Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yea no it hasn't been made clear at all. On 1/21/13 11:52 PM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > Everybody in this thread has been talking about the current f4 version, and > with experience of it. This has come up before with the same > answers/comments.... > > john > >> -----Original Message----- >> >> It just that lens lens has existed in as many configurations as there are >> days in >> the week and it makes a big difference if people are specific as to which >> one >> they are referring to because they one they came out the following year >> was >> the difference between day and night and the one which came out a year >> after that ditto. >> >> The 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 VR which came out in 2003 is a famous looser. Way >> soft all over. >> As to me and many people 2003 feels like the day before yesterday you >> could easily have this lens and think you were shooting with the current >> issue. >> And you can see it sold as if its new now for $669.99 . Used from $340.0. >> And refurbished from $475.00 on Amazon. (cue Tarzan) people think they >> are still made. Maybe they are. >> And there were countless versions before this. >> >> The current offering is the AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. >> Sometimes referred to as (the G lens) >> A totally re designed optic from the ground up and guess what? Nikon got >> it >> more than right this time. >> This lens came out 22nd September 2010 and has nano nano crystal coating. >> This version cost $1,299.95 according to this thing: >> http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Camera- >> Lenses/2193/AF-S-NI >> KKOR-24-120mm-f%252F4G-ED-VR.html >> Or >> http://tinyurl.com/az7ev3x >> >> So when people say "my Nikon 24-120 was good/bad" its rather meaningless. >> Its like saying "My meal in little Italy was good/bad" you have to say >> which >> restaurant and what time of the day it was. And what you ordered. >> And what the wait persons name was. >> >> >> >> On 1/21/13 10:52 PM, "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Here are a few things I don't like about mine. >>> >>> It is not well made. There is a lot of play in the lens barrel, >>> especially when zoomed out a bit. When it focuses, you can see the >>> image jump around in the viewfinder. Just very sloppy. >>> >>> If you focus on something at a certain focal length, then zoom in or >>> out, the focus shifts. It is not really what I would call a zoom, but >>> rather some variable focus lens from the 70's. Makes it just about >>> impossible to use for night photography. Nothing to focus on, so >>> either prefocus in daylight at infinity, or use live view to focus on >>> a bright star, but the every time you recompose by zooming, you need to >> refocus. >>> >>> The zoom creeps very easily, so makes the above even harder if you >>> tried to prefocus at a specific focal length, as it can change so easily. >>> >>> At times I bet some very sharp photos, but most of the time I let it >>> sit in the camera bag and use the Leica 35-70/4 unless I need >>> autofocus or focal length greater than about 90mm, because I can >>> easily crop the Leica to get a sharper photo than the Nikon at 120 >>> >>> And this lens is suppose to be gold banded and much better than the >>> original 24-120. >>> >>> I sent mine back to Nikon to have it tightened up and it came back >>> just about the same. >>> >>> Aram >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Howard Ritter >>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 7:37 PM >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] (Now) Nikon 24-120 >>> >>> Jayanand< >>> >>> May I ask what you didn't like about that new 24-120? >>> Other than the size, weight, and being less sharp toward the corners >>> at all focal lengths than the new (non-gold-banded) 24-85? >>> >>> <howard >>> >>> >>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 11:22 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I generally check out all lenses for at least a couple of hours of >>>> use before I buy - the only one I bought on impulse recently, without >>>> testing, the Nikon 24-120 f4 ended up being resold in a couple of >>>> months. There is a lesson there...(-: >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/