the 24-120 f3.5-5.6 VR AF-S. ?I didn't know it had been >> redesigned. ?I got sent that one, the 3.5-5.6 on a review camera in >> April. ?I have enough decent glass now that when I get Nikons for >> review I ask them to send the camera without a lens. ?I didn't know it >> had been redesigned, but the new glass gets released in Australia a >> while, sometimes several months, after the rest of the world. >> >> One sad thing the D3x made me realise is that my much loved 28 1.4 >> AF-D is showing its age. ?I always knew it wasn't as good as the >> Summicron, but it was starting to look rather ragged wide open and >> close up on the D3x. >> >> Marty >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at >> gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > 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 >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >