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Subject: [Leica] (Now) Nikon 24-120
From: jkfyao at gmail.com (Joseph Yao)
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:17:14 +0800

The current Nikon 24-120 is made in Thailand and QC from the Nikon Thai
factory is a concern.  I went through several pieces of this lens before
accepting a good one.

I had the same issue with the 18-200mm many years ago and again, it was made
in the same factory.

Joseph


On 19/1/13 7:34 PM, "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote:

> I would personally not touch that lens again. Mine was one of the worse 
> lenses
> I have ever used. On the matter of name calling, do you mind taking your
> personal animosities off-lsit.
> 
> Gerry
> 
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
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> 
> On 19 Jan 2013, at 11:30, David English <daveenglish at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> I had the same experience with that lens and the one that preceded it. A 
>> nice
>> zoom range but soft images. My 28-70 2.8, heavy as it is never 
>> disappoints.
>> David
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I hated that lens, could not get a decent result either on the D700 or
>>> D800E for the most part, most shots were soft and had an unfocused look
>>> about them - might have been an individual bad specimen, I don't know. I
>>> bought it seduced by the focal length range - it struck me as ideal for
>>> street photography. Sold it a marginal loss and went back to my old 24-85
>>> and am quite happy with it on both bodies, as well as the weight, so will
>>> stay with that for the time being. Have not tried the new 24-85 at all -
>>> the AFS 24-70 f2.8 is great with the D800E, but too heavy for walkabout
>>> photography.
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:02 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at 
>>>>> sfr.fr
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> The last two lenses I bought came from local  street shops, 
>>>>>> Phalsbourg &
>>>>>> Metz :-)
>>>>>> And the last 2 cameras from the local FNAC.
>>>>>> I find it so frustrating when you can't manipulate the gear prior to
>>>>>> punching the PIN code
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Amiti?s
>>>>>> Philippe
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Le 17 janv. 13 ? 17:58, Jean-Michel Mertz a ?crit :
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I've read most of the posts concerning ebay and its potential 
>>>>>>> dangers.
>>>> I
>>>>>>> think I might have an idea. I have been using one single lens (the
>>>>>>> collapsible elmar 50) for a number of weeks now (+ M8)  and I have
>>>> come to
>>>>>>> the conclusion that this pair covers most of my needs. I do have
>>>> another
>>>>>>> lens (sum 35 asph) but I seldom use it. I think this is probably
>>>> something
>>>>>>> many other luggers experience, this successful match between a 
>>>>>>> photog,
>>>> a
>>>>>>> body and a lens which often results in wonderful pictures being made.
>>>> See
>>>>>>> the use HCB made of his IIIg + 50mm. So, do we really need to have 
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> many lenses and cameras since we all have our favourite gear? (I'm of
>>>>>>> course not talking of professional photogs!)Just an idea to beat ebay
>>>> and
>>>>>>> perhaps favour our local dealer - once every five years, for used and
>>>> less
>>>>>>> expensive gear!Jean-Michel
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> to
>>>>>> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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